Baseball Finishes Up West Coast Trip

Skip Wilson's club (0-14) heads back east after dropping a twin-bill to

Cal State Northridge (13-6).

The Temple Owls (0-13), still looking for their first victory of the

season, let a three-run lead slip away in the last two innings, dropping a

7-6 decision to Cal State Northridge (12-6).

The Owls took a 6-3 lead into the eighth inning, only to see the Matadors

score two runs in each of the last two innings to hand Skip Wilson's squad

its 13th consecutive loss.

With the Owls up 6-5 heading into the ninth, Matador catcher Phillip

Archer ignited the two-run uprising with a leadoff home run off loser Brandon

Bruno (0-1). Cal State Northridge won it on a single by Tim Arroyo.

The Owls got their first home run of the year by freshman Spencer Witte in

the eighth and Sam Sabolchick drove in two runs for the Owls. Mike Frick

(2-0) got the win for the Matadors (12-6).

After losing a heart-breaker in the first game of a doubleheader, the

Temple Owls (0-14) could muster only three singles and were shutout for the

first time this season, dropping a 4-0 decision to Cal State Northridge

(13-6) in the second game of a doubleheader.

The Matadors held a 1-0 lead, but scored three runs on five hits in the

eighth inning to put distance between themselves and Skip Wilson's club to

Bob Filler, who continues to close in on three different individual Temple

records, had two of the Owls three hits.

Temple got a strong pitching performance from loser Greg Powell (0-3),

while two Matador pitchers silenced the Owl bats.

The Owls take a week off before beginning play back on the east coast when

they travel to Bethlehem, Pa. to take on Lehigh on Sunday, March 18th.

Game 1

Temple 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 0

CS Northridge 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 - 7 13 3

* one out winning run scored

WP - M. Frick 2-0

LP - B. Bruno 0-1

Game 2

Temple 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0

CS Northridge 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 X - 4 12 0

WP - K. Loe 1-0

LP - G. Powell 0-3

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