PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's soccer program is set to open a new chapter this weekend at Rhodes Field. Friday evening's season-opening match against the Temple Owls will mark the first match for first-year head coach Dr. Krissy Turner at Penn. The weekend will conclude with a Sunday evening match against the Maryland Terrapins. Kickoff for both matches is set for 6 p.m.
 
MATCH DAY 1: Temple at Penn
Friday, Aug. 26 | 6 p.m. | Rhodes Field
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MATCH DAY 2: Maryland at Penn
Sunday, Aug. 28 | 6 p.m. | Rhodes Field
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The Series with Temple
Friday's meeting between the Quakers and the Owls will be the 15th in series history. Penn holds an 8-5-1 record in the overall series. Last season the two teams played to a 1-1 draw on North Broad. Since 2012, the Quakers are 3-0-1 against the Owls with all three victories coming in University City.

About Temple
Temple has opened the 2022 season at 0-1-1. In their season opener against Penn's Sunday opponent, Maryland, the Owls took a 1-0 lead in the 64th minute off the foot of senior forward Emily Kavanaugh. The lead would not last long as the Terps put home the equalizer in the 66th minute. The two teams would experience the new no-overtime rule, and the match ended in a 1-1 draw. Temple then suffered its first loss of the season on Sunday, falling 2-0 at Binghamton. Despite the loss, Temple led in every offensive category: shots (17-10), shots on goal (8-6), and corner kicks (4-1).
  
The Series with Maryland
Sunday's meeting between the Quakers and the Terps will be the fifth match in series history. Penn trails the series, 1-2-1. Last season the two teams played to a 1-1 draw. The Quakers lone victory of the series came in 1999 as the Red and Blue earned a 2-1 victory in College Park.  

About Maryland
Maryland has opened the 2022 season at 0-0-1. In their season opener, the Terps rallied back as Alina Stahl fired home an equalizer nearly three minutes following Temple's goal in the 64th minute to end a 0-0 score. Prior to its trip to Philly, Maryland will take on Navy in Annapolis on Thursday.   

Quaker Notemeal
*2022 will mark the first season that the college soccer regular season will not feature overtime. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved changes to the overtime rules for men's and women's soccer.

*Friday night marks the debut of Dr. Turner at the helm of the Penn Women's Soccer program.

*For the 2022 season, Penn will play all home soccer matches before September 12 on Rhodes Field. Following that date, all Penn home soccer matches will be played at Penn Park.

*The Quakers return ten of their 11 starters from a season ago. Junior goalkeeper Laurence Gladu finished the 2021 season with an Ivy League-best 79 saves and finished second among Ancient Eight goalkeepers in goals-against average (.973), save percentage (.840), shutouts (5), shutouts per game (.313), and was third in the league with 4.94 saves per game. The Penn offense recorded 89 points on 29 goals and 31 assists from 17 different players. It returns 67 points on 20 goals and 27 assists by 14 contributors.

*In addition to a completely new coaching staff, the 2022 roster features eight new faces: forwards Clare Robke, Anuli Okafor and Kaia Chambers; midfielders Sarah Sullivan and Mallory Lucas; defenders Chloe Skipper and Rachel Herman; and goalkeeper Annabel Austen.
 
*Four Quakers recorded double-digit point totals in 2021, and three of those student-athletes return in 2022. Sizzy Lawton and Lauren Teuschl both totaled 13 points on three goals and seven assists, Janae Stewart totaled 10 points on three goals and four assists. Eight individuals recorded more than 1,000 minutes on the pitch. Peyton Raun and Gladu led the team with 1,442 minutes, Emily Pringle (1,387), Maya Leschly (1,386), Ginger Fontenot (1,377), and Sara Readinger (1,337) totaled more than 1,300 minutes on the field. Teuschl (1,289) and Lawton (1,253) round out the players with more than 1,000 minutes on the field.

*Penn named its captains for the 2022 season prior to the opener. Four seniors will hold the captain title: Lawton, Pringle, Raun, and Miranda Farman.

*Senior Lucy Kellogg remains the lone member of Penn's last Ivy League championship squad, in 2018.

*Dr. Turner completed her staff at the beginning of August with the hiring of Fred King. Coach King will join Dr. Turner and Megan Hinz on the sideline for the 2022 season. King joins the Quakers as the Associate Head Coach following a ten-year stint at Saint Joseph's University. Hinz was originally hired in the spring by previous head coach Casey Brown and retained by Dr. Turner.