PHILADELPHIA - The sixth annual Conference Cup Tournament returns to the City of Brotherly Love this year, and will see Temple field hockey begin the 2016 season with a match-up against defending national champion and No. 2 Syracuse. All four games of the tournament will be hosted by Saint Joseph's University, and the Owls will get the action started when they play the Orange at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26.
Following Temple's game on Friday, host Saint Joseph's will play No. 6 Maryland at 4 p.m. On Sunday, Aug. 28, Maryland and Syracuse will play at noon before Temple faces off against SJU at 3 p.