Kent State University
Temple University
Field Hockey Travels to Philadelphia for Two Matches
9/26/2014 9:26:00โฏAM | Field Hockey
The Golden Flashes hit the road for two matches this weekend in Philadelphia.ย Kent State (2-5) will play No. 15 Temple (5-3) Saturday at noon and Drexel (4-3) Sunday at noon.
Coverage
โข Temple will provide live stats and live video available via the athletics Website atย owlsports.com
โข Drexel will also have live stats and live video at drexeldragons.com
โข Live tweeting will take place @KentStFH
The Matchups
โข The Golden Flashes are 0-3 all-time against the Owls with all games being played in Philadelphia
โข The two teams last met in 2011 when Kent State suffered a 4-3 loss in overtime
โข Kent State is 0-2 against Drexel
โข The Dragons travelled to Kent last season where they won 6-1 and took the team's first meeting at home in 1990 by a score of 1-2 in overtime
National Rankings
โข Kent State remains in the top 25 in the nation in a handful of statistical categories
โข They are 15th in assists per game, 13th in goals per game, 9th in penalty corners per game, 15th in points per game, 16th in saves per game and 13th in scoring average.
โข Individually, Julia Hofmann ranks 21st in the country in points per game and Andrea Rinehart ranks 14th in saves per game
MAC Comparison
โข In the conference, Kent State leads the other six schools in a variety of stats
โข The Golden Flashes are top in scoring average, shots, shots per game, goals, goals per game, assists and assists per game
โข Hofmann leads in shots per game, points, points per game, goals and goals per game
โข Hannah Faulkner leads the MAC in assists and assists per game
Up Next
โข Kent State remains on the road when they open up MAC play at Missouri State on Oct. 3.
โข They then play at St. Louis on the 5th before returning home for the second conference game against Ohio on Oct. 11 at 11:30a.m.
