The volleyball team entered the weekend with a lot to prove. Instead, Atlantic Ten Conference foes Dayton and Xavier proved that they could outplay the Owls.
Coach Bob Bertucci knew his team was going up against two of the strongest teams in the A-10, but said he expected more consistency from his players.
After being swept - [...]

Conference games.
They are the crucial, make-or-break part of a team’s season. Win a lot of them and you can punch your ticket to postseason play. Lose, and you’ll get left behind in the dust.
For the volleyball team, a two-game road trip to George Washington and Charlotte last weekend offered them the opportunity to open Atlantic [...]

Bob Bertucci knew exactly what he was doing when he made this season’s volleyball schedule.
The coach figured opening the season with five tournaments would be a learning experience for his freshmen-laden team.
“We knew we had to play a very tough non-conference schedule to be ready for the Atlantic Ten [Conference],” Bertucci said.
The problem was the [...]

Teams tabbed to contend for titles typically own a common trait: experience. That’s not the case for the volleyball team this season.
The Owls, picked in an Atlantic Ten Conference coaches’ poll to finish first in the East Division, return just four players from last year’s squad, which finished 16-14 and captured the A-10 East crown. [...]

Cayleigh Ashman’s high school volleyball career ended in storybook fashion last fall.
Ashman, a senior on the volleyball team at Bishop Shanahan High, in Downingtown, Pa., led the Eagles to their first District I title and helped the squad reach the semifinals of the PIAA Class AAA Championships. For her efforts, Ashman, a 6-foot middle blocker [...]

In trying to build a national reputation, the volleyball club found its platform last weekend at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky.
While there, at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association championship tournament, the Owls won four of their nine matches. It was their second-ever trip to the NIRSA tournament.The final rankings have not yet been [...]

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There are times when Alex Mobarak wishes the questions would subside. But when the senior talks about Temple’s volleyball club, the inquiries always seem to pour in.
Someone might say, “I didn’t know Temple
had a Division I men’s team.” It doesn’t, [...]

Heading into last weekend’s Atlantic Ten Conference tournament, the volleyball team knew that in order to capture the 2006 crown, it would likely have to get by a couple West Division foes.
The East Division champion Owls were dismissed from competition by Saint Louis, one of those very West Division opponents, Saturday, at the Frericks Center [...]

It took the entire regular season schedule to get the job done, but the volleyball team accomplished two of its team goals last weekend.
The Owls clinched the Atlantic Ten Conference’s East Division and secured a first round bye in this weekend’s conference tournament with a victory over George Washington (30-25, 30-22, 30-21) in the Charles [...]

Playing on the road has not been an easy task for the volleyball team this season.
An even tougher goal looms for the Owls this weekend as they finish their season on the road against Atlantic Ten Conference rivals Charlotte and George Washington.
Friday’s win over La Salle at Tom Gola Arena should provide the Owls with [...]