Field Hockey Tops Georgetown in Fifth Shutout of the Year

Friday, September 30

Philadelphia, Pa

4:00 P.M.

Temple University

(8-3, 2-1)

Georgetown

(3-8, 0-3)

Temple

Photo by: Robin Hsiao

Field Hockey Tops Georgetown in Fifth Shutout of the Year

9.30.22 | Field Hockey

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple field hockey team returned to the win column Friday night with 1-0 victory over Georgetown in the team's fifth shutout of the season. With the win, the Owls sit at 8-3 (2-1 BIG EAST) while the Hoyas fall to 3-8 (0-3 BIG EAST).

Recapping the Game
> The Owls earned a corner early, making their first attempt of the game in the first two minutes.
> Temple wasn't able to convert on its six penalty corners in the first half, with Ciara Weets of Georgetown making six saves to keep the Owls out of the cage.
> The Cherry and White drew six more corners in the third quarter, but the Hoyas' defense continued to keep the team from converting.
> Nienke Oerlemans was able to break through and score at the 58-minute mark, converting a penalty corner with help from Annie Judge and McKenna Burkhardt.

Statistically Speaking
> The Owls fired a season-high 22 shots, holding Georgetown to just one and putting 11 on frame.
> Agustina Tucceri led the team with four shots, with 10 other Owls firing at least one shot.
> Temple outcornered Georgetown 15-0, seeing seven in the second quarter.
> Molly Frey posted one save on one shot faced.

Quotable
> "To see us fight was really cool. In the last couple of games, we were hung in there but the decision didn't go our way so we revisited some of the lessons we learned last weekend going into today. We dominated possession so it was important for us to just keep doing what we were doing because it was working. Georgetown is a very well-coached team so credit to them and Ciara Weets was the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year last year so we knew it would be a tough game. Eventually we were able to break them and have the game fall in our favor." – head coach Michelle Vittese

Next Up
> Temple will remain home to face Big 5 rival Drexel on Sunday afternoon.