Owls Travel To Raleigh, N.C. And Come Away With Three Wins

The Temple Owls began the 2001 season Friday with two games in the

Triangle Classic in Raleigh, North Carolina. In the opener, the Owls

lost to the University of Minnesota 11-2. Freshman Crystal Taylor and

senior Andrea Horton scored Temple's only runs, both in the fourth

inning. Junior Katie Spencer and freshman Lynsey Grace led the Owl's

offensive attack with two hits a piece.

The Owls bounced back in the second game and defeated UNC-Wilmington

3-1. Sophomore Chrissy Harris and freshman Lynsey Grace both scored in

the second inning on RBI singles by freshman Alexis Gary and senior

Kendra Navarro. Harris, Grace, and sophomore Bari Lynn Pflueger each

had base hits for the Owls. Sophomore pitcher Liz Naughton shut down

the Seahawks, giving up only 3 hits in five innings with no earned runs.

Action continued as the Owls opened up Saturday afternoon with an

exciting 3-2, extra-inning victory, over Ohio University. Frehman Katie

Weigle scored the Owl's first run in the sixth inning. Ohio tied the

game in the seventh and scored again in the eighth inning to take a 2-1

lead. Temple answered back in the bottom of the eighth with runs by

Navarro and Weigle, both on passed balls. Junior Alexis Pena had two of

the Owls' six hits in the victory. Pflueger had a strong performance on

the mound giving up only four hits in eight innings and striking out

four batters.

The Owl's two-game winning streak ended with a 3-0 loss to Eastern

Kentucky on Saturday night. Temple's Spencer, Pflueger, Gary, and

freshman Marissa McDevitt each had hits in the loss.

Temple scored three runs in the seventh inning to beat Elon 8-7 on

Sunday morning. Weigle had two hits and scored one run. Junior Martha

Serrato scored three times and Grace scored twice in the victory.

Temple ended the weekend with a hard fought, 2-1 loss to

UNC-Greensboro. Senior Holly Mahal scored on an RBI single by Harris in

the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings. The Owls were unable

to answer an eighth inning run by UNC-Greensboro. Pflueger and Navarro

were both 2-for-3in the loss.

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