temple field hockey
2016 CONFERENCE CUP TOURNAMENT
TEMPLE FIELD HOCKEY 2016 GAME NOTES
Karen Angell, Associate Director for Athletic Communications l Email: [email protected] O: 215-204-3850 l C: 928-606-8017 l Twitter: @TempleFH l Website: www.OwlSports.com
GAME INFORMATION Dates.................................................................Aug. 26 & 28, 2016 Time...... 1 p.m. (8/26) vs. Syracuse, 3 p.m. (8/28) at Saint Joseph’s Site..............................Ellen Ryan Field (Saint Joseph’s University) Live Stats....................................................Links on owlsports.com Twitter Updates............................................................ @TempleFH Series vs. Syracuse..............................................Temple leads, 4-3 Streak........................................................................................ W 2 Series vs. Saint Joseph’s................................. Temple leads, 25-10 Streak........................................................................................ W 6
SCHEDULE/RESULTS AUGUST Fri., 26 Sun., 28
vs. #2 Syracuse (at Saint Joseph’s)............ 1:00 p.m. at Saint Joseph’s....................................... 3:00 p.m.
SEPTEMBER Fri., 2 Sun., 4 Fri., 9 Sun., 11 Fri., 16 Sun., 18 Fri., 23 Sun., 25 Fri., 30
#18 PENN STATE........................................ 6:00 p.m. LA SALLE..................................................12:00 p.m. DELAWARE................................................ 4:00 p.m. DREXEL...................................................... 1:00 p.m. *PROVIDENCE (BEDN)............................... 6:00 p.m. MONMOUTH.............................................. 1:00 p.m. *at #3 UConn............................................ 3:00 p.m. vs. Sacred Heart (at Yale)...........................3:30 p.m. *GEORGETOWN......................................... 6:00 p.m.
OCTOBER Sun., 2 Fri., 7 Sun., 9 Sat., 15 Fri., 21 Fri., 28 Sun., 30
MATCHUPS
TEMPLE Owls 0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST
SYRACUSE Orange 0-0, 0-0 ACC
SAINT JOSEPH’S Hawks 0-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10
HEAD COACH Marybeth Freeman Overall Record:..............54-52 (7th Yr) at School:.........................8-13 (2nd Yr) 2015 Team Record:.......................8-13
HEAD COACH Ange Bradley Overall Record:....... 296-97-2 (19th Yr) at School:.................... 161-36 (10th Yr) 2015 Team Record:........................21-1
HEAD COACH Lynn Farquhar Overall Record:...............18-18 (3rd Yr) at School:....................................Same 2015 Team Record:........................ 9-9
LAST TIME OUT L, 7-3 vs. #2 UConn 11/8/2015 (BIG EAST Championship)
LAST TIME OUT W, 4-2 vs. #1 North Carolina 11/22/2015 (NCAA Championship)
LAST TIME OUT L, 5-2 vs. UMass 11/6/2015 (A-10 Semifinals)
RETURNING LEADERS Goals: ....................... Keer/Mueller (4) Assists: ..................... Hattie Kuhns (4) Points: .......................Keer/Mueller (9)
RETURNING LEADERS Goals: ....................... Roos Weers (14) Assists: .......................Roos Weers (9) Points: .......................Roos Weers (37)
RETURNING LEADERS Goals: ....................Anna Willocks (16) Assists: ...................... Monica Tice (9) Points: ................... Anna Willocks (36)
HEADLINES HOLY CROSS............................................12:00 p.m. *#20 OLD DOMINION................................ 3:00 p.m. at Penn....................................................... 1:00 p.m. *at Villanova.............................................12:00 p.m. *QUINNIPIAC............................................. 3:00 p.m. *at #13 Liberty........................................... 4:00 p.m. LAFAYETTE (Senior Day)............................ 2:00 p.m.
NOVEMBER Fri., 4 **BIG EAST SEMIFINALS..................................... TBA Sun., 6 **BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP............................... TBA Home games in CAPS *BIG EAST contest **BIG EAST Tournament (at Temple) All times Eastern and subject to change
PRONUNCIATIONS Foran...................................................................................... for-AN Gerzabek........................................................................ grr-za-beck Kucera.............................................................................. coo-sarah Kuhns.......................................................................................koonz Lilliock................................................................................. lilly-awk Maiyah Brown......................................................................... my-uh Meszaros......................................................................mezz-air-ohs Vittese............................................................................. vah-TEESE
» Temple field hockey opens the 2016 season at the sixth annual Conference Cup Tournament, which returns to the City of Brotherly Love this year. First up for the Owls is a match-up against defending national champion and No. 2 Syracuse. » All four games of the tournament will be hosted by Saint Joseph’s, and the Owls will get the action started when they play the Orange at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26. » Following Temple’s game on Friday, host Saint Joseph’s will play No. 6 Maryland at 4 p.m. On Sunday, Aug. 28, Maryland and Syracuse will play at noon before Temple faces off against SJU at 3 p.m. » The Owls and the Hawks will celebrate Phila Field Hockey Day on Sunday, and will sign autographs for young fans after the conclusion of the game. » Coming off an 8-13 season and a second-straight appearance in the BIG EAST Championship game, Temple will have a new look in 2016 after the loss of 10 seniors to graduation. » The Owls, who received six votes in the NFHCA Preseason Top 20 Poll, will be led by four seniors in Katie Foran, Paige Gross, Ali Meszaros and Michelle Walsh. » Five of the Owls’ 13 returning players started in at least half of the team’s games last season. » Sarah Keer, returning for her fourth season as a redshirt junior, and junior Rachael Mueller, scored four goals apiece to tie for fourth on the team in 2015. » Gross, juniors Maiyah Brown and Hattie Kuhns and redshirt sophomore Maris Stern all notched two goals apiece last year. » Redshirt sophomore Ashley Kucera returns in the midfield after making 11 starts in her first active season with the Owls. Meszaros, who started in 18 of 21 games and notched an assist, returns to help anchor the backfield. » The goalkeeping position will see sophomore Chloe Johnson and freshman Maddie Lilliock vying for the spot, with both being relative newcomers as Johnson played just 13 minutes in the cage last year. » Many other freshmen will be counted on to make an immediate impact, and the talent level is deep among the eight-member rookie class. » This year marks the third in a row in which Temple will face the defending national champion. The Owls play UConn as part of their BIG EAST Conference schedule, and the Huskies were national champs in both 2013 and 2014. » Temple has a winning record of 4-3 all-time against Syracuse, but the teams last faced each other in 2007. The unranked Owls won that contest 1-0 against the 20th-ranked Orange on the road. » The Owls edged the Hawks 3-2 at home last season on Sept. 7. Gross scored the game-winner on an assist from Kuhns with less than three minutes remaining in regulation. Temple holds an all-time record of 25-10 against Saint Joseph’s, and the Owls have won the past six meetings against SJU.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
ROSTER
ALL-TIME RECORD • 101st season of field hockey • Years: 1914 to present • Overall record: 496-329-52 (1949-2016) • NCAA Appearances: 6 (1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992)
No.
Name
Yr.
Pos.
Ht.
Hometown
00
Chloe Johnson
So.
GK
5-9
Phoenixville, Pa.
2
Maddie Lilliock
Fr.
GK
5-6
Palmyra, Pa.
3
Maddie Merton
Fr.
M
5-4
Auckland, New Zealand
COACHING STAFF Head Coach..................................................... Marybeth Freeman Phone......................................................................215-204-2688 E-Mail......................................................mbfreeman@temple.edu Career Record/Year........................................................ 54-52/7th Record at TU/Year.............................................................8-13/2nd Associate Head Coach......................................................Roz Ellis Phone...................................................................... 215-204-5106 E-Mail............................................................ [email protected] Assistant Coach..................................................... Katie Gerzabek E-Mail....................................................... [email protected] Director of Operations............................................Carissa Vittese E-Mail..................................................carissa.vittese@temple.edu Volunteer Asst. Coach........................................ Chrissy Davidson
4
Sam Souder
Fr.
F
5-7
West Deptford, N.J.
5
Lucy Reed
Fr.
F
5-6
Lititz, Pa.
7
Kathryn Edgar
Fr.
M
5-5
Craigavon, N. Ireland
8
Maiyah Brown
Jr.
M/F
5-5
Allentown, Pa.
9
Michelle Walsh
Sr.
B/M
5-2
Phoenixville, Pa.
Archbishop Carroll
10
Cristen Barnett
Fr.
F
5-6
Brecksville, Ohio
Western Reserve Academy
11
Katie Foran
Sr.
F
5-6
Dauphin, Pa.
12
Becky Gerhart
Fr.
B
5-6
Quakertown, Pa.
13
Rachael Mueller
Jr.
M
5-3
Warminster, Pa.
William Tennent
14
Hattie Kuhns
Jr.
F
5-6
Millerstown, Pa.
Greenwood
15
Nellie Doyle
So.
B
5-10
Havertown, Pa.
Merion Mercy Academy
16
Ali Meszaros
Sr.
B/M
5-2
Phoenixville, Pa.
19
Grace Gober
Fr.
B
5-6
Wyoming, Pa.
Wyoming Area
20
Maris Stern
R-So.
F
5-6
Lehighton, Pa.
Lehighton Area
21
Paige Gross
Sr.
M
5-2
Bethlehem, Pa.
23
Jessika Daniels
So.
M
5-9
Glen Mills, Pa.
Garnet Valley
25
Sarah Keer
R-Jr.
F
5-5
Lehighton, Pa.
Lehighton
28
Ashley Kucera
R-So.
M
5-3
Spring City, Pa.
Owen J. Roberts
THE TEAM Letterwinners Returning/Lost.................................................13/12 Starters Returning/Lost............................................................. 5/6 2015 Overall Record................................................................ 8-13 BIG EAST Record...................................................................... 3-2 BIG EAST Regular Season Finish............................................. 2nd Postseason............................................................. BIG EAST Final TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Founded................................................................................. 1884 Enrollment..........................................................................39,000 Nickname...............................................................................Owls School Colors.....................................................Cherry and White Affiliation...............................................................NCAA Division I Conference........................................................ American Athletic Acting President:................................................... Richard Englert Director of Athletics...............................................Dr. Patrick Kraft Athletic Dept. Phone................................................215-204-7447 Ticket Office Phone.................................................215-204-8499 University Website....................................................... temple.edu Athletics Website.................................................... owlsports.com
High School Conestoga Lower Dauphin St. Cuthbert’s College West Deptford Warwick Lurgan College William Allen
Central Dauphin Quakertown
Phoenixville
Liberty
Head Coach: Marybeth Freeman (Old Dominion ’03) – Second season Associate Head Coach: Roz Ellis (Iowa ’09) – Second season Assistant Coach: Katie Gerzabek (Maryland ’15) – Second season Director of Operations: Carissa Vittese (Virginia ’14) – Second season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Chrissy Davidson (UConn ’15) – First season Strength & Conditioning Coach: Mike Inman (Salisbury ‘14) - First Season Associate Director, Resnick Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes: Tara Evans (Syracuse ‘01) - Third Season
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY FIELD HOCKEY PENN MONTO/ NFHCA COACHES POLL - PRESEASON Rank School Record Points 1. North Carolina 0-0 915 (16) 2. Syracuse 0-0 898 (25) 3. *Connecticut 0-0 818 (3) 4. Duke 0-0 758 5. Virginia 0-0 746 (2) 6. Maryland 0-0 688 (2) 7. Wake Forest 0-0 579 8. Boston College 0-0 521 9. Albany 0-0 503 10. Michigan 0-0 491 11. Stanford 0-0 448 12. Louisville 0-0 404 13. *Liberty 0-0 306 14. Delaware 0-0 297 15. Princeton 0-0 282 16. Northwestern 0-0 242 17. Boston University 0-0 219 18. Penn State 0-0 199 19. James Madison 0-0 175 20. *Old Dominion 0-0 130 *- BIG EAST Team • Italics indicate Owls’ 2016 opponent First-place votes in parentheses
SCOUTING SYRACUSE Syracuse claimed its first-ever national title in 2015 after going 21-1 overall and a perfect 16-0 in the ACC. Now in her 10th year as head coach, Ange Bradley was both the ACC Coach of the Year and NFHCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year last season. The Orange swept all four major conference awards, and return ACC Rookie of the Year Roos Weers in 2016. Weers was the team’s third-leading scorer with 14 goals, and tied for the team lead with nine assists as a freshman. The Orange have lost their top two scorers as well as their starting goalkeeper from last year. SCOUTING SAINT JOSEPH’S Saint Joseph’s went 9-9 overall in 2015 with a 5-3 mark in the Atlantic 10. The third-seeded Hawks fell to second-seeded UMass in the A-10 Tournament semifinals to end their season. Saint Joseph’s top player returns for just her sophomore season, as Anna Willocks led the team and the conference with 16 goals and 36 points on her way to being named A-10 Offensive Player of the Year and A-10 Rookie of the Year. GRAND OPENING OF HOWARTH FIELD SET FOR SEPT. 2 The 2016 season will serve as the inaugural year for Temple field hockey’s new stadium. The Owls will play for the first time on Howarth Field at the brand new Temple Sports Complex when they take on #18 Penn State at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2. The new complex just south of Temple’s Main Campus was completed in August, and will also serve as the home for lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s track & field.
The $22 million project, started in September 2015, features two playing fields. The space for field hockey and lacrosse, at the southern end of the property by 13th Street and Girard Avenue, is named Howarth Field in recognition of a $500,000 gift from former field hockey student-athlete Cherifa Howarth, ‘98, and her husband, Greg. TEMPLE PICKED FOURTH IN THE BIG EAST Temple field hockey has been picked to finish fourth of eight teams in the 2016 BIG EAST Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Three-time defending conference champion UConn has been unanimously selected to defend its title. The Huskies also garnered the BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year honor in forward Charlotte Veitner, while UConn midfielder Anna Middendorf and Liberty back Serena Barr were selected as Preseason Co-Defensive Players of the Year. The Huskies collected all seven eligible first-place votes for a total of 49 points from the leagues’ head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players or teams. Conference newcomer Liberty collected 40 points to claim second place in the coaches’ poll, earning the remaining first-place vote. Old Dominion followed in third with 39 points while Temple rounded out the top four with 30 points. They were followed by Providence with 25, Villanova with 19, Quinnipiac with 13 and Georgetown with nine.
HEAD COACH MARYBETH FREEMAN SECOND YEAR • OLD DOMINION ‘03 CAREER RECORD 54-52 (SEVEN YEARS) Marybeth Freeman, a five-time NCAA Division I champion as a player and coach, was hired as the head field hockey coach of Temple University on March 10, 2015. In Freeman’s debut season, the Owls made a second consecutive appearance in the BIG EAST Tournament Final before falling to two-time defending national champion and second-ranked UConn. The end of the season saw a five-game win streak for Temple prior to the conference championship game. The run showed what the Owls were capable of, starting with a 1-0 upset of #12 Old Dominion on Oct. 20. Freeman had four Longstreth/NFHCA All-Region selections, four All-BIG EAST selections and a Longstreth/NFHCA All-American in her first season at Temple. Off the field, Freeman’s Owls earned the BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award in field hockey for a second year in a row, and 20 of her student-athletes were named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team. Freeman came to Temple after spending five seasons as the head field hockey coach for Columbia University, and was previously an assistant coach at the University of Maryland for seven seasons, winning three national championships with the Terps.
After leading Columbia to 12 wins in 2014, tying for the second-most in program history, Freeman was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year. Her 2014 squad finFreeman (center) with assistant coach Katie Gerzabek (left) and associate head caoch Roz Ellis. ished with a record of 12-5, and junior midfielder Christina Freibolt Kathryn Mason led the nation in goals against average was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year as twice under Freeman’s guidance, and was the first well as being named to the All-Region First Team and ever Terp goalkeeper to be honored as a First Team All-American. All-America Third Team. Freeman has also served as the head goalkeep Freeman’s tenure at Columbia included a 10-win season in her first as head coach, and a pair of nine-win ing and defense coach for the US Field Hockey High seasons in 2011 and 2012. The Lions’ schedules were Performance Mid-Atlantic Region, in addition to workamong the most difficult in the nation in 2013-14. She ing with the US Field Hockey Futures program. She is a 2003 graduate of Old Dominion Universileaves Columbia after producing seven NFHCA All-Re- ty, and helped the Lady Monarchs win national titles in gion selections over her five years with the program. While at Maryland, Freeman played an integral 1998 and 2000. The four-year starter also led her team role in the team’s national titles in 2005, 2006 and to a Colonial Athletic Association title in each year of 2008. After three seasons as an assistant coach, Free- her collegiate career. In addition to her success on the man was promoted to associate head coach in 2007. field, Freeman excelled in the classroom as she was a The Terps also won three ACC titles in her time on staff, four-year NFHCA Academic All-American. Freeman earned a bachelor’s degree in health in 2005, 2008 and 2009. Among other responsibili- ties, Freeman was tasked with developing the Terps’ and physical education from ODU in 2003, and earned defense and goalkeeping unit. Three-time All-American her master’s in education from Maryland in 2008.
TEMPLE FIELD HOCKEY 2016 GAME NOTES
Karen Angell, Associate Director for Athletic Communications l Email: [email protected] O: 215-204-3850 l C: 928-606-8017 l Twitter: @TempleFH l Website: www.OwlSports.com
GAME INFORMATION Dates.................................................................Aug. 26 & 28, 2016 Time...... 1 p.m. (8/26) vs. Syracuse, 3 p.m. (8/28) at Saint Joseph’s Site..............................Ellen Ryan Field (Saint Joseph’s University) Live Stats....................................................Links on owlsports.com Twitter Updates............................................................ @TempleFH Series vs. Syracuse..............................................Temple leads, 4-3 Streak........................................................................................ W 2 Series vs. Saint Joseph’s................................. Temple leads, 25-10 Streak........................................................................................ W 6
SCHEDULE/RESULTS AUGUST Fri., 26 Sun., 28
vs. #2 Syracuse (at Saint Joseph’s)............ 1:00 p.m. at Saint Joseph’s....................................... 3:00 p.m.
SEPTEMBER Fri., 2 Sun., 4 Fri., 9 Sun., 11 Fri., 16 Sun., 18 Fri., 23 Sun., 25 Fri., 30
#18 PENN STATE........................................ 6:00 p.m. LA SALLE..................................................12:00 p.m. DELAWARE................................................ 4:00 p.m. DREXEL...................................................... 1:00 p.m. *PROVIDENCE (BEDN)............................... 6:00 p.m. MONMOUTH.............................................. 1:00 p.m. *at #3 UConn............................................ 3:00 p.m. vs. Sacred Heart (at Yale)...........................3:30 p.m. *GEORGETOWN......................................... 6:00 p.m.
OCTOBER Sun., 2 Fri., 7 Sun., 9 Sat., 15 Fri., 21 Fri., 28 Sun., 30
MATCHUPS
TEMPLE Owls 0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST
SYRACUSE Orange 0-0, 0-0 ACC
SAINT JOSEPH’S Hawks 0-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10
HEAD COACH Marybeth Freeman Overall Record:..............54-52 (7th Yr) at School:.........................8-13 (2nd Yr) 2015 Team Record:.......................8-13
HEAD COACH Ange Bradley Overall Record:....... 296-97-2 (19th Yr) at School:.................... 161-36 (10th Yr) 2015 Team Record:........................21-1
HEAD COACH Lynn Farquhar Overall Record:...............18-18 (3rd Yr) at School:....................................Same 2015 Team Record:........................ 9-9
LAST TIME OUT L, 7-3 vs. #2 UConn 11/8/2015 (BIG EAST Championship)
LAST TIME OUT W, 4-2 vs. #1 North Carolina 11/22/2015 (NCAA Championship)
LAST TIME OUT L, 5-2 vs. UMass 11/6/2015 (A-10 Semifinals)
RETURNING LEADERS Goals: ....................... Keer/Mueller (4) Assists: ..................... Hattie Kuhns (4) Points: .......................Keer/Mueller (9)
RETURNING LEADERS Goals: ....................... Roos Weers (14) Assists: .......................Roos Weers (9) Points: .......................Roos Weers (37)
RETURNING LEADERS Goals: ....................Anna Willocks (16) Assists: ...................... Monica Tice (9) Points: ................... Anna Willocks (36)
HEADLINES HOLY CROSS............................................12:00 p.m. *#20 OLD DOMINION................................ 3:00 p.m. at Penn....................................................... 1:00 p.m. *at Villanova.............................................12:00 p.m. *QUINNIPIAC............................................. 3:00 p.m. *at #13 Liberty........................................... 4:00 p.m. LAFAYETTE (Senior Day)............................ 2:00 p.m.
NOVEMBER Fri., 4 **BIG EAST SEMIFINALS..................................... TBA Sun., 6 **BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP............................... TBA Home games in CAPS *BIG EAST contest **BIG EAST Tournament (at Temple) All times Eastern and subject to change
PRONUNCIATIONS Foran...................................................................................... for-AN Gerzabek........................................................................ grr-za-beck Kucera.............................................................................. coo-sarah Kuhns.......................................................................................koonz Lilliock................................................................................. lilly-awk Maiyah Brown......................................................................... my-uh Meszaros......................................................................mezz-air-ohs Vittese............................................................................. vah-TEESE
» Temple field hockey opens the 2016 season at the sixth annual Conference Cup Tournament, which returns to the City of Brotherly Love this year. First up for the Owls is a match-up against defending national champion and No. 2 Syracuse. » All four games of the tournament will be hosted by Saint Joseph’s, and the Owls will get the action started when they play the Orange at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26. » Following Temple’s game on Friday, host Saint Joseph’s will play No. 6 Maryland at 4 p.m. On Sunday, Aug. 28, Maryland and Syracuse will play at noon before Temple faces off against SJU at 3 p.m. » The Owls and the Hawks will celebrate Phila Field Hockey Day on Sunday, and will sign autographs for young fans after the conclusion of the game. » Coming off an 8-13 season and a second-straight appearance in the BIG EAST Championship game, Temple will have a new look in 2016 after the loss of 10 seniors to graduation. » The Owls, who received six votes in the NFHCA Preseason Top 20 Poll, will be led by four seniors in Katie Foran, Paige Gross, Ali Meszaros and Michelle Walsh. » Five of the Owls’ 13 returning players started in at least half of the team’s games last season. » Sarah Keer, returning for her fourth season as a redshirt junior, and junior Rachael Mueller, scored four goals apiece to tie for fourth on the team in 2015. » Gross, juniors Maiyah Brown and Hattie Kuhns and redshirt sophomore Maris Stern all notched two goals apiece last year. » Redshirt sophomore Ashley Kucera returns in the midfield after making 11 starts in her first active season with the Owls. Meszaros, who started in 18 of 21 games and notched an assist, returns to help anchor the backfield. » The goalkeeping position will see sophomore Chloe Johnson and freshman Maddie Lilliock vying for the spot, with both being relative newcomers as Johnson played just 13 minutes in the cage last year. » Many other freshmen will be counted on to make an immediate impact, and the talent level is deep among the eight-member rookie class. » This year marks the third in a row in which Temple will face the defending national champion. The Owls play UConn as part of their BIG EAST Conference schedule, and the Huskies were national champs in both 2013 and 2014. » Temple has a winning record of 4-3 all-time against Syracuse, but the teams last faced each other in 2007. The unranked Owls won that contest 1-0 against the 20th-ranked Orange on the road. » The Owls edged the Hawks 3-2 at home last season on Sept. 7. Gross scored the game-winner on an assist from Kuhns with less than three minutes remaining in regulation. Temple holds an all-time record of 25-10 against Saint Joseph’s, and the Owls have won the past six meetings against SJU.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
ROSTER
ALL-TIME RECORD • 101st season of field hockey • Years: 1914 to present • Overall record: 496-329-52 (1949-2016) • NCAA Appearances: 6 (1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992)
No.
Name
Yr.
Pos.
Ht.
Hometown
00
Chloe Johnson
So.
GK
5-9
Phoenixville, Pa.
2
Maddie Lilliock
Fr.
GK
5-6
Palmyra, Pa.
3
Maddie Merton
Fr.
M
5-4
Auckland, New Zealand
COACHING STAFF Head Coach..................................................... Marybeth Freeman Phone......................................................................215-204-2688 E-Mail......................................................mbfreeman@temple.edu Career Record/Year........................................................ 54-52/7th Record at TU/Year.............................................................8-13/2nd Associate Head Coach......................................................Roz Ellis Phone...................................................................... 215-204-5106 E-Mail............................................................ [email protected] Assistant Coach..................................................... Katie Gerzabek E-Mail....................................................... [email protected] Director of Operations............................................Carissa Vittese E-Mail..................................................carissa.vittese@temple.edu Volunteer Asst. Coach........................................ Chrissy Davidson
4
Sam Souder
Fr.
F
5-7
West Deptford, N.J.
5
Lucy Reed
Fr.
F
5-6
Lititz, Pa.
7
Kathryn Edgar
Fr.
M
5-5
Craigavon, N. Ireland
8
Maiyah Brown
Jr.
M/F
5-5
Allentown, Pa.
9
Michelle Walsh
Sr.
B/M
5-2
Phoenixville, Pa.
Archbishop Carroll
10
Cristen Barnett
Fr.
F
5-6
Brecksville, Ohio
Western Reserve Academy
11
Katie Foran
Sr.
F
5-6
Dauphin, Pa.
12
Becky Gerhart
Fr.
B
5-6
Quakertown, Pa.
13
Rachael Mueller
Jr.
M
5-3
Warminster, Pa.
William Tennent
14
Hattie Kuhns
Jr.
F
5-6
Millerstown, Pa.
Greenwood
15
Nellie Doyle
So.
B
5-10
Havertown, Pa.
Merion Mercy Academy
16
Ali Meszaros
Sr.
B/M
5-2
Phoenixville, Pa.
19
Grace Gober
Fr.
B
5-6
Wyoming, Pa.
Wyoming Area
20
Maris Stern
R-So.
F
5-6
Lehighton, Pa.
Lehighton Area
21
Paige Gross
Sr.
M
5-2
Bethlehem, Pa.
23
Jessika Daniels
So.
M
5-9
Glen Mills, Pa.
Garnet Valley
25
Sarah Keer
R-Jr.
F
5-5
Lehighton, Pa.
Lehighton
28
Ashley Kucera
R-So.
M
5-3
Spring City, Pa.
Owen J. Roberts
THE TEAM Letterwinners Returning/Lost.................................................13/12 Starters Returning/Lost............................................................. 5/6 2015 Overall Record................................................................ 8-13 BIG EAST Record...................................................................... 3-2 BIG EAST Regular Season Finish............................................. 2nd Postseason............................................................. BIG EAST Final TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Founded................................................................................. 1884 Enrollment..........................................................................39,000 Nickname...............................................................................Owls School Colors.....................................................Cherry and White Affiliation...............................................................NCAA Division I Conference........................................................ American Athletic Acting President:................................................... Richard Englert Director of Athletics...............................................Dr. Patrick Kraft Athletic Dept. Phone................................................215-204-7447 Ticket Office Phone.................................................215-204-8499 University Website....................................................... temple.edu Athletics Website.................................................... owlsports.com
High School Conestoga Lower Dauphin St. Cuthbert’s College West Deptford Warwick Lurgan College William Allen
Central Dauphin Quakertown
Phoenixville
Liberty
Head Coach: Marybeth Freeman (Old Dominion ’03) – Second season Associate Head Coach: Roz Ellis (Iowa ’09) – Second season Assistant Coach: Katie Gerzabek (Maryland ’15) – Second season Director of Operations: Carissa Vittese (Virginia ’14) – Second season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Chrissy Davidson (UConn ’15) – First season Strength & Conditioning Coach: Mike Inman (Salisbury ‘14) - First Season Associate Director, Resnick Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes: Tara Evans (Syracuse ‘01) - Third Season
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY FIELD HOCKEY PENN MONTO/ NFHCA COACHES POLL - PRESEASON Rank School Record Points 1. North Carolina 0-0 915 (16) 2. Syracuse 0-0 898 (25) 3. *Connecticut 0-0 818 (3) 4. Duke 0-0 758 5. Virginia 0-0 746 (2) 6. Maryland 0-0 688 (2) 7. Wake Forest 0-0 579 8. Boston College 0-0 521 9. Albany 0-0 503 10. Michigan 0-0 491 11. Stanford 0-0 448 12. Louisville 0-0 404 13. *Liberty 0-0 306 14. Delaware 0-0 297 15. Princeton 0-0 282 16. Northwestern 0-0 242 17. Boston University 0-0 219 18. Penn State 0-0 199 19. James Madison 0-0 175 20. *Old Dominion 0-0 130 *- BIG EAST Team • Italics indicate Owls’ 2016 opponent First-place votes in parentheses
SCOUTING SYRACUSE Syracuse claimed its first-ever national title in 2015 after going 21-1 overall and a perfect 16-0 in the ACC. Now in her 10th year as head coach, Ange Bradley was both the ACC Coach of the Year and NFHCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year last season. The Orange swept all four major conference awards, and return ACC Rookie of the Year Roos Weers in 2016. Weers was the team’s third-leading scorer with 14 goals, and tied for the team lead with nine assists as a freshman. The Orange have lost their top two scorers as well as their starting goalkeeper from last year. SCOUTING SAINT JOSEPH’S Saint Joseph’s went 9-9 overall in 2015 with a 5-3 mark in the Atlantic 10. The third-seeded Hawks fell to second-seeded UMass in the A-10 Tournament semifinals to end their season. Saint Joseph’s top player returns for just her sophomore season, as Anna Willocks led the team and the conference with 16 goals and 36 points on her way to being named A-10 Offensive Player of the Year and A-10 Rookie of the Year. GRAND OPENING OF HOWARTH FIELD SET FOR SEPT. 2 The 2016 season will serve as the inaugural year for Temple field hockey’s new stadium. The Owls will play for the first time on Howarth Field at the brand new Temple Sports Complex when they take on #18 Penn State at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2. The new complex just south of Temple’s Main Campus was completed in August, and will also serve as the home for lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s track & field.
The $22 million project, started in September 2015, features two playing fields. The space for field hockey and lacrosse, at the southern end of the property by 13th Street and Girard Avenue, is named Howarth Field in recognition of a $500,000 gift from former field hockey student-athlete Cherifa Howarth, ‘98, and her husband, Greg. TEMPLE PICKED FOURTH IN THE BIG EAST Temple field hockey has been picked to finish fourth of eight teams in the 2016 BIG EAST Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Three-time defending conference champion UConn has been unanimously selected to defend its title. The Huskies also garnered the BIG EAST Preseason Offensive Player of the Year honor in forward Charlotte Veitner, while UConn midfielder Anna Middendorf and Liberty back Serena Barr were selected as Preseason Co-Defensive Players of the Year. The Huskies collected all seven eligible first-place votes for a total of 49 points from the leagues’ head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players or teams. Conference newcomer Liberty collected 40 points to claim second place in the coaches’ poll, earning the remaining first-place vote. Old Dominion followed in third with 39 points while Temple rounded out the top four with 30 points. They were followed by Providence with 25, Villanova with 19, Quinnipiac with 13 and Georgetown with nine.
HEAD COACH MARYBETH FREEMAN SECOND YEAR • OLD DOMINION ‘03 CAREER RECORD 54-52 (SEVEN YEARS) Marybeth Freeman, a five-time NCAA Division I champion as a player and coach, was hired as the head field hockey coach of Temple University on March 10, 2015. In Freeman’s debut season, the Owls made a second consecutive appearance in the BIG EAST Tournament Final before falling to two-time defending national champion and second-ranked UConn. The end of the season saw a five-game win streak for Temple prior to the conference championship game. The run showed what the Owls were capable of, starting with a 1-0 upset of #12 Old Dominion on Oct. 20. Freeman had four Longstreth/NFHCA All-Region selections, four All-BIG EAST selections and a Longstreth/NFHCA All-American in her first season at Temple. Off the field, Freeman’s Owls earned the BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award in field hockey for a second year in a row, and 20 of her student-athletes were named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team. Freeman came to Temple after spending five seasons as the head field hockey coach for Columbia University, and was previously an assistant coach at the University of Maryland for seven seasons, winning three national championships with the Terps.
After leading Columbia to 12 wins in 2014, tying for the second-most in program history, Freeman was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year. Her 2014 squad finFreeman (center) with assistant coach Katie Gerzabek (left) and associate head caoch Roz Ellis. ished with a record of 12-5, and junior midfielder Christina Freibolt Kathryn Mason led the nation in goals against average was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year as twice under Freeman’s guidance, and was the first well as being named to the All-Region First Team and ever Terp goalkeeper to be honored as a First Team All-American. All-America Third Team. Freeman has also served as the head goalkeep Freeman’s tenure at Columbia included a 10-win season in her first as head coach, and a pair of nine-win ing and defense coach for the US Field Hockey High seasons in 2011 and 2012. The Lions’ schedules were Performance Mid-Atlantic Region, in addition to workamong the most difficult in the nation in 2013-14. She ing with the US Field Hockey Futures program. She is a 2003 graduate of Old Dominion Universileaves Columbia after producing seven NFHCA All-Re- ty, and helped the Lady Monarchs win national titles in gion selections over her five years with the program. While at Maryland, Freeman played an integral 1998 and 2000. The four-year starter also led her team role in the team’s national titles in 2005, 2006 and to a Colonial Athletic Association title in each year of 2008. After three seasons as an assistant coach, Free- her collegiate career. In addition to her success on the man was promoted to associate head coach in 2007. field, Freeman excelled in the classroom as she was a The Terps also won three ACC titles in her time on staff, four-year NFHCA Academic All-American. Freeman earned a bachelor’s degree in health in 2005, 2008 and 2009. Among other responsibili- ties, Freeman was tasked with developing the Terps’ and physical education from ODU in 2003, and earned defense and goalkeeping unit. Three-time All-American her master’s in education from Maryland in 2008.
