As the golf team prepares for the fall portion of its schedule, 2007-2008 student-athlete of the year Paul Amess leads a core of maturing underclassmen into a challenging number of tournaments.

After a 27-10 individual record, a second place finish in the U.S. Fencing Junior Olympics, the No. 1 seed at the NCAA Regionals in the epee competition, seventh in the NCAA Championships, and becoming Temple’s first epee All-American, sophomore Kristin Howell can add another honor to the list.
Howell was named Female Student Athlete of the [...]

Women’s Basketball
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sunday that Temple coach Dawn Staley is “high on the search list” for the vacancy at South Carolina after Susan Walvius resigned earlier this month.
Staley signed a six-year contract extension with Temple last year.
Temple Director of Athletics Bill Bradshaw told the Inquirer, “Dawn and I have an agreement not to [...]

The six-man squad competed at the National Collegiate Paintball Championship in Lakeland, Fla. last weekend.

Football
Bone marrow drive
In conjunction with the Fox Chase and Temple Cancer Centers, the Owls will conduct their first bone marrow drive Wednesday in room 200 of the Howard Gittis Student Center from noon to 5 p.m.
Participants must be 18 to register for the drive, which consists of a cheek swab test and no blood or [...]

AMBLER — Coming off their first Atlantic Ten Conference win of the season and a seven-day lay-off, the women’s softball team returned to action against Saint Louis Sunday at the Ambler Sports Complex.
The forecasted rain didn’t arrive, and neither did the Owls bats as Temple was held to 13 hits and five runs in the [...]

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 [...]

Sophomore Nina Oteri scored a 9.675 on the balance beam and a 9.600 in the floor exercise, but the Owls finished last at the Penn Quad-Meet Saturday afternoon.
“The floor is where I like to show off,” Oteri said about her sixth place finish in her best individual event. “I like to present myself and to [...]

Drexel
Record: 12-19 overall. 5-13 Colonial Athletic Association
The Dragons snapped their two-game losing streak with a win over James Madison, 70-67, Wednesday night, but fell short against Hofstra, 56-48 Saturday. Junior guard Tramayne Hawthorne scored 15 points against James Madison and he and junior guard Scott Rodgers both scored 13 points against Hofstra. Drexel finished the [...]

Sophomore epee Kristin Howell is having a season to remember.
Last weekend, the 6-foot-2 fencer earned a second place finish in the Women’s Under-20 epee event at the U.S. Fencing Junior Olympic Championships in Charlotte, N.C. This was Howell’s best performance since 2006 when she captured the Women’s Epee Championship at the Temple Open.
“It was unbelievable,” [...]