Monthly Archives: March 2013

Owls look to stay perfect against Lafayette

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Temple will end a four game home stand against Lafayette

The Temple Owls (3-0) will host the Lafayette Leopards (4-0), in their last game of a four game home stretch, at 1p.m Saturday, on Geasey Field.

In their last game, the Owls defeated the Lehigh Mountain Hawks 14-7. Senior midfielder Charlotte Swavola led Temple with four goals, in a game which saw eight different players add to Temple’s point total.

Swavola was recently named Atlantic 10 co-offensive player of the week and freshman attacker Rachel Schwaab earned A-10 rookie of the week honors. Swavola and Schwaab are the top two scorers for the Owls, this season.

Against Lehigh, Senior goalie Meghan Clothier played the first period and recorded five saves, bringing her season total to eleven. Clothier has allowed eleven goals in 90 minutes played, this season.

Lafayette will also come into Saturday’s game with a perfect record, following a 16-9 home victory against Columbia. This season, Senior attacker Addie Godfrey leads the Leopards with 26 total points, netting 21 goals and adding five assists.

At goalie, Lafayette junior Meghan Curtin and sophomore Mimi Connell have recorded 24 total saves and two wins each.

In last year’s matchup, played in Easton, PA, Temple defeated Lehigh 21-10.

Temple will attempt to continue their winning streak and start the season with four straight wins, for the second consecutive season.

Track and field head to Boston

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The men’s and women’s track and field teams will be heading to Boston University for the ECAC/IC4A Championships, which will begin on Friday and conclude Sunday evening.

On Saturday, the women and men will get their first chance to showcase their talents.  In the morning, the men will compete in the triple jump trials, and then later in the finals if they qualify.

The men will also be featured in the 1 mile, high jump, 400m, 5000m-selection and 4 x 400m trials.

In the evening, the women will compete in three events; 20 Wt. Throw, 400m and 800m trials.

The 20 Wt. throw final will take place on Saturday evening. On Sunday, there will be several event finals.

The women will compete in the shot put trials and later, if they qualify, will compete in the finals.

If the men and women qualify for the finals, the men will compete in the 1 mile, 400m, 4×400 finals. The women will also compete in DMR – selection, 400m, 800m and 4x400m finals.

The Owls hope to participate in the IC4A/ECAC award ceremonies, which will conclude the three day event. This will give the Owls a boost as the NCAA championship approaches.

-Danielle Nelson

Owls secure conference tournament spot

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The Owls are losers of four straight but have somehow backpedaled their way to an Atlantic 10 Conference tournament berth.

As Virginia Commonwealth came up short of an upset over Charlotte tonight, Temple officially clinched a spot in the A10 tournament. With the Owls’ record standing at (12-16, 5-8 A-10) and only one game remaining in the regular season, VCU (10-18, 3-10 A-10) was the only team that could have overtaken their spot in the tournament, but that is no longer the case after the Rams lost 63-54 to the second-place 49ers (23-4, 12-1 A-10).

Temple currently holds the 10th seed in the conference standings, and unless the Owls can knock off third-place Fordham (21-7, 11-2 A-10) on Sunday, they’ll finish either 10th or 11th. If the standings remain as is, Temple’s first round opponent would be Richmond (16-13, 6-7 A-10), a team the Owls beat by 13 earlier in the season. However, it’s possible that either George Washington (12-15, 6-7 A-10) or Xavier (12-15, 6-7 A-10) could bump up to take Richmond’s place as the 7th seed. If Temple falls to the 11th spot, they will likely take on Buter (17-11, 8-5 A-10) in the first round. The Owls are coming off a 59-54 loss at the hands of the Bulldogs just last night.

This weekend’s match-ups will go a long way in determining the seeding. The A-10 tournament begins Friday, March 8 at St. Joe’s.

Tyler Sablich can be reached at tyler.sablich@temple.edu or on Twitter @TySablich.