Women’s Soccer Travels to Penn Friday

PHILADELPHIA – Temple women's soccer (0-1-1) is set to travel to city foe, Penn (0-0-0) on Friday, Aug. 26 to face the Quakers in their season opener. The match is set for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

The Owls

After opening their 2022 debut with a 1-1 draw against Big Ten competitor, Maryland on Aug. 18, the Owls dropped to Binghamton, 2-0 on the road.
Emily Kavanaugh has notched the lone goal of 2022, as she netted a header in the 63rd minute of the Maryland matchup off a goalie deflection. Just three minutes later, Maryland answered back with a goal of their own, but a seven-save performance from goalkeeper Kamryn Stablein would be enough to hold the Terps off to end in a 1-1 deadlock.
The Cherry and White are coming off a 5-8-3 season in 2021 which included a 2-6-0 conference performance to land them eighth in the American Athletic Conference at the conclusion of the season. As the Owls return in the 2022 season, the squad moved up a spot in the preseason poll as announced by the league on Aug. 18, sitting at No. 7.

Scouting the Quakers

The matchup against Temple will serve as the season opener for the Quakers, and the first game for head coach Krissy Turner. Turner joined the staff in 2022 after a 24-year stint at Monmouth, where she clinched 10 regular season championships and 8 NEC Championships in her tenure.
Last year, Penn went 9-5-2 (3-4-0 IVY), posting conference wins over Cornell, Dartmouth, and Yale. One of Penn's two draws came to Temple in their season opener, where the Quakers and the Owls stayed at a 1-1 deadlock throughout the duration of double overtime.
Sizzy Lawton and Lauren Teuschl return for Penn this year as valuable helpers to the Quaker offense, dishing out seven assists each, while both adding three goals in 2021 to tie for second on the squad in the point category. Mia Shenk, the 2021 leading scorer finished her final year at Penn last season, netting a team-high six goals and three assists.
Junior Laurence Gladu returns in goal for Penn, coming off a fantastic sophomore season. Gladu clocked 1441 minutes over the course of a 16-game season, grabbing 79 saves for a .840 save percentage.

History
The matchup between the Owls and the Quakers marks the fifteenth time the teams have met in program history with a contest record of 5-8-1. The teams' last meeting came in 2021, where the Owls recorded a 1-1 draw against the Quakers in Penn's first match of the year.