Field Hockey Opens Season with Pair of Weekend Contests

PHILADELPHIA – The Temple University field hockey team opens its season with a pair of games this week, hosting Queens on Friday, August 30 and traveling to Lock Haven on Sunday, September 1.

Scouting Temple

Alizé Maes was picked as the BIG EAST preseason Defensive Player of the Year and Tess Muller was a unanimous selection as preseason All-Conference.
The Owls were selected third in the BIG EAST preseason poll, tied with UConn with 33 points.
Temple returns several key players from last season. Muller was a First Team All-BIG EAST and Second Team All-Region selection for a year where she led the team with 18 points on six goals and six assists.
Maes was a BIG EAST Second Team selection and finished seventh in the conference with eight assists.
Devin Kinzel was second on the squad with four goals. Caitlyn Amsden added six assists.
Michelle Vittese enters her fourth season as head coach and has guided TU to the BIG EAST postseason in each of her first three years.

Scouting Queens (N.C.)

The Royals are playing in their third ever season as a Division I school.
Prior to its transition to the new higher level, Queens qualified for five consecutive South Atlantic Conference Carolinas tournaments.
Brandi Kist is in her ninth season as the head coach of the Royals and has guided the team from a club sport to an NCAA D1 program.

All-Time Series
Friday is the first ever meeting between the Owls and the Royals.

Scouting Lock Haven

The Bald Eagles are coming off a 5-12 season in 2023 when they also went 2-5 in the A10.
LHU returns a pair of potent offensive pieces. Broke Hofsass topped Lock Haven with 19 points (8G, 3A) a year ago. Costanza Lopez Zabala was second on the team with 13 points (6G, 1A).
Kelsey Felix, who saw all but 27 minutes in goal last year also returns, after posting a 2.31 goals against average and a 71.7 save percentage in 2023.
Anna Rogers is in her second season as the head coach of the Bald Eagles and has been on the staff as an assistant coach since 2016.

All-Time Series
Temple holds a 5-3-1 advantage in nine previous matchups between the Owls and the Bald Eagles. TU has won the last two contests, including a 4-0 victory in 2022.

Up Next
The Lock Haven match starts a stretch of five games in a row on the road, continuing with a trip south to face Virginia on September 6 and Richmond on September 8.

Temple University Athletics

Field Hockey Opens Season with Pair of Weekend Contests

Players Mentioned

Caitlyn Amsden

Devin Kinzel

Tess Muller

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