Owls gear up for 118th annual Penn Relays

Standout performers hope to win medals at Penn Relays. The 118th annual Penn Relays are just around the corner for the women and men’s track and field teams. The meet is one of the sport’s most prestigious meets, taking place Thursday through Saturday, April 26 to 28, at Franklin Field on Penn’s campus. It will [...]

Sharing a sport abroad

A pair of women’s soccer players spread passion for soccer. Women’s soccer players junior Kate Yurkovic and sophomore Jenna Gosnay gave back through love of the game. Soccer is a universal sport, as Gosnay and Yurkovic experienced while participating in a volunteer program run by Soccer Without Borders during winter break. The organization reaches out [...]

Transfer brings diverse experience

Sophomore defender Gabby Lopez, a native of Bridgetown, Barbados, recently completed her first season with women’s soccer, but still needs time to transition to American soccer. Before moving to the U.S., Lopez played as a member of the Barbados Football Association Women’s League U20 team and was also captain of a Barbados U20 National Team [...]

Women’s soccer falls to St. Joseph’s 7-1

The women’s soccer team was unable to keep up with St. Joseph’s last weekend, as the Owls were defeated by the Hawks, 7-1. Playing the cross-town rivals’ at their home turf, Finnesey Field, Temple fell behind early on, and could not pull ahead for the rest of the game. “We knew coming in that this [...]

Women’s soccer falters in A-10 play

Women’s soccer drops first two A-10 matchups last weekend. This weekend’s road games proved to be a rough ride for the Temple women’s soccer team (3-8, Atlantic Ten Conference 0-2), losing to cross-town rival La Salle on Friday then again to Fordham. A score of 0-5 ended Friday’s matchup against La Salle, who stands at [...]

Standout siblings play a role in teams’ competitive edge

Senior Kate Yurkovic follows in sister’s footsteps. If Owls’ junior midfielder Kate Yurkovic were to say that soccer runs in her blood, one had better believe it. The second in her family to play for Temple and daughter of two college athletes,  Yurkovic has been one of the leaders of the women’s soccer team for [...]

Women’s soccer loses fifth straight road game

The Owls fell to Rider, 5-0, for their fifth straight loss on the road last Friday. The team opened up its season promisingly with two straight wins, the best the team’s started since 1992. Since then they have been struggled as their record now stands at at 2-5-0. “We need to continue to stay the [...]

Women’s soccer falls in road games due to missed chances

The Owls lost to Buffalo and Niagara last weekend. Senior forward Niki Conn was lost to injury. This weekend’s road games did not pan out as the women’s soccer team had hoped. The Owls fell to Buffalo, 3-0, on Friday and suffered a 1-0 double-overtime loss to Niagara last Sunday. “The team worked extremely hard [...]

Women’s soccer team rallies around the new coach

New coach hopes to lead transfers and returning stars to success. The women’s soccer team were ready for a makeover this season, and it looks like it got one. This year’s program has been turned around in all aspects of the game, and the team is ready to get on the ball and get noticed. [...]

Drexel cuts the Owls’ win streak short in women’s soccer contest

Drexel controls inner city matchup, ends Owls’ winning streak of two games. Friday’s game marked the end of an undefeated streak for Owls women’s soccer as they fell 4-1 to the Drexel Dragons (2-1-1). Temple faced off against cross-town rivals, Drexel at nearby Vidas Field. The Owls didn’t hold the ball for much longer than [...]

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