The Temple Owls to Host The Rice Owls on Thursday Night

Thursday, October 12

Philadelphia, PA

7:00 PM

Temple University

Rice

The Temple Owls to Host The Rice Owls on Thursday Night

10.10.23 | Women's Soccer

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PHILADELPHIA - The Temple women's soccer team (2-8-3, 0-4-0 AAC) will host Rice (2-10-1, 0-4-0 AAC) on Thursday evening. During the match, the Owls will honor Morgan's Message: an organization that prioritizes the mental health of student-athletes.

Scouting Temple
- The Owls fell to the ECU Pirates 4-0 last Thursday night, generating four shots and three corner kicks. Temple stands at a conference record of 0-4-0. Yazmeen Smith started her first game of the season and Sabrina Campbell logged her first shot on goal for Temple.
- Tamsin Bynoe started her eighth game of the season, making five saves for the Cherry and White.
- Phoebe Hollin has kicked 53 corner kicks for the Cherry and White this season, taking two against ECU.
- Beky Myers is the team's leading goal-scorer (3) while Nicole Sweeney trails with two.
- Jessica Carrieri, Fiona Kilian, and Lena Stein have each assisted once throughout the past twelve games.

Scouting Rice
- The Rice Owls stand at a record of 2-10-1 (0-4-0 AAC).
- Rice finished first in C-USA last season, and opened the 2023 season with a 0-2 loss against Incarnate Word.
- The team starts junior goalkeeper Ann Stephanie Fortin, who has logged 675 minutes for the Owls this season. She has made 29 saves.
- Ellen Halseth, a graduate forward, also starts for the Owls. Halseth has recorded five goals and three assists this season. She has played 310 minutes.

Series History
The matchup between the Owls and the Rice Owls marks the first time the teams will play one another in program history. Rice is new to the conference, coming from C-USA this season.