Three of Temple’s top four scorers were freshmen in its 113-57 loss to Connecticut, which is ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, on Sunday at McGonigle Hall.
Nearly one year ago, Temple introduced Geoff Collins as its new football coach after Matt Rhule departed for Baylor University. Running off Diet Mountain Dews, seated between President Richard Englert and Athletic Director Pat Kraft
Temple has received automatic qualification to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship, but the fields for the NIVC and NCAA tournament won’t be officially announced until Sunday night.
Temple beat the Bulls in four sets on Sunday at McGonigle Hall to move within one game of second-place Southern Methodist in the American Athletic Conference.