No. 9 Liberty Tops Field Hockey

Friday, September 29

Philadelphia, Pa.

1:00 P.M.

Temple University

(6-4, 1-2)

#9 Liberty

(10-1, 3-0)

LIBERTY

Temple

Photo by: Kenny Dango

No. 9 Liberty Tops Field Hockey

9.29.23 | Field Hockey

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple field hockey team fell 3-0 Friday afternoon to No. 9 Liberty. The Owls now sit at 6-4 (1-2 BIG EAST).

Recapping the Game
> The Flames got on the board last in the first quarter, scoring at the 12-minute mark.
> Liberty double its lead in the second, converting a penalty corner attempt to put the team up 2-0 at the half.
> Neither team was able to find the back of the net in the third, with three corners being cleared by the defenses.
> Liberty put the game away in the final frame, scoring off a rebounded shot on a penalty corner attempt.

Statistically Speaking
> The Owls outshot the Flames, putting five on target to Liberty's four.
> Alizé Maes led Temple with a pair of shots.
> Each team drew five corners, with Liberty converting two.

Quotable
> "Regardless of the score line, we did a lot of things well. We outshot them and were even in corner attempts, so I want them to have the confidence to know that we can compete against any top-10 team. Liberty is a fantastic opponent and is very clinical in the circle, but if we played the full 60 minutes like we did in the second half I think it would have been a different game. You can't take a minute off, especially against a team this good, so we need to be a little more detail oriented and put a full 60 together. I'm super proud of the effort and what the team did, regardless of the final score." – head coach Michelle Vittese

Next Up
> The Owls will get a non-conference tuneup at Monmouth on Oct. 1 to open a three-game road stretch.