Temple University Athletics
Friday, October 13
Howarth Field
6:00 p.m.
Temple University
vs
Villanova
Photo by: Austin Sullivan
Field Hockey to Host Villanova Friday and Honor Temple Professors
10.12.17 | Field Hockey
PHILADELPHIA - Temple field hockey will look for its third straight home win as the Owls (4-8, 0-4) host BIG EAST and city rival Villanova (4-8, 1-3) on Friday, Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. The Owls will also play at home on Sunday, facing city rival Penn at 2 p.m.
Promotions
> Friday is MVP (Most Valuable Professors) Day. Temple field hockey student-athletes nominated their favorite professors, many of whom will be on hand to be recognized prior to the start of the game.
Scouting Temple
> Temple has won its last two home games, both by a score of 3-2 and both in overtime. Most recently, redshirt senior Sarah Keer coverted on a penalty stroke in OT to lift the Owls to a 3-2 win vs. UC Davis on Oct. 8.
> The Owls are 0-4 in BIG EAST play with three league games left on the slate. They are 12-4 all-time against Villanova, and have won four of the last five in the series against the Wildcats.
> Senior Rachael Mueller leads Temple with six goals and 16 total points. Mueller scored early in the second half of the UC Davis win, tying the game at 1-1. Her six season goals including two game-winning goals.
> Sophomore Kathryn Edgar is one of three players with two goals to tie for second on the team, and Edgar has a team-best five assists as well. Keer and sophomore Maddie Merton have also scored two goals apiece.
> Freshman Taylor Alba recorded both her first career goal and first career assist in the Owls' loss at Georgetown on Sept. 29, and added a second assist on Mueller's game-tying goal vs. UC Davis.
> Edgar was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for her three-assist effort in the Owls' win vs. Sacred Heart on Sept. 24. Mueller earned the same honor after scoring twice in the Owls' 3-1 win at Holy Cross, and Keer was named to this week's honor roll after her game-winning goal vs. UC Davis.
> Three of Temple's losses have come against nationally ranked teams, while another loss was to Saint Joseph's, now also ranked in the Top 25.
Scouting Villanova
> The Wildcats are 4-8 overall and 1-3 in the BIG EAST with a 2-1 win at Quinnipiac on Sept. 29. They suffered a 12-0 loss to #1 UConn on Oct. 6, but rebounded for a 1-0 win at Lafayette on Oct. 8.
> Junior Lydia Sydnor leads Villanova with six goals, while sophomore Emma McLaughlin has a team-best four assists. Sophomore Christen Pennington has racked up four defensive saves while junior Erika Miller has started every game in the cage.
> Head coach Joanie Milhous is in her 23rd season with the Wildcats, and one of her assistant coaches is Kelly Broadway (formerly Driscoll) who was an assistant/associate head coach at Temple from 2011-14.
Series History
> Temple leads Villanova 12-4 in the all-time series.
> The Wildcats edged the Owls 3-2 last year in Conshohocken, but Temple had previously won four in a row including back-to-back overtime wins at the end of the regular season and in the BIG EAST Tournament in 2015.
Promotions
> Friday is MVP (Most Valuable Professors) Day. Temple field hockey student-athletes nominated their favorite professors, many of whom will be on hand to be recognized prior to the start of the game.
Scouting Temple
> Temple has won its last two home games, both by a score of 3-2 and both in overtime. Most recently, redshirt senior Sarah Keer coverted on a penalty stroke in OT to lift the Owls to a 3-2 win vs. UC Davis on Oct. 8.
> The Owls are 0-4 in BIG EAST play with three league games left on the slate. They are 12-4 all-time against Villanova, and have won four of the last five in the series against the Wildcats.
> Senior Rachael Mueller leads Temple with six goals and 16 total points. Mueller scored early in the second half of the UC Davis win, tying the game at 1-1. Her six season goals including two game-winning goals.
> Sophomore Kathryn Edgar is one of three players with two goals to tie for second on the team, and Edgar has a team-best five assists as well. Keer and sophomore Maddie Merton have also scored two goals apiece.
> Freshman Taylor Alba recorded both her first career goal and first career assist in the Owls' loss at Georgetown on Sept. 29, and added a second assist on Mueller's game-tying goal vs. UC Davis.
> Edgar was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for her three-assist effort in the Owls' win vs. Sacred Heart on Sept. 24. Mueller earned the same honor after scoring twice in the Owls' 3-1 win at Holy Cross, and Keer was named to this week's honor roll after her game-winning goal vs. UC Davis.
> Three of Temple's losses have come against nationally ranked teams, while another loss was to Saint Joseph's, now also ranked in the Top 25.
Scouting Villanova
> The Wildcats are 4-8 overall and 1-3 in the BIG EAST with a 2-1 win at Quinnipiac on Sept. 29. They suffered a 12-0 loss to #1 UConn on Oct. 6, but rebounded for a 1-0 win at Lafayette on Oct. 8.
> Junior Lydia Sydnor leads Villanova with six goals, while sophomore Emma McLaughlin has a team-best four assists. Sophomore Christen Pennington has racked up four defensive saves while junior Erika Miller has started every game in the cage.
> Head coach Joanie Milhous is in her 23rd season with the Wildcats, and one of her assistant coaches is Kelly Broadway (formerly Driscoll) who was an assistant/associate head coach at Temple from 2011-14.
Series History
> Temple leads Villanova 12-4 in the all-time series.
> The Wildcats edged the Owls 3-2 last year in Conshohocken, but Temple had previously won four in a row including back-to-back overtime wins at the end of the regular season and in the BIG EAST Tournament in 2015.
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