Temple University Athletics
Temple Posts Best Finish Ever In Atlantic 10 Conference Commissioner's Cup
8.1.01 | General
The intercollegiate athletics program at Temple University produced its best finish ever in the overall Atlantic 10 Conference Commissioner's Cup for the 2000-01 season of sport, as the Owls placed third behind five-time winner Massachusetts and runner-up Rhode Island. The A-10 initiated the competition in 1993 and first awarded separate men's and women's cups in 1997.
Although Temple does not field teams in four of the Atlantic 10's 22 sponsored sports (men's and women's cross country; men's and women's swimming and diving), the Owls scored a total of 105 points in the competition. The Temple women's teams totaled 64 points to place second behind Massachusetts (87.5), while the Temple men scored 41 to place seventh. Points are awarded in descending order of finish, equal to the number of teams participating in each sport. Regular season standings are used in round robin sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, field hockey, women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball and women's volleyball.
Under the direction of A-10 Coach of the Year Kim Ciarrocca, the Temple lacrosse team won championships in both the regular season and the conference tournament. The Owls also collected tournament championships in men's basketball and baseball. Each of the three sports earned invitations to their respective NCAA Championship Tournaments. James "Skip" Wilson was tabbed as the Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year in baseball.
Without question, the highlight of Temple's 2000-01 athletic year was the performance of coach John Chaney's men's basketball team, which staged a late-season rally to win the A-10 Tournament and advance to the NCAA South Region final. In May, it was announced that coach Chaney had been elected to the James A. Naismith National Basketball Hall of Fame.
In other Atlantic 10 competition, first-year head coach Dawn Staley guided the women's basketball team to its first winning season since 1990, a third-place finish in the conference and a new school attendance record. Coach Rocci Pignoli's softball team rallied to win its last 10 games consecutively to finish a strong second in the A-10. Coach Lauren Fuchs guided her field hockey team to a second-place finish in the A-10, as the Owls posted a sparkling 4-1 league record. Second-year track & field coach George Phillips directed the Temple women to a program-best second place finish at the A-10 Indoor Championships. In his 30th and final season, Coach John MacDonald encouraged his golf team to a solid third-place finish in the A-10 Championships.
The program produced additional accomplishments outside of Atlantic 10 Conference competition. Coach Gavin White's men's varsity crew won its 13th-consecutive Dad Vail Regatta and finished the season as the nation's 13th-ranked team. Under coaches Nikki Franke and Zoila Palacio, the women's fencing team reeled off 16-consecutive dual-match victories and successfully defended its NIWFA Championship for a fourth straight year. Coach Fred Turoff celebrated his 25th year at Temple by guiding his men's gymnastics team to a second-place ECAC finish and team invitation to the NCAA Championships. In his third year at the Temple football helm, coach Bobby Wallace guided the Owls to their best season in a decade.
TEMPLE ATHLETICS YEAR IN REVIEW 2000-01
FALL SPORTS
Field Hockey: 11-11 Overall; 4-1 Atlantic 10 Conference (second place)
Under eighth-year head coach Lauren Fuchs, the Temple field hockey team posted a level 11-11 mark for the season and finished second in the Atlantic 10 Conference ... In a typically tough non-conference schedule, the Owls won two of three to open the season, but lost four of the next five before defeating La Salle in the A-10 Conference opener ... Other than a hard-fought 2-1 loss to eventual A-10 Champion Massachusetts, the Owls were perfect in regular-season A-10 Conference play ... The team rallied to win six of its last eight games, three of which were conference matches ... As the No. 2 seed in a second-straight A-10 Tournament appearance, the Owls defeated host Rhode Island in the first round, 4-3 in triple overtime to qualify for the finals ... In the championship game versus UMass, the Owls were defeated 3-0 to finish as the conference runner-up ... Senior Michelle Murawski was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference team ... Murawski also earned an A-10 Player of the Week honor and was named to the 2000 AstroTurf/NFHCA Division I Regional All-America First Team (Mid-Atlantic Region) ... Senior goalkeeper Serene McGrath was named to the AstroTurf/NFHCA Division I Regional All-America Second Team ... Freshman Haley Dervinis was named the A-10 Rookie of the Year and earned three conference Rookie of the Week citations ... Also receiving A-10 Rookie of the Week honors were freshmen Bridget Moyer, Susan Nase and Rachel Kasper ... Murawski, senior Julie Martinez and junior Kacy Ziomek were selected to the A-10 Conference All-Tournament team.
Football: 4-7 Overall; 1-6 Big East Conference (seventh place)
In his third year at Temple, head coach Bobby Wallace guided the 2000 Temple football team to the program's most wins in a season since 1990 ... The team included just three seniors and 67 scholarship players ... The Owls gained considerable regional and national attention by winning three of their first four games, defeating Navy, Bowling Green and Eastern Michigan ... Only a narrow 17-10 loss at Maryland denied the Owls a perfect non-conference slate ... In the Big East Conference, the Owls won handily (48-14) at Rutgers, but lost six of seven overall ... Included in those losses were a tough 29-24 struggle with West Virginia and a hard-fought 7-0 loss to Pittsburgh in the season finale ... In all, the Owls played five bowl-bound teams (Boston College, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech and Miami) and for the first time since 1984, Temple played a schedule that included six home games ... Junior defensive tackle Russell Newman and senior linebacker LeVar Talley were both honored on the All-Big East second team ... Sophomore tailback Tanardo Sharps, who became Temple's first 1,000-yard rusher since 1987 (1,104 yards, 10 TDs), was named the Big East Conference Player of the Week on two occasions, following his performances versus Navy and Rutgers ... Senior offensive tackle Mathias Nkwenti earned an invitation to the Blue-Gray College All-Star game and was selected in the fourth round of the NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers ... Talley was named the team's Most Valuable Player; Sharps the Most Valuable Offensive Player; and Newman the Most Valuable Defensive Player.
Men's Soccer: 5-11-0 Overall; 4-6 A-10 Conference (Tied 6th)
Under first-year head coach Dave MacWilliams, the Temple men's soccer team displayed steady improvement over the 2000 season ... After opening with a 3-2 overtime win at home over Drexel, the Owls dropped 11 straight, including the first six matches in Atlantic 10 Conference play ... Among those 11 losses were four one-goal decisions in overtime: vs. Philadelphia University (1-0, Sept. 9); vs. Rhode Island (1-0, Oct. 6); vs. U-Mass (1-0, Oct. 8); and at Dayton (3-2, Oct. 15) ... Rhode Island eventually won the conference championship; U-Mass and Dayton both qualified for the four-team A-10 Tournament ... The Owls rallied to win their final four games of the season, defeating La Salle (3-0, Oct. 20), Fordham (2-0, Oct. 22), Duquesne (2-1 OT, Oct. 27) and St. Bonaventure (3-2, Oct. 29) ... For the season , the Owls struggled offensively, scoring a total of just 19 goals, while allowing 35 ... Freshman Cornelius Murphy ranked sixth in the conference in goalkeeping with a 2.01 goals-against average ... Murphy was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Week as well as Player of the Week in the Philadelphia Soccer Seven for the week ending Oct. 22 ... Junior midfielder Angelo DiCarlo earned the Philadelphia Soccer Seven Player of the Week for the week ending Oct. 29.
Women's Soccer: 11-9-0 Overall; 4-6 Atlantic 10 Conference (tied 6th)
Coached by veteran Seamus McWilliams in his seventh year, the Temple women's soccer team produced an improved competitive position in the Atlantic 10 Conference ... The Owls rose from a 9th-place tie in the 1999 season to a 6th place tie in 2000 ... The season was one of streaks; a five-match win streak followed by a six-match losing streak ... At its high point, Temple had an 8-2 mark, the best start in the history of the program ... Following the six-game slide, which included the early stage of the Atlantic 10 Conference schedule, the Owls were even at 8-8 ... The team never fell below the .500 mark in its overall record ... The final 11-9 record equaled the school record for most wins in a season (11-7-0 in 1991) ... The Owls finished strong, winning three of their last four matches to post the program's first winning season since 1995 ... Junior forward Brandi Wright, who led the Owls with 10 goals, ended the season tied for the No. 3 spot on the school career goal-scoring list with 24 and is fourth in career points with 52 ... The Owls earned recognition from the National Soccer Coaches Association for academic excellence for a second time in the past three years with a team GPA of 3.14 ... Sophomore midfielder Johanna Yemm was named to the A-10 Conference All-Rookie Team.
Volleyball: 20--11 Overall, 13-3 Atlantic 10 Conference (3rd place)
Coming off a third consecutive Atlantic 10 Conference championship and NCAA Tournament appearance, sixth-year head coach Bob Bertucci's 2000 Temple volleyball team played its most ambitious schedule ever ... Overall, the Owls lined up against six of the nation's top 25-ranked teams ... After opening with wins over Colgate and Seton Hall, the Owls dropped a hard-fought match to nationally ranked Ohio State, then rebounded to sweep Texas San Antonio ... A West Coast swing followed, where the Owls dropped five straight to nationally ranked USC, Pepperdine, Long Beach State, BYU and Utah ... The team righted itself by winning the following 10 matches, including a 9-0 start in Atlantic 10 Conference play ... Back-to-back A-10 losses at Xavier and Dayton followed before the front-running Owls reeled off another five straight conference wins ... Entering the conference tournament as the No. 3 seed, the team was defeated by No. 2 Xavier in the first round ... Senior outside hitter Alma Kovaci finished her career as Temple's most honored volleyball player in history ... Kovaci was selected to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference Team for a second-straight year, the AVCA All Northeast Region Team and AVCA All-American honorable mention ... Freshman Yamit Haba named the Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Year.
WINTER SPORTS
Men's Basketball: 24-13 Overall; 12-4 A-10; A-10 Conference Tournament Champion; NCAA South Region Finalist (National "Elite Eight")
In his 19th season at the Temple helm, head coach John Chaney guided the Owls through a tumultuous up-and-down campaign in which the Owls won the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament and advanced to the "Elite Eight" of the NCAA Tournament ... Unranked prior to the campaign, Temple gained national notoriety by winning their first four straight and advancing to the championship final of the Preseason NIT ... There, the Owls fell to top-ranked Duke, the eventual national champion, 63-61, at Madison Square Garden in New York City ... Six more losses followed, and the Owls, ranked 15th after the narrow loss to Duke, found themselves out of the polls for good with a 4-7 record ... The team rebounded with six straight wins, including a 4-0 start in the Atlantic 10 Conference ... But the Owls could manage just four wins over the next nine outings and stood at 14-12 overall and 8-4 in the A-10 with just four games left in the regular season ... A resounding 84-52 win at Massachusetts turned the tables, as the Owls went on a 10-game win streak leading to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament ... Along the way Temple won the Atlantic 10 Tournament, which included a dramatic 77-76 win over George Washington in the semifinal-round ... Seeded No. 11 in the NCAA Tournament's South Region, Temple dispatched sixth-seeded Texas, third-seeded Florida and seventh-seeded Penn State ... The season ended in a 69-62 loss to defending national champion and No. 1 regional seed Michigan State in the South Region Final at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta ... The Owls wound up ranked No. 16 in the final ESPN/USA Today national coaches poll ... Junior guard Lynn Greer was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference first team, the A-10 All Tournament Team and the All-NCAA South Region Team ... Junior center Kevin Lyde was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference second team, the A-10 All-Tournament Team and the All-NCAA South Region Team ... Senior guard Quincy Wadley was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference third team, as well as the A-10 All-Tournament team ... Freshman David Hawkins was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team ... In May, it was announced that coach Chaney had been elected for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, scheduled for Oct. 5 in Springfield, Mass.
Women's Basketball: 19-11 Overall, 11-5 A-10; WNIT Qualifier
Under first-year head coach Dawn Staley, the Temple women's basketball program produced its first winning season since the 1989-90 campaign and placed third in the Atlantic 10 Conference ... The Owls also qualified for a post-season invitation for the first time since the 1988-89 season and broke the school record for home attendance ... Temple opened the season with three consecutive wins and won five of its first six ... The team went 7-4 in the non-conference portion of its schedule and was undefeated at home ... In the A-10 Conference slate, the Owls won their first three en route to an 11-5 mark and third-place finish ... The key victory was a thrilling 72-69 overtime win over visiting Massachusetts in the regular-season finale, which also marked the largest women's crowd (2,263) in the four-year existence of The Liacouras Center ... In the A-10 Tournament, the third-seeded Owls defeated La Salle before being eliminated by George Washington in the semifinal round ... Temple's 19-10 win-loss mark earned an invitation to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where the visiting Owls were eliminated in the first round by James Madison, 59-57 ... Sophomore guard Stacy Smalls was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference second team and was also tabbed as the A-10's Most Improved Player of the Year ... Freshman guard Christine Cruz was named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team.
Fencing: 19-4 Overall; NIWFA Champion; 7th Place in NCAA Championships
Under veteran coaches Nikki Franke (29th year) and Zoila Palacio (11th year), the Owls reeled off 16 consecutive dual-match wins and successfully defended its NIWFA Championship for a fourth consecutive year ... At the NIWFA Championship Meet, Temple won all three weapons in a competition attended by 15 teams ... The Owls ranked ninth in the nation heading into the NCAA Tournament ... The team qualified as a team to the NCAA Mid-Atlantic and South Regional Meet ... From that competition, five team members earned advancement to the NCAA Championship Finals, held at the University of Wisconsin (Parkside Campus, Kenosha, WI): seniors Jamie Beecher and Gena DeIeso (foil); junior Julia Korony and freshman Sara Forsythe (epee) and sophomore Sakinah Shaahid (sabre) ... In the NCAAs, the Owls posted a strong seventh-place finish, two positions higher than their pre-tournament ranking ... Beecher was among just 11 athletes nationally to be named to the NIFWA Academic All-America Team.
Men's Gymnastics: 11-7 Overall Match Record; 2nd Place in ECAC Championship Meet
In a season marked by injury to three senior athletes, veteran head coach Fred Turoff celebrated his 25th year at the Owl helm by guiding his team to an 11-7 dual-match record ... The Owls finished a close second to defending champion Massachusetts at the ECAC Championships, a competition attended by 11 teams ... At that competition, Temple finished just .85 of a point off the championship total, falling to UMass 207.200-208.050 ... The performance enabled the Owls to advance as a team to the NCAA qualifier for the first time since 1986 ... At the NCAAs, the Owls scored 203.400 to finish 12th ... In the ECAC Meet, sophomores Richie Maguire and Alex Weber finished one-two in the all-around, separated by only .10 ... Both Maguire and Weber advanced to the finals in all four events and earned medals in each ... Senior Rob Chacon capped his career with a second-place finish on horizontal bar ... Junior Brian Munn and sophomores Theo Maes and Travis Plummer also qualified for event finals at the ECAC's ... Weber and Maguire were both named ECAC Athlete of the Week during the season.
Women's Gymnastics: 5-21 Overall Match Record; 4th place, Atlantic 10 Conference
Under 16th-year head coach Ken Anderson, the Temple women's gymnastics team finished with a 5-21 overall match record, improving by one win over the previous season's record ... The team posted wins over Ursinus (twice), West Chester, Cornell and Radford ... For a fourth-straight year, the Owls finished fourth in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament ... Conference tournament scores: George Washington (194.975); UMass (193.825); Rhode Island (191.000); Temple (188.625) ... The team's best individual performances at the conference championship meet: junior Maggie Tolerico (5th among 6 in the All-Around); freshman Paige Ozaroski (19th in vault; tied for 7th in beam; tied for 9th in uneven parallel bars); and junior Cicely Warrington (tied for 6th in floor exercise).
SPRING SPORTS
Baseball: 27-31 Overall; 15-7 Atlantic 10 Conference (tied 2nd); A-10 Conference Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament Qualifier
In his 42nd year at the helm of the Owls, head coach James "Skip" Wilson guided his team back from a devastating 0-14 start to win the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship and qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 17 years ... The early non-conference slate included the likes of nationally ranked Tulane and UC Santa Barbara ... After the long losing streak, the team went on an offensive tear and won 10 of its next 12 games ... The Owls opened the A-10 season winning 11 of 14 ... Temple also played into the championship final of the Liberty Bell Classic for a second-straight year, where it suffered a narrow 9-8 loss to Delaware in a thrilling extra-inning game at Veterans Stadium ... In the A-10 Tournament at Orlando, the Owls defeated Dayton, UMass and George Washington to capture the program's first conference title since 1984 ... In the NCAA Tournament, Temple traveled to Southern California, where it was eliminated in two games, falling to national No. 1-seed Cal State Fullerton and Texas Tech ... Senior pitcher Greg Powell, senior third-baseman Kyle Sweppenhiser All-Atlantic 10 Conference first team ... Junior first baseman Rob Cucinotta, senior pitcher Jeff Rugg and Powell (three times) named A-10 Players of the Week ... Sweppenhiser, the Most Outstanding Player of the A-10 Tournament, led a group of five all-tournament selections, including Powell, Cucinotta, junior shortstop Jim Tully and junior right-fielder Joe Lyall ... Coach Wilson was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year.
Men's Crew: Dad Vail Regatta Champion; Five First-Place Finishes
The Owls produced another outstanding season under veteran head coach Gavin White ... The Owls' varsity eight won five of the seven regattas in which it was entered and finished the season as the nation's No. 13 ranked team ... Those first-place finishes included the Knecht Cup (Cooper River, Camden, NJ); George Washington Crew Classic (Potomac River, Washington, D.C.); Murphy Cup (Schuylkill River, Philadelphia); Georgetown Invitational for Big East Schools (Potomac River, Washington, D.C.); and a 13th-straight Dad Vail Regatta (Schuylkill River, Philadelphia) ... In the San Diego Crew Classic versus a national field and the best teams in the west, the Owls finished seventh ... At the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Regatta (national championships) held on the Cooper River in Camden, the Owls finished 13th, equal to their national rank upon entry ... The second varsity eight or "junior varsity boat" also collected three first-place finishes during the season.
Women's Crew: Fifth Place at Atlantic 10 Conference Regatta
The Owls finished fifth among nine teams at the Atlantic 10 Conference Regatta on the Cooper River in Camden, NJ ... In that competition, the team totaled 14 points, as the varsity eight took fourth in its race ... The varsity eight recorded the following finishes: Knecht Cup (20th of 20); San Diego Crew Classic (non-qualifier for the finals); George Washington Invitational (10th of 11); Murphy Cup (9th of 10) and Dad Vail Regatta (22nd of 33) ... Although the varsity results were disappointing, Temple's novice teams provided optimism for a bright future by recording the program's best-ever finishes in the Dad Vail (5th) and the A-10 Championships (2nd) ... The novice crew also posted a first-place finish at the Murphy Cup.
Softball: 29-26 Overall; 15-6 Atlantic 10 Conference (2nd Place); A-10 Tournament (3rd Place)
The 2001 season was a break-through year for the program under fourth-year head coach Rocci Pignoli ... The Owls not only qualified for a second-consecutive appearance in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament, they posted the program's first win in the competition since 1997 and played more games than any team in the history of the program ... The team's 29 wins ranks second in program history (31, 1996) ... Following a 9-16 pre-conference log, the Owls won five of their first A-10 games and produced a seven-game win streak ... The team closed the regular season with 10 consecutive wins, finishing second in the A-10 and rising to the No. 5 rank among 54 teams in the region ... At the A-10 Tournament in Dayton, the Owls defeated St. Joseph's before falling in successive games to Massachusetts and Rhode Island ... Individual honors for the season: sophomore pitcher-first baseman Bari Lynn Pflueger - All-Atlantic 10 Conference first team, All-Mid Atlantic Region second team, Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team, A-10 Player of the Week (4/2); sophomore pitcher-third baseman Liz Naughton - Atlantic 10 Conference All-Tournament Team, A-10 Pitcher of the Week (4/23); freshman catcher Katie Mennig - A-10 Rookie of the Week (4/23); freshman outfielder Lynsey Grace - A-10 Player of the Week (4/30).
Golf: Third Place, Atlantic 10 Conference
In the 30th and final season under the direction of head coach John MacDonald, the Owls rallied to play their best golf of the campaign at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships, finishing third among a field of 10 ... It was Temple's best finish in the conference championship since 1996 ... A member of the Temple Athletic Hall of Fame, MacDonald announced in February that he would step down from the head coaching position at the close of the 2001 season ... In a six-event fall campaign, the Owls showed promise with a second-place finish among 10 teams at Delaware's Bulle Rocke Invitational and a tie for fourth among 15 teams at the Rehoboth Beach Invitational ... Senior Chris Bartolacci was the Owls' top player, finishing as the medalist champion at Bulle Rocke and averaging a team-low 75.2 strokes per round ... In the seven-event spring season, Temple's best outing was at the A-10 Championships, where freshman James Chan led the way with a sixth-place individual finish, carding a three-round total of 215 (72, 70, 73).
Lacrosse: 13-6 Overall; 5-0 Atlantic 10 Conference (1st place); Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Champion
Ninth-year head coach Kim Ciarrocca guided a youthful team (just one senior on the roster) to the program's first-ever Atlantic 10 Conference Championship and first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1998 ... After posting season-opening wins over Connecticut and Lafayette, the Owls gained valuable experience while dropping five of their next eight, including losses to nationally ranked Old Dominion, Virginia and Penn State ... After a 7-15 loss at Princeton, the team won six straight to close out the regular season ... Seeded No. 1 in the A-10 Tournament, the Owls dispatched St. Joseph's, 15-6, then battled long and hard to defeat upset-minded Duquesne, 10-9 in a thrilling overtime final ... The Owls earned an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament, where the season ended in a 17-3 loss at No. 2-seed Duke ... Sophomore Liz Frengs, first team Mid-Atlantic Region All-American; juniors Robin Keevan and Alli Demas, second team Mid-Atlantic Region All-American ... Frengs, Demas, junior Jen Jefferson and junior Sheena Oommen, All-Atlantic 10 Conference Team ... Demas was named the A-10 Defensive Player of the Year ... Coach Ciarrocca was named the A-10 Coach of the Year.
Men's Tennis: 6-10 Overall; 8th place, Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament
Under third-year head coach Bill Hoehne, the Owls dropped from second to eighth place among 11 teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference and finished the season with a disappointing 6-10 overall dual-match record ... The team recorded regular-season victories over Maryland-Baltimore Co., Sacred Heart (Fairfield, CT), Dayton and Lehigh ... At the A-10 Tournament in Pittsburgh, the team lost its opener to Xavier, 4-1, then rallied for a 4-3 victory over La Salle in the second round ... The team then defaulted successive matches to Dayton and Rhode Island ... A bright spot for the Owls saw senior Jenson Bascome named the Atlantic 10 Conference Student-Athlete of the Year in the sport, the highest academic-athletic accolade of any Temple University student athlete of the year ... Senior Krishane Pillay was named to the A-10 All-Conference Team.
Women's Tennis: 6-15 Overall; 3rd place Atlantic 10 Conference
In a season wracked by injury, third-year head coach Tracy Tooke encouraged her team to a solid third-place finish among 11 teams at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships ... Many of the team's regular-season losses were due to a lack of available team members, due to injuries ... The only regular-season wins were recorded over Fordham and Providence ... Back to full- strength for the A-10 Tournament, the fourth-seeded Owls dispatched No. 5-seed Duquesne in the first round, 4-0, then lost a hard-fought second-round match with top-seeded George Washington, 4-2 ... In the consolation final, Temple swept Xavier, 4-0 ... Three undergraduate players earned All-Atlantic 10 Conference honors: junior Tamara Truta, freshman Lara Ercegovic and freshman Danira Penic.
Track & Field: Atlantic 10 Conference Results: Men - Indoor (5th), Outdoor (5th); Women - Indoor (2nd); Outdoor (5th)
The Temple track and field program continued positive growth under head coach George Phillips in his second year ... The Owls' most impressive gain came in the women's indoor competition, where the program jumped from fourth to second at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships Meet ... The women produced four firsts --including the 4x400-meter relay-- five seconds and two thirds at the conference championship meet ... In the A-10 outdoor competition, the women dropped to fifth, yet produced five firsts, including both the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays, two seconds and one third ... The men were a consistent fifth in both the A-10 indoor and outdoor championship meets. Indoor the Owls collected one first, one second and one third; outdoor the team had two firsts and three thirds ... All-Atlantic 10 Conference Team-Indoor: Women - senior Afia Brown (200m, 400m); sophomore Naomi Beverly (55m); 4x400m relay team; Men - Robert Leite Young (triple jump) ... All-Atlantic 10 Conference Team-Outdoor: Women - senior Afia Brown (100m, 200m); 4x100m relay team; 4x400m relay team; Men - Robert Leite Young (long jump, triple jump).
