PHILADELPHIA – Following a pair of wins on the Penn Park pitch to open the 2023 season, the University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team faces its next test: winning on the road. The Quakers make two trips this weekend, traveling to Queens to face St. John's on Thursday night before heading up the Northeast Extension for a Sunday matinee at Lehigh.
 
MATCH DAY 3 – PENN at ST. JOHN'S
Thursday, Aug. 31 | 7 p.m. | Queens, N.Y.
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MATCH DAY 4 – PENN at LEHIGH
Sunday, Sept. 3 | 1 p.m. | Bethlehem, Pa.
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Penn vs. St. John's
Thursday's match will represent the first regular-season meeting between these two programs. The Quakers and Red Storm's only previous matchup came in the 2000 ECAC Championship final in Boston, Mass. Penn won the match, 1-0, to take the ECAC title as tournament MVP Angela Konstantaras scored the match's only goal.
 
Penn vs. Lehigh
The Quakers have dominated the series with the Mountain Hawks, owning a 16-3-1 record against their Sunday hosts. That includes a 2-1 victory last year on Rhodes Field here in Philly, and a 1-0 double-overtime win back in 2018 the last time the Quakers traveled to Bethlehem. Overall, Penn is 5-1-0 on Lehigh's home field.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn is 2-0-0 for the first time since 2018 and just the second time since 2015. That 2015 season marks the last time the Quakers started a season 3-0-0, and you'd have to go back to 2013 to find the last time they started the season 4-0-0 (on the way to a 12-1-4 mark overall).

*Dr. Krissy Turner is in her second season coaching Penn after 24 years at Monmouth (1998-2021) and three at Lafayette (1995-97). After the two wins last weekend, she needs just one more victory to reach 300 as a collegiate head coach (currently 299-174-52 all-time).
 
*Junior Isobel Glass made the Ivy League honor roll on Monday, and with good reason. Her sublime, re-directed header provided the only goal in Penn's 1-0 win over Delaware on Sunday, and two days earlier she drew the penalty that led to senior Lauren Teuschl's converted penalty kick for the only goal in the Quakers' 1-0 win over American.
 
*At the other end, senior Laurence Gladu—a two-time honorable mention All-Ivy goalie—had a combined eight saves to post both shutouts. They are the eighth and ninth of her careers, but it marked the first time she had back-to-back clean sheets.
 
*In front of Gladu, fellow seniors Adrienne Evans and Paige Kenton were defensive stalwarts as they were the only field players to go the full 90 in both matches last weekend.
 
*The assists on Glass' goal Sunday went to sophomore Clare Robke—who curled in the cross that Glass headed home—and freshman Mia Fuss. It was the first collegiate point for both players.
 
*Overall, Coach Turner played 17 players in both matches as the Quakers looked to get their legs under them.
 
*Penn outshot American and Delaware by a combined 27-16, though the shots on goal were much closer (10-9 in the Quakers' favor).
 
*Penn went 3-6-7 overall last year, setting a program record for draws in the first season that the NCAA eliminated overtime for regular-season matches. (That rule remains in effect for 2023.)
 
*Penn had three women score more than one goal a year ago. The two who return, Glass (3 goals in 2022) and Teuschl (2), are already on the scoring ledger in 2023.
 
*Glass and junior Janae Stewart—who is out with an injury—are the only returning players who saw time in all 16 matches last season, Glass starting 13 times and Stewart five times. However, seniors Ginger Fontenot and Gladu (GK) both started all 15 matches in which they played last season while Kenton made 14 starts, Teuschl made 13, and Maya Leschly made 12.
 
*An honorable mention All-Ivy honoree in 2021 and 2022, Gladu finished last season with a 1.15 goals-against average, playing all but 112 minutes between the pipes. Penn's other returning goalkeeper is sophomore Annabel Austen.
 
*Fontenot—who sat out Friday's opener and then played the first half vs. Delaware—was a second-team All-Ivy pick last year by the Ancient Eight coaches, while Teuschl was a second-team All-Ivy pick in 2021 after she tied for the team lead in assists (7) and tied for second in points (13).
 
*Expect to see a lot of new faces playing major roles as the season progresses. Penn added a transfer who started both matches last weekend—Megan Lusher from Utah—and four of the eight freshmen on the roster also saw time (Avery Chapel, Mia Fuss, Leah Finkelman, Abbey Cook).
 
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