LIBERTY / LAFAYETTE

TEMPLE FIELD HOCKEY2016 GAME NOTESKaren Angell, Associate Director for Athletic Communications l Email: karena@temple.eduO: 215-204-3850 l C: 928-606-8017 l Twitter: @TempleFH l Website: www.OwlSports.com

GAME INFORMATION MATCHUPSDates ................................................................ Oct. 28 & 30, 2016Times ......................4:00 p.m. (10/28 - ESPN3) & 2:00 p.m. (10/30)Sites ...........................................Lynchburg, Va. / Philadelphia, Pa.Live Stats ..................................................Links on OwlSports.comTwitter Updates ........................................................... @TempleFHSeries vs. Liberty ................................................................Tied, 1-1Streak ......................................................................................... L 1Series vs. Lafayette ...................................... Temple leads, 20-9-2Streak ....................................................................................... W 3 TEMPLE

Owls6-10, 3-3 BIG EAST

HEAD COACHMarybeth FreemanOverall Record: .............60-62 (7th Yr)at School: ......................14-23 (2nd Yr)2015 Team Record: ......................8-13

LAST TIME OUTW, 3-2 vs. Quinnipiac10/21/2016

LEADERSGoals: .................. Rachael Mueller (9)Assists: ........................Sarah Keer (6)Points: ............... Rachael Mueller (18)

SCHEDULE/RESULTSAUGUSTFri., 26 vs. #2 Syracuse (at Saint Joseph’s) .................L, 8-0Sun., 28 at Saint Joseph’s ............................................. L, 2-1

SEPTEMBERFri., 2 #18 PENN STATE .............................................. L, 8-1Sun., 4 LA SALLE ........................................................W, 3-2Fri., 9 #10 DELAWARE ...............................................L, 5-2Sun., 11 DREXEL ............................................................L, 3-1Fri., 16 *PROVIDENCE (BEDN) ............................. L, 3-2 (OT)Sun., 18 MONMOUTH ...................................................L, 3-2Fri., 23 *at #3 UConn ..................................................L, 6-0Sun., 25 at Sacred Heart ..................................... W, 3-2 (OT)Fri., 30 *GEORGETOWN ...............................................W, 4-1

OCTOBERSun., 2 HOLY CROSS ..................................................W, 2-0Fri., 7 *#13 OLD DOMINION ...............................W, 2-1 (OT)Sun., 9 at Penn ............................................................L, 3-0Sat., 15 *at Villanova ....................................................L, 3-2Fri., 21 *QUINNIPIAC ..................................................W, 3-2Fri., 28 *at Liberty (ESPN3) ................................... 4:00 p.m.Sun., 30 LAFAYETTE (Senior Day) ........................... 2:00 p.m.

NOVEMBERFri., 4 **BIG EAST SEMIFINALS ....................1:00/4:00 p.m.Sun., 6 **BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP ...................... 1:00 p.m.

Home games in CAPS*BIG EAST contest**BIG EAST Tournament (at Temple)All times Eastern and subject to change

LIBERTY Flames6-8, 4-2 BIG EAST

HEAD COACHJodi MurphyOverall Record: ..............71-44 (6th Yr)at School: ...................................Same2015 Team Record: ......................12-6

LAST TIME OUTL, 5-1 vs. No. 4 North Carolina10/23/2016

LEADERSGoals: ....................Agueda Moroni (7)Assists: Serena Barr/Bethany Barr (9)Points: Serena Barr/Bethany Barr (17)

LAFAYETTELeopards7-9, 2-3 Patriot League

HEAD COACHJennifer StoneOverall Record: .............28-42 (4th Yr)at School: ...................................Same2015 Team Record: ......................9-10

LAST TIME OUTL, 2-0 vs. No. 20 Harvard10/23/2016

LEADERSGoals: .............. Amanda Magadan (7)Assists: ........Turner/van der Geest (4)Points: ............Amanda Magadan (16)

PRONUNCIATIONSForan ..................................................................................... for-ANGerzabek ....................................................................... grr-za-beckKucera ............................................................................. coo-sarahKuhns ......................................................................................koonzLilliock ................................................................................ lilly-awkMaiyah Brown ........................................................................ my-uhMeszaros .....................................................................mezz-air-ohsVittese ............................................................................ vah-TEESE

HEADLINES» The Owls control their fate with regards to earning a spot in the four-team BIG EAST Tournament which Temple will host Nov. 4-6. They will earn a berth with a win at Liberty on Friday, but they can also get in with a loss as long as Old Dominion does not beat Providence at home that same afternoon.» Temple is coming off a much-needed, 3-2 win against Quinnipiac on Oct. 21. Freshman Maddie Merton scored twice and assisted on the third goal, while redshirt junior Sarah Keer scored a goal and had an assist. Merton was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for her efforts.» The Owls recently won four straight before having that streak snapped with a loss at Penn on Oct. 9. Temple lost again in its next game, getting edged 3-2 at BIG EAST foe Villanova on Oct. 15.» On Friday, Oct. 7, Temple upset No. 13 Old Dominion by a score of 2-1 in overtime at Howarth Field. Freshman Maddie Lilliock made nine saves, and junior Rachael Mueller scored the OT game-winner. Both players were named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for their efforts.» Mueller is the Owls’ leading scorer with nine goals this season, and three of those have been game-winning goals includ-ing two in overtime (at Sacred Heart, vs. No. 13 ODU).» The Owls’ first two wins in the streak included their their first shutout, a 2-0 victory against Holy Cross on Oct. 2. It was also the first career shutout for Lilliock, who currently ranks 10th in NCAA Division I with 7.06 saves per game.» Temple field hockey recently raised $1,509 for the Go4TheGoal Foundation’s Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer initiative, which strives to improve the lives of children battling cancer.» Lilliock was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Sept. 19 after strong performances vs. Providence and Mon-mouth. She tied her season high with 11 saves against the Friars, and added eight against the Hawks.» Temple field hockey celebrated the grand opening of Howarth Field on Sept. 2 when the Owls hosted No. 18 Penn State. The field is named in recognition of a $500,000 gift from field hockey alum Cherifa (Nouri) Howarth and her husband, Greg.» The Owls play 11 of their 18 regular-season games at Howarth Field in 2016. Sunday’s game is the last of those, and Temple will honor its four seniors for Senior Day against Lafayette.» Four of Temple’s losses have come to teams now ranked in the top 10 as of the Oct. 25 NFHCA Coaches Poll (No. 2 Syra-cuse, No. 3 UConn, No. 6 Penn State and No. 9 Delaware).» Fun fact: Lafayette assistant coach Sarah Dalrymple is a 2011 Temple graduate and was an NFHCA All-Region Second Team selection for Temple field hockey as a senior goalkeeper in 2010. » Freshman Becky Gerhart has notched seven defensive saves to tie for second among all players in NCAA Division I, while senior Ali Meszaros has three and is tied for 19th. The Owls’ 14 total defensive saves rank second in the nation.

PROGRAM INFORMATION ROSTERALL-TIME RECORD• 102nd season of field hockey• Years: 1914 to present• Overall record: 525-384-53 (1949-2016)• NCAA Appearances: 6 (1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992)

COACHING STAFFHead Coach .................................................... Marybeth FreemanPhone .....................................................................215-204-2688E-Mail .....................................................mbfreeman@temple.eduCareer Record/Year .......................................................60-62/7thRecord at TU/Year ..........................................................14-23/2ndAssociate Head Coach .....................................................Roz EllisPhone ..................................................................... 215-204-5106E-Mail ........................................................... roz.ellis@temple.eduAssistant Coach .................................................... Katie GerzabekE-Mail ...................................................... kgerzabek@temple.eduDirector of Operations ...........................................Carissa VitteseE-Mail .................................................carissa.vittese@temple.eduVolunteer Asst. Coach ....................................... Chrissy Davidson

THE TEAMLetterwinners Returning/Lost ................................................13/12Starters Returning/Lost ............................................................ 5/62015 Overall Record ...............................................................8-13BIG EAST Record ..................................................................... 3-2BIG EAST Regular Season Finish ............................................ 2ndPostseason ............................................................ BIG EAST Final

TEMPLE UNIVERSITYFounded ................................................................................ 1884Enrollment .........................................................................39,000Nickname ..............................................................................OwlsSchool Colors ....................................................Cherry and WhiteAffiliation ..............................................................NCAA Division IConference ........................................American Athletic/BIG EASTActing President: .................................................. Richard EnglertDirector of Athletics ..............................................Dr. Patrick KraftAthletic Dept. Phone................................................215-204-7447Ticket Office Phone ................................................215-204-8499University Website ...................................................... temple.eduAthletics Website ................................................... owlsports.com

No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown High School

00 Chloe Johnson So. GK 5-9 Phoenixville, Pa. Conestoga

2 Maddie Lilliock Fr. GK 5-6 Palmyra, Pa. Lower Dauphin

3 Maddie Merton Fr. M 5-4 Auckland, New Zealand St. Cuthbert’s College

4 Sam Souder Fr. F 5-7 West Deptford, N.J. West Deptford

5 Lucy Reed Fr. F 5-6 Lititz, Pa. Warwick

7 Kathryn Edgar Fr. M 5-5 Craigavon, N. Ireland Lurgan College

8 Maiyah Brown Jr. M/F 5-5 Allentown, Pa. William Allen

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. Central Dauphin

12 Becky Gerhart Fr. B 5-6 Quakertown, Pa. Quakertown

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 5-2 Phoenixville, Pa. Phoenixville

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. Liberty

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

Head Coach: Marybeth Freeman (Old Dominion ’03) – Second seasonAssociate Head Coach: Roz Ellis (Iowa ’09) – Second seasonAssistant Coach: Katie Gerzabek (Maryland ’15) – Second seasonDirector of Operations: Carissa Vittese (Virginia ’14) – Second seasonVolunteer Assistant Coach: Chrissy Davidson (UConn ’15) – First seasonStrength & Conditioning Coach: Mike Inman (Salisbury ‘14) - First SeasonAssociate Director, Resnick Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes: Tara Evans (Syracuse ‘01) - Third Season

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY FIELD HOCKEYPENN MONTO/

NFHCA COACHES POLL - October 25Rank School Record Points1. Duke 14-2 822 (29)2. Syracuse 13-2 779 (5)3. *UConn 16-1 721 (3) Maryland 13-3 721 (3)5. North Carolina 13-4 694 (2)6. Penn State 13-2 6177. Louisville 15-3 5858. Virginia 11-6 5069. Delaware 15-2 50310. Northwestern 11-6 38911. Michigan 10-6 38012. Boston College 9-7 35213. Princeton 9-6 32714. Boston University 10-5 29915. Iowa 11-6 25116. Harvard 10-4 20617. Stanford 9-5 17318. Wake Forest 8-7 14719. Albany 12-5 11220. American 11-5 67

*- BIG EAST Team • Italics indicate Owls’ 2016 opponentFirst-place votes in parentheses

SCOUTING LIBERTYLiberty has been a consistently strong program since starting a field hockey team in 2011 under coach Jodi Murphy, who remains the coach today. The Flames have struggled a little this season against a tough schedule, but have gone 6-8 overall and 4-2 in the BIG EAST to already secure a tournament berth.

Liberty won 2-1 in overtime at No. 20 American on Oct. 6, and took down Providence 2-1 on the road last weekend. Earlier this year, the Flames took No. 2 Syracuse to overtime before losing 3-2. Most recently, Liberty fell 5-1 to No. 4 North Carolina on Sunday, Oct. 23. UNC was the eighth ranked opponent Liberty had faced this season and fourth top-five team.

Sisters Serena and Bethany Barr, both seniors, lead Liberty in total points with 17 each, scoring four goals in addition to tallying nine assists each. Freshman Agueda Moroni is the team leader in goals with nine after scoring three this past weekend to earn BIG EAST Offensive and Freshman of the Week honors. Freshman Allison Schaefer has played every minute in goal for the Flames with 93 saves to 36 goals allowed for a save percentage of .721.

Temple and Liberty have met just twice before in program histo-ry. The Flames, then ranked No. 12, edged Temple in last year’s meeting by a score of 3-2 in double overtime. In 2011, the Owls won 3-0 at home.

SCOUTING LAFAYETTE Lafayette is 7-9 overall but has lost six in a row heading into the weekend. The Leopards will face Lehigh at home on Friday before traveling to Temple on Sunday. Four of Lafayette’s losses have come to teams ranked in the Top 20, and the Leopards defeated No. 9 Boston University 2-1 on Sept. 23.

Senior Amanda Magadan leads Lafayette with seven goals and 16 total points, while freshman Lisa van der Geest and senior Ami Turner are tied for the team lead with four assists each. Senior Katelyn Arnold has been the Leopards’ only goalkeeper this sea-son, boasting a save percentage of .650.

Temple holds a 20-9-2 all-time lead in the series against Lafayette, and the Owls have won three straight including a 4-1 win last year and a 4-0 win the year before. TEMPLE TO HOST 2016 BIG EAST TOURNAMENTTemple’s first season on Howarth Field is coming with a big re-sponsibility, as the Owls will serve as hosts for the 2016 BIG EAST Field Hockey Championship. The semifinals are set for 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, with the championship game set for 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6. All games will be broadcast by the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN) through FoxSportsGo.com and the FoxSportsGo app.

The Owls last hosted a conference tournament in 2010 when they were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Temple has ad-vanced to its conference tournament in each of the last 13 years in-cluding all three BIG EAST Tournaments since joining the league as an associate member in 2013. The Owls have earned a spot in the championship game two years in a row, falling to UConn in both.

TOUGH LINEUP FOR TEMPLE IN 2016As of the NFHCA Top 20 Coaches Poll for Oct. 25, four of Temple’s opponents were nationally ranked. The Owls have faced five op-ponents ranked at the time of the game, including four still in the Top 10- No. 2 Syracuse, No. 18 Penn State (now No. 6), No. 10 Dela-ware (now No. 9), and No. 3 UConn. Temple also beat then-No. 13 Old Dominion on Oct. 7. According to fieldhockeycorner.com, the Owls’ schedule is the eighth-toughest in Division I.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY FIELD HOCKEYDEFENSIVELY-MINDEDWith seven defensive saves so far in 2016, freshman Becky Gerhart is tied for second among all players in NCAA Division I, while senior Ali Meszaros is tied for 19th with three defen-sive saves. With 14 defensive saves as a team, the Owls rank second in the nation. Freshman Maddie Lilliock’s 7.06 saves per game rank 10th in the nation, and the Owls’ 8.00 saves per game rank eighth.

TEMPLE FIELD HOCKEY WINS FOUR STRAIGHTAfter starting the season at 1-8 overall, the Owls bounced back to win four straight in a two-week span. An overtime win at Sacred Heart on Sept. 25 got the momentum going, and Tem-ple followed that up with its first BIG EAST win on Sept. 30 by a score of 4-1 against Georgetown. Freshman Maddie Mer-ton scored twice in that victory, while junior Rachael Mueller tapped in the game-winning second goal.

Two days later the Owls won again, recording their first shut-out of the season in a 2-0 win against visiting Holy Cross. Senior Katie Foran notched both a goal and an assist, while freshman goalkeeper Maddie Lilliock made three saves for her first career shutout. Lilliock posted five saves in the Georgetown win, and was named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll for her efforts.

The last win in the streak was the biggest, as the Owls upset No. 13 Old Dominion 2-1 in overtime at Howarth Field on Oct. 7. Lilliock made nine saves, and Mueller once again came up with the overtime game-winning goal.

OWLS EDGE SACRED HEART IN OVERTIMEWith just under a minute remaining in the first overtime peri-od, junior Rachael Mueller scored the game-winning goal for Temple in a 3-2 victory at Sacred Heart on Sept. 25. It was the Owls’ second overtime contest in their last four games, but this time it ended in Temple’s favor thanks to Mueller, who scored two goals including the dagger when she spun around in the circle and found an opening to get the ball past Sacred Heart’s Emily Degennaro.

“Obviously to snap a five-game losing streak feels really good,” said Temple head coach Marybeth Freeman. “We made things a little more difficult for ourselves than we needed to, but I was really happy to see how that final play developed. Rachael has been doing a really good job in practice, stay-ing diligent and gaining confidence. We had a great passing combination leading into the final goal, and Rachael was able to execute on the reverse as the goalkeeper came out and challenged her.”

Also scoring for Temple in the win was senior Katie Foran. The Owls were down 1-0 from the eighth minute to the 50th min-ute, but then scored twice in a seven-minute span.

OWLS LOSE OT HEARTBREAKER IN BIG EAST OPENERAfter an impressive late comeback for Temple against Provi-dence on Sept. 16, the game ended in heartbreak for the Owls who lost 3-2 in overtime in their BIG EAST opener. Temple trailed by two with just over five minutes left in regulation before tying the game with back-to-back goals. With 5:07 remaining in regulation, junior Rachael Mueller scored on a rebounded shot and save to put Temple on the board. After a Providence timeout, freshman Maddie Merton wasted little time in scoring the game-tying goal, sending a perfect long ball in from the far right of the circle.

Temple had two more penalty corners and dominated offen-sively in the last four minutes, but Providence’s defense kept the game tied through the end of regulation. After 10 minutes of extra time, Providence’s Adrienne Houle chipped in a shot that deflected off Lilliock’s foot and into the goal for the win.

HONORS AND AWARDSBIG EAST Freshman of the WeekMaddie Lilliock, Sept. 19

Phila Field Hockey Rookie of the WeekMaddie Lilliock, Sept. 19

Phila Field Hockey Student-Athlete of the WeekMaddie Merton, Oct. 12

BIG EAST Weekly Honor RollKatie Foran, Sept. 5Maddie Lilliock, Oct. 3Maddie Lilliock, Oct. 10Rachael Mueller, Oct. 10Maddie Merton, Oct. 24

OWLS UPSET 13TH-RANKED OLD DOMINIONFor the second year in a row, Temple pulled off an upset against nationally ranked Old Dominion, this year topping the No. 13 Monarchs 2-1 in overtime at Howarth Field on Oct. 7.

The win was the fourth in a row for the Owls, who got an im-pressive nine saves from freshman goalkeeper Maddie Lilliock. Adding to the save total of 11 for Temple were freshmen Becky Gerhart and Kathryn Edgar with one defensive save apiece in an all-around outstanding backfield effort for the Owls.

Leading scorer Rachael Mueller came up with her third game-winning goal of the season, this time doing it in dramatic fashion in the seventh minute of overtime. The Owls got their other goal from redshirt junior Sarah Keer early in the contest.

The victory marked the first for Temple against a ranked oppo-nent so far this season. The Owls’ strength of schedule, ranked eighth in the nation, has seen them play four teams in the Top 10 already this year.

“I think this win had a lot to do with our belief and our confi-dence,” said Temple head coach Marybeth Freeman. “We’ve had some tough, adverse situations early in the season and we’ve been saying ‘keep chipping away, keep chipping away.’ I’m really happy that we found the grit that we needed today to get the result that we knew we could get. We really put our belief into action against a really strong opponent in Old Do-minion. I couldn’t be more proud of the team and how they were able to execute what we needed to do today.”

TEMPLE PICKED FOURTH IN THE BIG EASTTemple field hockey was picked to finish fourth of eight teams in the 2016 BIG EAST Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Three-time defending conference champion UConn was unan-imously 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.

BIG EAST DIGITAL NETWORK AT HOWARTH FIELD The BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN) was on hand to broad-cast Temple field hockey’s conference opener against Provi-dence on Friday, Sept. 16, and will be back for the BIG EAST Field Hockey Championships hosted by Temple on Nov. 4 and 6. The Owls will host a conference tournament for the first time in six years, as Temple hosted the Atlantic 10 Tournament back in 2010.

BIG EAST STANDINGSTeam Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.UConn 6-0 1.000 16-1 .941Providence 4-2 .667 12-5 .706Liberty 4-2 .667 6-8 .429Old Dominion 3-3 .500 7-8 .467Temple 3-3 .500 6-10 .375Quinnipiac 3-3 .500 4-12 .250Villanova 1-5 .167 4-12 .250Georgetown 0-6 .000 5-11 .313

TEMPLE STORMS BACK IN FIRST VICTORY OF 2016Trailing 2-0 at halftime against La Salle on Sept. 4, Temple’s backs were against the wall for its hopes of grabbing victory number one in the 2016 season. Senior Katie Foran got things going for the Owls early in the second half with her first goal, and junior Rachael Mueller followed with a second to tie the game in the 49th minute. With just over eight minutes left, Foran scored the game-winner to complete the comeback and give the Owls the win. Freshman goalkeeper Maddie Lilliock made 10 saves, while senior Ali Meszaros and freshman Becky Gerhart both tallied defensive saves.

MUELLER SHINES IN CLUTCH TIMEJunior Rachael Mueller leads Temple with nine goals so far in 2016, and has scored three of the Owls’ five game-winning goals (senior Katie Foran has the other two). All three of Muel-ler’s game-winners came in Temple’s recent streak of four wins in a row, with two of those goals coming in overtime. Mueller scored the OT game-winner in a 3-2 victory at Sacred Heart on Sept. 25, and also scored the OT winner in a 2-1 upset of No. 13 Old Dominion on Oct. 7.

INAUGURAL SEASON ON HOWARTH FIELDThe 2016 season is the inaugural year for Temple field hock-ey’s new stadium. The Owls are playing for the first time on Howarth Field at the brand new Temple Sports Complex, and had a grand opening celebration at their home opener against Penn State on Friday, Sept. 2. The new complex also serves as the home for lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, and wom-en’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.

Marybeth Free-man, a five-time NCAA Division I champion as a play-er 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 confer-ence 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 Long-streth/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-ath-letes 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 lead-ing 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 fin-ished with a re-cord of 12-5, and junior midfielder Christina Freibolt was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year as well as being named to the All-Region First Team and All-America Third Team. Freeman’s tenure at Columbia included a 10-win season in her first as head coach, and a pair of nine-win seasons in 2011 and 2012. The Lions’ schedules were among the most difficult in the nation in 2013-14. She leaves Columbia after producing seven NFHCA All-Re-gion selections over her five years with the program. While at Maryland, Freeman played an integral role in the team’s national titles in 2005, 2006 and 2008. After three seasons as an assistant coach, Free-man was promoted to associate head coach in 2007. The Terps also won three ACC titles in her time on staff, in 2005, 2008 and 2009. Among other responsibili-ties, Freeman was tasked with developing the Terps’ defense and goalkeeping unit. Three-time All-American

Kathryn Mason led the nation in goals against average twice under Freeman’s guidance, and was the first ever Terp goalkeeper to be honored as a First Team All-American. Freeman has also served as the head goalkeep-ing and defense coach for the US Field Hockey High Performance Mid-Atlantic Region, in addition to work-ing with the US Field Hockey Futures program. She is a 2003 graduate of Old Dominion Universi-ty, and helped the Lady Monarchs win national titles in 1998 and 2000. The four-year starter also led her team to a Colonial Athletic Association title in each year of her collegiate career. In addition to her success on the field, Freeman excelled in the classroom as she was a four-year NFHCA Academic All-American. Freeman earned a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education from ODU in 2003, and earned her master’s in education from Maryland in 2008.

HEAD COACH MARYBETH FREEMANSECOND YEAR • OLD DOMINION ‘03CAREER RECORD 60-62 (SEVEN YEARS)

Freeman (center) with assistant coach Katie Gerzabek (left) and associate head caoch Roz Ellis.

2016 Temple Field Hockey

Temple Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 21, 2016)

All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL

ALL GAMES 6-10 5-5 1-4 0-1

CONFERENCE 3-3 3-1 0-2 0-0

NON-CONFERENCE 3-7 2-4 1-2 0-1

Date Opponent Score Att.

Aug 26 vs #2 Syracuse L 0-8 200

Aug 28 at Saint Joseph's L 1-2 200

Sept 2 #18 PENN STATE L 1-8 613

Sep 04 LA SALLE W 3-2 593

Sep 09 #10 DELAWARE L 2-5 348

Sep 11 DREXEL L 1-3 436

* Sep 16 PROVIDENCE L o t 2-3 516

Sep 18 MONMOUTH L 2-3 567

* Sep 23 at #3 UConn L 0-6 234

Sep 25 at Sacred Heart Wot 3-2 110

* Sep 30 GEORGETOWN W 4-1 214

Oct 02 HOLY CROSS W 2-0 489

* Oct 07 #13 OLD DOMINION Wot 2-1 318

Oct 09 at Penn L 0-3 226

* Oct 15 at Villanova L 2-3 527

* Oct 21 QUINNIPIAC W 3-2 386

TEAM STATISTICS TU OPP

SHOT STATISTICS

Goals-Shot attempts 28-221 52-297

Goals scored per game 1.75 3.25

Shot pct. . 1 2 7 . 1 7 5

Shots on goal-Attempts 134-221 180-297

SOG pct. . 6 0 6 . 6 0 6

S h o t s / G a m e 13.8 18.6

PENALTY CORNERS 114 146

PENALTY STROKES 0-0 4-4

PENALTIES

Green cards 19 22

Yellow cards 5 6

Red cards 0 0

ATTENDANCE

T o t a l 4480 1297

Dates/Avg Per Date 10/448 5/259

Neutral Site #/Avg 1/200

## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw ps-att dsv

13 MUELLER, Rachael 16 9 0 18 23 . 3 9 1 17 . 7 3 9 3 0 - 0 0

3 MERTON, Maddie 16 6 2 14 13 . 4 6 2 8 . 6 1 5 0 0 - 0 0

25 KEER, Sarah 16 2 6 10 50 . 0 4 0 29 . 5 8 0 1 0 - 0 0

11 FORAN, Katie 16 4 1 9 29 . 1 3 8 15 . 5 1 7 2 0 - 0 0

23 DANIELS, Jessika 16 3 1 7 13 . 2 3 1 9 . 6 9 2 0 0 - 0 0

14 KUHNS, Hattie 16 2 2 6 36 . 0 5 6 21 . 5 8 3 0 0 - 0 0

8 BROWN, Maiyah 16 1 1 3 17 . 0 5 9 10 . 5 8 8 0 0 - 0 0

20 STERN, Maris 16 1 0 2 4 . 2 5 0 4 1.000 0 0 - 0 0

21 GROSS, Paige 16 0 1 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2

7 EDGAR, Kathryn 12 0 0 0 28 . 0 0 0 16 . 5 7 1 0 0 - 0 1

28 KUCERA, Ashley 15 0 0 0 3 . 0 0 0 2 . 6 6 7 0 0 - 0 0

16 MESZAROS, Ali 16 0 0 0 3 . 0 0 0 2 . 6 6 7 0 0 - 0 3

10 BARNETT, Cristen 14 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 0 0

15 DOYLE, Nellie 11 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0

12 GERHART, Becky 16 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7

9 WALSH, Michelle 16 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1

5 REED, Lucy 4 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0

Total 16 28 14 70 221 . 1 2 7 134 . 6 0 6 6 0 - 0 14

Opponents 16 52 38 142 297 . 1 7 5 180 . 6 0 6 10 4 - 4 10

## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho

2 LILLIOCK, Maddie 16 1133:13 49 3.03 113 . 6 9 8 6-10-0 1/0

00 JOHNSON, Chloe 2 11:01 2 12.71 1 . 3 3 3 0-0-0 0/0

Total 16 1151:27 52 3.16 128 . 7 1 1 6-10-0 1

Opponents 16 1151:27 28 1.70 106 . 7 9 1 10-6-0 3

Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT Total

Temple 11 15 2 28

Opponents 28 23 1 52

Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT Total

Temple 101 113 7 221

Opponents 149 142 6 297

Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT Total

Temple 60 65 3 128

Opponents 56 47 3 106

Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT Total

Temple 51 62 1 114

Opponents 71 73 2 146