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17 October 2006 The Temple News

CROSS COUNTRY The women’s cross country team placed 13th at the Delaware Invitational Saturday. Junior Shanice DePass paced the Owls, finishing the 5k course in 20:29.28. It marked the first time in her career that

Midnight shoot-arounds will christen upcoming hoops season

10 October 2006 The Temple News

Friday will mark the beginning of a new era in Temple basketball and it will happen at the stroke of midnight as Midnight Madness makes its way to the Liacouras Center. Not to be confused

Late comeback falls just short in tightly-contested road game

10 October 2006 The Temple News

The women’s soccer team battled throughout its entire game against Saint Joseph’s Friday, but just couldn’t overcome the Hawks’ defense. The Hawks held off a late-game charge, defeating the Owls, 3-1, at Saint Joseph’s Finnesey

A defining first drive for Owls

10 October 2006 The Temple News

Five games of futility were wiped away on one drive Saturday. The football team struggled mightily through its first five contests of the season. But in one drive – a three-play, 58-yard march that culminated

Knocked down, not out

10 October 2006 The Temple News

Minutes before the football team’s game against Kent State Saturday, coach Al Golden temporarily abandoned his football playbook for a guide of another kind – the Bible. Golden told the Owls that Jesus once asked

Losses mar late-season trip to Ohio

10 October 2006 The Temple News

XAVIER 3 TEMPLE 1 Last year the volleyball team defended its home floor, earning a split against Atlantic Ten Conference heavyweights Dayton and Xavier in the regular season. This season the team left the safety

Pair of early scores snaps eight-game losing skid

10 October 2006 The Temple News

TEMPLE 2 ST. JOE 1 The men’s soccer team had been aiming to rid itself of the offensive woes that had burdened it for much of the season. Those woes include being shut out six

At home, team’s back to its winning ways

03 October 2006 The Temple News

SUNDAY: McGONIGLE HALL TEMPLE 3 RHODE ISLAND 0 With Rhode Island fighting for survival late in its match against Temple’s volleyball team, Rams coach Bob Schneck called for a timeout. During the break Rams’ sophomore

Winning on the road will be essential to team

03 October 2006 The Temple News

Ever had the feeling of homesickness? You know, that type of thing when there’s this urge to be in a familiar, comfortable setting. Business, work, school- all things that can pull you away from that

Struggling offense work in progress

03 October 2006 The Temple News

George DeLeone was looking for a new job last fall. With 35 years of college coaching experience, 13 bowl appearances to his teams’ credits and the notoriety for helping construct the successful Syracuse offenses of