Men’s Crew
Playing host at the 26th-annual Murphy Cup Regatta on the Schuylkill River last Saturday, the men’s crew team won three gold medals as the Owls’ Varsity 8, Junior Varsity 8, and Novice 4 were all victorious.
Sophomore stroker Tom Masterson and junior coxswain Thomas Goldner were among the eight members who led the defending Murphy […]

Home sweet home.
Those are three words the men’s and women’s track and field teams haven’t heard in a long time.
This Saturday, though, both squads will compete at the Penn Invitational on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus.
It will be the closest meet they’ve had since Feb. 29, when they competed at the NYU FastTrack. It […]

Almost two weeks ago, the women’s gymnastics team suffered a loss greater than any meet.
They lost a mentor, a motivator, an inspiration and a friend.
Ken Anderson, the women’s gymnastics coach from 1986 to 2006, died March 20. The winningest coach in the program’s history, Anderson, 52, secured 235 wins in his 21-year tenure at Temple.
“He’s […]

“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”      –William Faulkner
Two weeks into spring practice, that seems to be the unofficial slogan for the Owls’ defensive unit.
Last season, Temple improved three games for a 4-8 record, and the defense took a step in the right direction and […]

Shortstop Mark Ortega didn’t know what it was like to recover from a hitting slump.