Sports - The Temple News

Peddy leads women’s basketball to win in first round of WNIT

16 March 2012 Jake Adams

Senior guard Shey Peddy set yet another milestone in Temple’s opening round matchup against Quinnipiac in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. The Atlantic-Ten Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year knocked

Trio of seniors captain baseball

12 March 2012 Andrew Parent

Baseball’s leadership keeps the team on the right track. The Owls’ three senior captains are remaining optimistic despite a 5-9 record thus far with six non-conference games remaining before the Atlantic Ten Conference schedule begins.

Freshman carries weight for Owls

12 March 2012 Chase Senior

Freshman Nick Lustrino asserts himself in the lineup. The opening line in the chorus of the song freshman baseball infielder Nick Lustrino picked to play during his walk to the plate states, “See I know

Men and women’s track compete at regional championships

12 March 2012 Tyler Sablich and Drew Parent

Men’s track breaks two records at IC4A’s in Boston. The men’s track and field team traveled to Boston for the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America Championships on March 4 and returned to North

Reilly adept at football and baseball

12 March 2012 John Murrow

Connor Reilly is Temple’s only two-sport athlete. Baseball has always been a passion for Temple’s only two-sport athlete, sophomore Connor Reilly, but football is a sport that he developed both recently and quickly. Reilly, a

Losses loom as Temple advances

12 March 2012 Joey Cranney

Men’s basketball enters March Madness amid a cloud of uncertainty. Uncertainty is the word to use to describe the men’s basketball team right now. Temple fans must feel uncertain about a team that has lost

Dancing days

12 March 2012 Connor Showalter

Owls earn No. 5 seed for the Big Dance. The men’s basketball team hosted a Selection Sunday party for fans and media to join the team at the Liacouras Center, as the Owls earned the

Women’s basketball misses NCAA tourney

12 March 2012 Jake Adams

The women’s basketball team waited and waited in front of a small crowd in the Liacouras Center as they watched for their name to be called for the NCAA tournament. But they never saw the

Owls miss opportunities in A-10 quarterfinals

09 March 2012 Sarah Higgins

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.–Entering Boardwalk Hall, the No. 24 Temple Owls men’s basketball team knew they had to prove themselves. After trailing by six in overtime and pulling out the win on Feb. 29 against Massachusetts

Turnovers doom Temple in A-10 tournament upset

09 March 2012 Joey Cranney

No. 24 Temple lost to UMass, 77-71, in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Ten Conference Tournament. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Top-seeded Temple (24-7) was upset by No. 8 Massachusetts (22-10), 77-71, in the Atlantic Ten