Staff Directory

Maite Sturm

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Assistant Coach
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Maite Sturm enters her third season as an assistant coach for the Temple University field hockey team in 2026.

The Owls posted a 12-6 record in 2025. Led by BIG EAST Co-Offensive Player of the Year Peyton Rieger and BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Lucia Magro, the Owls' offense ranked second in the conference in scoring average (2.45). Rieger ranked second in the league in points per game (1.50), third in goals per game (.56) and sixth in assists per game, registering the most points (27) by an Owl since 2015. Magro shined in her debut season, earning All-BIG EAST First Team honors alongside Rieger and becoming the first Temple freshman to register 20 points since 1987. The duo also earned NFHCA All-Region Second Team honors following the season.

Magro highlighted a strong freshman class that featured Mara Lenting (4G, 6A) and Kathryn Gauvin (5G, 2A), as the trio ranked among the top five on the team in points. Fellow first-year Lonneke Kerkhoff started all 18 games as a defender.

Notable wins for Temple in 2025 included a 5-4 decision over Delaware, a 2-0 victory over CAA champion Drexel, a 3-2 win over Atlantic 10 finalist Richmond and a 2-1 Senior Day victory over No. 14 Yale. Three of Temple's four BIG EAST losses came by a single goal, including a 3-2 shootout loss to No. 7 Liberty and a 3-2 defeat to Old Dominion in double overtime.

In 2024, Temple advanced to the BIG EAST final for the first time since 2015 following a 2-1 double-overtime win over Old Dominion. The Owls led the BIG EAST with seven shutouts, with NFHCA All-American back Alize Maes leading both the offense and defense. The BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year paced Temple's offense with 20 points and seven goals.

Sturm arrives at Temple after a stint as an assistant coach for her club team in Germany and was a decorated student-athlete at VCU. She was an All-American as a senior and three-time All-Atlantic 10 First Team honoree. She started all 82 games in which she appeared during her career, totaling 26 goals and 36 assists for 88 points and helped the Rams to the spring 2021 NCAA tournament.