Field Hockey Remains Undefeated at Home

Friday, September 13

Philadelphia, Pa.

7 p.m.

Temple University

(3-1)

Bryant

(0-4)

BRY

Temple

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Field Hockey Remains Undefeated at Home

9.13.19 | Field Hockey

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – The Temple field hockey team earned its third-straight home win this season with a 2-0 victory over Bryant Friday night, remaining undefeated at Howarth Field. The Owls improve to 3-1 on the year, one more win than the 2018 season.

Recapping the Game
> The Owls dominated the offense, taking five shots in the opening quarter.
> Temple shut down the Bulldog attack, holding Bryant to just three shots in the first half and eight shots overall.
> The team got the momentum going coming out of halftime, with Claire Thomas putting Temple on the board in the first five minutes of the third quarter.
> Tali Popinko gave the Owls insurance to cap the third quarter, scoring off a redirected penalty corner from Lucy Reed and Nienke Oerlemans.
> The victory marked the third shutout for the team this season, with the Owls allowing zero goals at home in 2019.

Statistically Speaking
> Temple outshot the Bulldogs 16-8, with Thomas and Kathryn Edgar leading the team with four shots each.
> Dani Batze recorded a clutch defensive save to help keep Bryant off the board, the Owls' second defensive save of the year.
> Both Thomas and Popinko earned their first goals of the season.

Quotable
"We are very happy with tonight's performance. We had many opportunities in the first half so to see some connection and execution in the second half was massive to our confidence. Bryant was quite skilled in the midfield so I was impressed with our ability to manage danger. To come out focused for tonight's game despite the outside factors this week brought us was a huge win." – Temple head coach Susan Ciufo

Next Up
> Temple will get a break heading into the weekend, returning to the field for two home matches next weekend.