Entries Tagged as 'Sports'

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Men’s rugby prepares for USA Sevens summer tournament

Mark McHugh The Temple News   Member’s of the men’s rugby club said they are optimistic about their chances for the upcoming season. As one of the most prominent and successful club teams Temple has to offer, club president Matthew Violette said his team is hoping to reestablish the Owls as a national threat. Typically [...]

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Women’s rugby enters regional playoffs with high expectations

JAMES REAGAN The Temple News   On Mondays they run for an hour straight, taking only brief breaks for water. Every other weekday they practice fundamentals from their sport such as tackling and passing the ball. This has led them to a season where they are easily winning games and respected among the top teams [...]

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Rodriguez, Whitehead patiently waiting for draft day

Both seniors continue preparations for NFL Draft at Temple’s Pro Day   BUD WEAVER The Temple News   For seniors Evan Rodriguez and Tahir Whitehead, one word describes what they could offer a National Football League team: versatility. Rodriguez and Whitehead joined former junior running back Bernard Pierce at the 2012 NFL Combine on Feb. [...]

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Lacrosse: offense too much for Delaware Blue Hens

Mark McHugh The Temple News   Following a difficult road trip, the women’s lacrosse rebounded by beating Delaware, (2-7) 11-9, in a gritty comeback victory on Saturday, March 17. Trailing by three early in the second half, the Owls (6-2) picked up the intensity and scored four unanswered goals to go ahead. Two more Delaware [...]

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Baseball: Owls split doubleheader to Binghamton

Tyler Sablich The Temple News   In game one of Sunday, March 18’s twin bill against Binghamton, redshirt-senior Steve Nikorak pitched 5.1 innings, allowing only one run on five hits while striking out three in route to an Owls’ 2-1 game 1 doubleheader victory. The Owls would lose game 2, 13-5. Standout freshman shortstop Nick [...]

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

March Madness: Photos from last night’s game

Friday, March 16th, 2012

HALFTIME UPDATE: Owls: 19, Bulls: 15

The Owls lead, 19-15 at the half and the game began as expected with low-scoring and physical. The Bulls struggled offensively at the half, shooting 11.1 percent from the field, going 3-27. Meanwhile the Owls had 14 fewer field goal attempts and went 5-for-13 (38-5 percent). The score was 11-5 at the 10-minute mark of [...]

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

March Madness: Temple MBB: Scouting the South Florida Bulls

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Owls practiced for their allotted 40 minutes Thursday evening at the Bridgestone Arena in preparation for a second round NCAA Tournament match up with the play-in game winner South Florida Bulls. Although the practice appeared to be nothing more than a typical pre-game shoot around, the fifth-seeded Owls made it evident during its [...]

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Men’s basketball will face South Florida in 2 Rd. of NCAA Tourney

The men’s basketball found out its second round match up Wednesday night when South Florida defeated California, 65-54, in the play-in game at Dayton, Ohio. The Bulls played stiff defense and limited the Bears to 5-of-24 shooting at halftime and began the second half with a 36-13 lead. On the year, South Florida has had [...]

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Nikorak leads Owls to win over Penn on the diamond

Temple overcame a five-zero deficit after two innings to tie the game at seven in the eighth before prevailing,11-9, in the 11th innig to spoil Penn’s 2012 home debut. By Scott Samuel David Weiss   UNIVERSITY CITY, Pa.- Following a disappointing 9-7 defeat at the hands of visiting LaSalle on Tuesday March 13, the Owls had fewer [...]