Temple University Athletics
Saturday, November 1
Geasey Field
1 p.m.
Temple University
vs
UConn
(L to R): Amber Youtz, Lizzy Millen, Nicole Kroener
Photo by: Wendy Badman
#16 Field Hockey Celebrates Senior Day on Saturday Against #4 UConn
10.30.14 | Field Hockey
PHILADELPHIA - One of the best senior classes in the history of Temple field hockey will be honored on Saturday, Nov. 1, when the 16th-ranked Owls (13-5, 3-1) host the fourth-ranked UConn Huskies (13-3, 4-0) at 1:00 p.m. Both teams have already clinched berths in next week's BIG EAST Conference Tournament (Nov. 7 and 9), but the game does have seeding implications.
Seniors Nicole Kroener, Lizzy Millen and Amber Youtz will be honored and escorted by their families in a presentation prior to the start of the game. Look for a Senior Day video to be released before the weekend, and read each seniors career highlights further down the page.
Temple will be seeded no lower than #3 in the BIG EAST Tournament, and could be as high as #1 by beating UConn by a margin of at least three goals. If the Owls win by less than three and ODU loses to Georgetown on Friday, the Owls would earn the #2 seed. If the Owls win by less than three and ODU defeats Georgetown, Temple would be the third seed and ODU will earn the #2 seed. Providence and Villanova will play each other on Saturday, with the winner earning the fourth and final berth. Providence will serve as the host of the tournament. The semifinals are set for 1:00 p.m./3:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, with the championship game set for 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9. Both semifinal games and the final game will stream live on the BIG EAST Digital Network.
The Owls have won five of their last six games and are coming off a 2-0 weekend. Temple recorded two shutouts last week, beating Georgetown 4-0 on the road and returning home for a 4-0 home win vs. Lafayette. The Owls are nationally ranked for the eighth week in a row, coming in at #16 in the Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll, released on Oct. 28.
UConn has won seven straight games and is 13-3 coming into the weekend. The Huskies are ranked #4 in the nation and are the defending NCAA and BIG EAST champs. UConn won two games against the Owls last season, and hold a 5-2-1 lead in the all-time series.
HEADLINES
• Senior Amber Youtz leads all players in NCAA Division I with 25 goals, and had a hand in all eight goals the Owls scored last week...She scored four, including a hat trick at Georgetown, and assisted on the other four.
• Temple swept this week's BIG EAST Awards for a second time this season...Youtz was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the week for a third time, while junior defender Taylor Shronk earned her first BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honor, and was the first non-goalie to win that award this season.
• After recording back-to-back hat tricks in wins vs. Villanova and La Salle, Youtz was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week for a second time on Oct. 13...She was also named Corvias ECAC Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week, Phila Field Hockey Attacker of the Week and Under Armour OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week.
• The NCAA released its sixth RPI of the season on Oct. 28, and Temple's RPI is #13 in the nation.
• The Owls swept the BIG EAST weekly awards for the first time on Sept. 29, with Lizzy Millen earning her third BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week Award and Youtz earning her first BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week Award for 2014.
• Millen and Youtz are among 38 seniors across the nation selected to play in the NFHCA Division I Senior Game on Nov. 22 at Maryland...They are the ninth and 10th Owls in the last eight years to earn the honor.
• Millen currently ranks third in NCAA Division I with a saves percentage of .800 and leads the BIG EAST in saves percentage while ranking third in saves per game...Her 396 career saves rank seventh all-time at Temple.
• Senior Nicole Kroener currently ranks sixth all-time in Temple program history with 28 career assists.
• Four of the Owls' five losses are to teams ranked in the current Top 20 (#2 Maryland, #5 Penn State, #8 Duke and #19 Old Dominion), and the fifth was a 1-0 overtime loss to Drexel.
• With 25 goals so far in 2014, Youtz has now scored 67 goals as an Owl to rank fourth all-time...Her 160 career points also rank fourth all-time and her 26 assists rank eighth all-time...She needs just one more goals to tie for third on the career goals list.
SENIOR DAY
On Saturday, Temple field hockey will honor three seniors who have had a tremendous impact and who have meant so much to the program.
Nicole Kroener is a team co-captain and four-year veteran who has led both vocally and by example with one of the best work ethics on the team. Nicole has played and started in every single Temple game throughout her career, and will be making her 82nd career start on Saturday. She holds the sixth spot all-time in program history with 28 career assists, and led the team with 10 assists as a junior. Nicole has also scored 14 career goals, including eight as a sophomore. After recording two assists in the Owls' come-from-behind win at Providence last month, Nicole was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. She is a standout both on and off the field, and earlier this season was named the Student-Athlete of the Week by Phila Field Hockey. Nicole has twice been named to Temple's President's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.5. Nicole is an accounting major from Morgantown, Pa., out of Twin Valley High School.
As a five-year veteran for the Owls and a team co-captain this season, Lizzy Millen has had a truly outstanding career as Temple's starting goalkeeper for the past four seasons. Lizzy was an All-BIG EAST Second Team honoree last year, and was named to this season's Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. She has played in every game for Temple over the last four years, and will be playing in her 82nd game on Saturday. With 396 career saves, Lizzy ranks seventh all-time in program history. This season she has an 80 percent saves percentage to lead the BIG EAST and rank third among all goalkeepers in NCAA Division I. As a redshirt freshman in 2011, Lizzy was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Atlantic 10 Tournament and was also named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team. She is a strong student off the field and has been named each year to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0. Lizzy is a kinesiology major from Whitehall, Pa., out of Whitehall High School.
An All-America Second Team selection last year, Amber Youtz has gone on to have an even more impressive final season with the Owls, and has truly left her mark on the program. Amber leads all players in the nation with 25 goals so far this year, and has recorded eight career hat tricks including four this season. Her 67 career goals rank fourth all-time at Temple, and she also ranks fourth all-time with 160 career points and ranks eighth all-time with 26 career assists. As a junior, Amber was named to the All-Region First Team and All-BIG EAST First Team, and as a sophomore she was named the Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year while also earning A-10 First Team and All-Region Second Team honors. This year she was a Preseason All-BIG EAST selection and has been named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week three times, including this week after scoring or assisting on all eight of Temple's goals in two 4-0 shutout wins last week. Amber has twice been named to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0. Amber is a kinesiology major from Dauphin, Pa., out of Central Dauphin High School.
Seniors Nicole Kroener, Lizzy Millen and Amber Youtz will be honored and escorted by their families in a presentation prior to the start of the game. Look for a Senior Day video to be released before the weekend, and read each seniors career highlights further down the page.
Temple will be seeded no lower than #3 in the BIG EAST Tournament, and could be as high as #1 by beating UConn by a margin of at least three goals. If the Owls win by less than three and ODU loses to Georgetown on Friday, the Owls would earn the #2 seed. If the Owls win by less than three and ODU defeats Georgetown, Temple would be the third seed and ODU will earn the #2 seed. Providence and Villanova will play each other on Saturday, with the winner earning the fourth and final berth. Providence will serve as the host of the tournament. The semifinals are set for 1:00 p.m./3:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, with the championship game set for 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9. Both semifinal games and the final game will stream live on the BIG EAST Digital Network.
The Owls have won five of their last six games and are coming off a 2-0 weekend. Temple recorded two shutouts last week, beating Georgetown 4-0 on the road and returning home for a 4-0 home win vs. Lafayette. The Owls are nationally ranked for the eighth week in a row, coming in at #16 in the Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll, released on Oct. 28.
UConn has won seven straight games and is 13-3 coming into the weekend. The Huskies are ranked #4 in the nation and are the defending NCAA and BIG EAST champs. UConn won two games against the Owls last season, and hold a 5-2-1 lead in the all-time series.
HEADLINES
• Senior Amber Youtz leads all players in NCAA Division I with 25 goals, and had a hand in all eight goals the Owls scored last week...She scored four, including a hat trick at Georgetown, and assisted on the other four.
• Temple swept this week's BIG EAST Awards for a second time this season...Youtz was named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the week for a third time, while junior defender Taylor Shronk earned her first BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honor, and was the first non-goalie to win that award this season.
• After recording back-to-back hat tricks in wins vs. Villanova and La Salle, Youtz was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week for a second time on Oct. 13...She was also named Corvias ECAC Field Hockey Offensive Player of the Week, Phila Field Hockey Attacker of the Week and Under Armour OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week.
• The NCAA released its sixth RPI of the season on Oct. 28, and Temple's RPI is #13 in the nation.
• The Owls swept the BIG EAST weekly awards for the first time on Sept. 29, with Lizzy Millen earning her third BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week Award and Youtz earning her first BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week Award for 2014.
• Millen and Youtz are among 38 seniors across the nation selected to play in the NFHCA Division I Senior Game on Nov. 22 at Maryland...They are the ninth and 10th Owls in the last eight years to earn the honor.
• Millen currently ranks third in NCAA Division I with a saves percentage of .800 and leads the BIG EAST in saves percentage while ranking third in saves per game...Her 396 career saves rank seventh all-time at Temple.
• Senior Nicole Kroener currently ranks sixth all-time in Temple program history with 28 career assists.
• Four of the Owls' five losses are to teams ranked in the current Top 20 (#2 Maryland, #5 Penn State, #8 Duke and #19 Old Dominion), and the fifth was a 1-0 overtime loss to Drexel.
• With 25 goals so far in 2014, Youtz has now scored 67 goals as an Owl to rank fourth all-time...Her 160 career points also rank fourth all-time and her 26 assists rank eighth all-time...She needs just one more goals to tie for third on the career goals list.
SENIOR DAY
On Saturday, Temple field hockey will honor three seniors who have had a tremendous impact and who have meant so much to the program.
Nicole Kroener is a team co-captain and four-year veteran who has led both vocally and by example with one of the best work ethics on the team. Nicole has played and started in every single Temple game throughout her career, and will be making her 82nd career start on Saturday. She holds the sixth spot all-time in program history with 28 career assists, and led the team with 10 assists as a junior. Nicole has also scored 14 career goals, including eight as a sophomore. After recording two assists in the Owls' come-from-behind win at Providence last month, Nicole was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. She is a standout both on and off the field, and earlier this season was named the Student-Athlete of the Week by Phila Field Hockey. Nicole has twice been named to Temple's President's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.5. Nicole is an accounting major from Morgantown, Pa., out of Twin Valley High School.As a five-year veteran for the Owls and a team co-captain this season, Lizzy Millen has had a truly outstanding career as Temple's starting goalkeeper for the past four seasons. Lizzy was an All-BIG EAST Second Team honoree last year, and was named to this season's Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. She has played in every game for Temple over the last four years, and will be playing in her 82nd game on Saturday. With 396 career saves, Lizzy ranks seventh all-time in program history. This season she has an 80 percent saves percentage to lead the BIG EAST and rank third among all goalkeepers in NCAA Division I. As a redshirt freshman in 2011, Lizzy was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Atlantic 10 Tournament and was also named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team. She is a strong student off the field and has been named each year to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0. Lizzy is a kinesiology major from Whitehall, Pa., out of Whitehall High School.An All-America Second Team selection last year, Amber Youtz has gone on to have an even more impressive final season with the Owls, and has truly left her mark on the program. Amber leads all players in the nation with 25 goals so far this year, and has recorded eight career hat tricks including four this season. Her 67 career goals rank fourth all-time at Temple, and she also ranks fourth all-time with 160 career points and ranks eighth all-time with 26 career assists. As a junior, Amber was named to the All-Region First Team and All-BIG EAST First Team, and as a sophomore she was named the Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year while also earning A-10 First Team and All-Region Second Team honors. This year she was a Preseason All-BIG EAST selection and has been named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week three times, including this week after scoring or assisting on all eight of Temple's goals in two 4-0 shutout wins last week. Amber has twice been named to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0. Amber is a kinesiology major from Dauphin, Pa., out of Central Dauphin High School.
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