Women's Soccer Opens Conference Play Tonight

Thursday, September 25

Cincinnati, Ohio

7:00 pm

Temple University

Cincinnati

Photo by: Cameron Resnick

Women's Soccer Opens Conference Play Tonight

9.25.14 | Women's Soccer

Game Notes | Live Stats (Cincy) | Live Video (Cincy) | Live Stats (ECU)

PHILADELPHIA – The Owls return to action tonight on the road as they open up conference play. Temple will take on University of Cincinnati for a 7:00 p.m. game at Gettler Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. Temple will close out the weekend when it travels down to East Carolina University. This will be the program's first ever matchup against the Pirates. The game is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start at Johnson Soccer Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.

Temple now sits at 7-2 after a tough weekend. The Owls are optimistic and look to bounce back after a 3-2 overtime heartbreaker to city rival La Salle Sunday afternoon. "Sometimes it just doesn't go your way," said head coach Seamus O'Connor. "This was the best team we played so far. It was a tremendous effort by our team and I am so heartbroken for them. I felt we outplayed them; again we were just unlucky at times. I am so happy how we bounced back from Friday's loss at Delaware. We just need to work a little on the execution and I feel our team will be ready for conference play."

Check out the links above for live stats, live video and game notes for this tonight and this weekend.

Headlines
• Temple women's soccer lost a 3-2 overtime heartbreaker to city rival La Salle Sunday afternoon.
• The Owls winning streak ended on Friday night with a 2-0 loss at Delaware. Temple women's soccer held the longest winning streak in program history with a 7-0 start.
• Starting goalkeeper Shauni Kerkhoff recorded eight saves over the weekend. Kerkhoff brought her career saves total to 197 which is now only seven away from 5th all time (204). Courtney Woytowicz (1999-00) currently sits at the 5th all-time spot. Kerkhoff also holds the career highest save percentage (0.828), goals against average (1.07), and shutouts (24).
• Kelly Farrell leads the Owls in points with ten. Farrell also leads the Owls in goals (4), assists (2), and shots on goal (13).
• Temple women's soccer defeated Cornell 2-1 in double overtime on 9/14/14 to win the Cornell Classic. The Owls improved their winning streak to seven games, and broke the record for the longest winning streak in program history.
• Temple also had four players make the Big Red Shootout All-Tournament Team. The team consisted of three forwards, three midfielders, three defenders, one goalie, plus another player of any position. The players selected for Temple were (GK) Shauni Kerkhoff, (D) Erin Lafferty, (M) Paula Jurewicz and (F) Kelly Farrell.
• Cincinnati comes in with a record of 6-2-2. Last week, the Bearcats went 1-1. Cincinnati lost Thursday at DePaul 3-1, and concluded the weekend at home with a 3-1 win against Syracuse on Sunday.
• The Owls hold a 0-1-0 all-time record against the Bearcats. The teams' last matchup was on Oct. 20, 2013 at Ambler Sports Complex, which resulted in a 2-1 victory for Cincinnati.
• East Carolina comes in with a record of 6-2-1. Last week, the Pirates went 1-0-1. East Carolina tied Thursday at UNC-Wilmington 0-0, and concluded the weekend at home with a 1-0 win against Campbell on Sunday. This will be the first matchup between these two programs.