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The Owls recorded their highest finish in the American Athletic Conference championship race on Saturday in New Jersey.

Senior Thomas Sevel is the only player on the roster that won’t return to Temple next season.

The Owls’ season ended after Wednesday’s 4-0 loss to Southern Methodist in the conference tournament.

Memphis, the No. 18 team in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll, beat Temple 4-1 on Friday at the SMU Tennis Complex in Dallas.

The Owls beat Southern Methodist, 4-3, on Thursday in Dallas and will face top-seeded Memphis on Friday morning in the quarterfinal round.

The 12th-seeded Owls lost, 4-0, to No. 5 Southern Methodist on the Mustangs’ home court on Wednesday in Dallas.

The Owls beat Fairleigh Dickinson University, 7-0, on Sunday at the Penn Tennis Center.

Temple will be a No. 8 seed in the American Athletic Conference tournament in Dallas.

The assistant sports editor argues that Temple should have made the NCAA Tournament.

Temple lost a 14-point halftime lead to Wichita State and lost to Houston at home last week against two top-20 Ratings Percentage Index teams.