The American Athletic Conference will become the 16th Division I conference to sponsor lacrosse when its six-team league begins play in its inaugural season.
The redshirt-junior has seven catches for 57 yards in his last four games, but the Owls will face the worst passing defense in the Football Bowl Subdivision on Saturday against UConn.
With senior outside hitter Irem Asci out due to an injury, freshman outside hitter Katerina Papazoglou had 11 kills in Sunday’s four-set win against Cincinnati.
The redshirt-sophomore guard is watching Penny Hardaway highlights to study the point guard position as he continues recovering from injuries sustained in a February 2016 car accident.
The Owls have been outscored by seven goals in their last four games, including Thursday’s 4-0 loss to Memphis at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex in Tennessee.
Temple needs to win at least four of its next seven games to achieve bowl-eligible status, but coach Geoff Collins said teams ‘fall apart’ when they start weighing importances of games.
Senior kicker Austin Jones is no longer on the ‘Above the Line’ depth chart, and redshirt-senior wideout Keith Kirkwood enters Saturday’s contest against East Carolina with one catch in his last two games but doesn’t blame the injury he is playing through.