Temple Owls baseball

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Temple Owls
Temple T logo.svg
Founded1927 (1927)
Defunct2014
University Temple University
Conference The American
Home stadium Skip Wilson Field
(Capacity: 1,000)
Nickname Owls
ColorsCherry and white [1]
   
College World Series appearances
1972, 1977
NCAA regional champions
1977
NCAA Tournament appearances
1959, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 2001

The Temple Owls baseball team was a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, until the end of the 2014 season. [2]

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On December 6, 2013, Temple announced that it would cut seven sports, including baseball, at the end of the 2013–14 academic year for financial reasons. [3] [4]

History

This baseball team was a member of the American Athletic Conference in 2014. It was previously a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference and the Big East Conference.

Temple's first baseball team was fielded in 1927 and played home games at Erny Field until 2003. The team played its home games at Skip Wilson Field in Ambler from 2004 until 2013. In 2014, non-conference games were played at Skip Wilson Field and all but one conference game were played at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. [5]

Temple returned to postseason play in 2014 for the first time since 2008, playing in the Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament. [6] The Owls were last coached by Ryan Wheeler.

Temple in the NCAA Tournament

YearRecordPctNotes
1959 0-1.000 District 2
1963 0–1.000 District 2
1968 1–2.333 District 2
1972 5–2.714 College World Series 3rd Place, District 2 Champions
1973 2–2.500 District 2
1975 1–2.333 Atlantic Regional
1976 2–2.500 Northeast Regional
1972 4–2.667 College World Series 7th Place, Northeast Regional Champions
1978 3–2.600 Northeast Regional
1981 0–2.000 East Regional
1983 1–2.333 Northeast Regional
1984 0–2.000 Mideast Regional
2001 0–2.000 Fullerton Regional
TOTALS
19–24.442

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References

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  2. "Temple Owls". D1baseball.com. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  3. Susan Snyder (December 6, 2013). "Temple to drop 7 sports, including baseball, rowing". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, PA . Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  4. Annie McCormick (May 18, 2014). "End of an era for Temple University baseball". WPVI-TV . Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  5. "Temple Baseball To Play Conference Games at Campbell's Field". Temple University Athletics. November 7, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  6. "2014 Season Summary". Temple University Athletics. July 1, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2019.