Baseball Runs Winning Streak To Four

GAME # 20 - MARCH 28, 2001 vs. VILLANOVA

The Temple Owls (5-15, 3-0) took advantage of nine base-on-balls and six

Villanova errors in defeating the Wildcats (8-11-1, 2-5) by a score of 10-2

at Ritchie Ashburn Field in South Philadelphia.

The Owls erupted for four second inning runs with two outs to take a 4-1

lead and never looked back. Kyle Sweppenhiser contributed a key single to

score two runs and Rob Cucinotta also added an RBI single to cap the four-run

uprising.

Cucinotta continued his torrid hitting from the Xavier series in which he

was named Atlantic 10 Player of The Week, by banging out three more hits. Bob

Filler added two hits and Kyle Sweppenhiser added three RBI for the visitors.

Sophomore Mike Caron (1-3) settled down after allowing a first inning run,

pitching a nifty three-hitter through seven innings to pick up his first win

of the season. Senior Jeff Rugg came in to pitch two scoreless innings and

give the Owls their fourth consecutive win.

Temple 042 110 020 - 10 11 0

Villanova 100 001 000 - 2 5 6

WP - M. Caron 1-3

LP - D. Farino 1-3

Temple University Athletics