Women’s Soccer Hosts Penn in Home Opener This Friday

PHILADELPHIA – Temple women's soccer will host Penn in the 2021 home opener on Friday, Aug. 27 at 4 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ from the Temple Sports Complex in Philadelphia, Pa.

The Owls

Temple enters the match with a record of 0-1 after falling to Maryland 3-0 on Thursday, Aug. 19 in the season opener.
Temple's second game of the season against Rutgers set for Sunday, Aug. 22 was canceled due to weather conditions.
Last year, Temple posted a final record of 4-5-1 (2-5-1 AAC) in the condensed season, finishing seventh in the AAC.
Temple returns leading scorers Lexy Endres (6), Gabriela Johnson (5), Hailey Gutowski (5) and Roisin McGovern (4).

Scouting Penn

The match against the Owls will serve as the 2021 season opener for the Quakers.
Penn did not compete in the 2020-21 season after the Ivy League canceled all competition in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Quakers last match came on Nov. 9, 2019, in a 1-0 loss to Princeton.
Head coach Casey Brown will enter her second year with the Quakers, but only her first season of competition after being hired in March 2020, just months before the pandemic.
The Quakers finished the 2019 season 8-7-1 (IVY 2-5-0) and return key players Sizzy Lawton, Mia Shenk and Allie Schachter.

Game Preview

Temple is 5-8-0 all time against the Quakers with the teams last meeting in 2019. The Owls fell to the Quakers 2-1 in a hard-fought match at Rhodes Field.