The captain nodded home on the opening matchday against Dundee United to put the young Gers ahead in an eventual 3-1 victory before he launched his side’s comeback with an equally impressive header in their 3-3 draw with Hearts yesterday.
Fellow central defender James Reid also levelled the contest three minutes from time via a pinpoint Callum Burnside corner-kick delivery.
Owen certainly boasts the height to be a consistent threat from set-piece situations, as was evidenced at times last season, and he understands the importance of maximising crosses into the penalty area.
Speaking to the official Rangers website, the defender said of the side’s early success from set-pieces this term: “I’m really close with James Woods and Conor Brennan, and they both know what they’re talking about when it comes to set-pieces.
“I know James does a lot of analysis on set-pieces and he fills me in, then at the end of the session we have 15 or 20 minutes to work on those set-pieces.
“I think one of my biggest attributes as a player is winning headers, and even if I’m good at defending headers I want to start adding that to my game.
“I’ve got the mindset and mentality that every ball that comes into the penalty box is going to land on my head.
“I’ve started well this season, and my mindset going forward is that every ball that goes into the box I’m going to win it.
“Last season I was a bit disappointed with my goals tally at the end of the season. I’ve taken that as my responsibility this season to start providing goals for the team.
“Two goals in two games is a good start for me, and I want to keep building on it.”
The Under-19s, who emerged as league champions last season, showed their powers of recovery against the Edinburgh side yesterday as they fought back from three goals down to claim what they hope will be a valuable point come the end of the campaign.
Owen began the second-half rally for the Gers from a Luca Rankin free-kick delivery, with Cameron Fernie netting the second shortly afterwards before Reid powered home a header of his own with just minutes remaining.
The captain says the prevailing feeling within the dressing room was one of disappointment at full-time, but he believes the second half showing displayed the character within the young group.
He added: “I thought in the first half we were miles off it, and it showed on the pitch.
"The first 15 minutes we just weren’t ourselves at all and not the way a Rangers team is expected to be.
“We sorted it at half-time, and we came out much better, but we can’t start like that and expect it to change at half-time.
“However, I think it shows the togetherness in the group that we’ve got off the back of winning the league last season, and we know how important it is to not get beaten.
“It’s credit to the coaching staff. Malky [Thomson] and Craig [McPherson] set the standard, and they’ve been in the game long enough, so they instil that into us.
“I think it’ll be a good point to look back on at the end of the season, and it’s good that we got a point.
“But we also know it’s not good enough for us and it’s not the standard that we set ourselves.
“We were off it in the first 45 minutes, but hopefully come the end of the season the fact we’ve come back into it ends up as a positive point.”
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