It is truly March Madness mode here at Temple University as well as around the country. The women’s tournament features former Temple coach Dawn Staley looking to lead South Carolina to a perfect season and her third National Championship. On the men’s side history has been made with a Final Four with no #1 seed for the first time since 2011. It is also good to see Florida Atlantic, a team that will join the American Athletic Conference next season, advance to its first Final Four.

I would like to thank our Temple University community for their generosity yesterday as we celebrated our day of giving with Temple Toast. We are still tabulating the numbers and will share once that is completed, but the outpouring of support was tremendous and much appreciated.

There is still time to give! Click HERE if you would like to donate.

Women's lacrosse head coach, Bonnie Rosen, and Athletics Travel & Business Manager, Aly Hinton, participated in the EmpowHER Shabbat, a dinner and panel hosted by Hillel at Temple this past Friday. The focus of the event was on the experiences of women in sport, as well as the experiences of those in the Jewish community.

On Monday, March 27 Temple Athletics partnered with Philadelphia Federal Credit Union (PFCU) to host a networking night titled “EmpowHER” to commemorate Women’s History Month. The goal of the event was to provide a forum for connection between Temple’s student-athletes and successful women across various industries.

Among the companies and organizations represented were the Philadelphia Eagles, PFCU, MERC, Comcast, Philadelphia Phillies, the Mayor’s Office of Engagement for Women, Temple’s Fox School of Business and School of Sport, Tourism & Hospitality Management.

Thank you to Athletics staff members Jessica Dietz, Aly Hinton, Gabi Hughes, Nicole Repetto and Haley Shinn for spearheading the initative.

On Sunday, Temple’s Black Student-Athlete Association made a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The trip included 23 student-athletes from the sports of football, women's soccer, women's lacrosse, women's track, women's rowing and women's volleyball. After the tour, the group was hosted by Grass Roots Health for dinner and information session.

Congratulations to our NCAA qualifiers, sophomore sophomore foilist Anna Novoseltseva, who represented Temple at the NCAA Fencing Championships this weekend, and juniors Brooke Donabedian and Renee Schugman from Women's Gymnastics, who will compete at the NCAA Regionals in Pittsburgh on March 30-April 1.

Speaking of Women's Gymnastics, the team placed fifth in the EAGL Championship with seven Owls named to the All-EAGL Tournament Team.

Women's Tennis split six matches over the last two weeks, but the big news was that our nationally-ranked doubles team of Maiko Uchijima and Jamie Wei upset No. 5 Adel-Byanu Abidullina and Eliza Askarov and have now moved up to fifth in the latest poll.

Men’s Tennis remains hot, extending its win streak to 16 matches since opening the season at 0-2. That streak is currently the nations longest. The team also snapped Delaware’s nine-match win streak with a 4-3 victory over the Blue Hens.

Women's Lacrosse dropped two matches to nationally-ranked teams, #16 Yale (16-5) and #5 James Madison (10-8) in its conference opener.

Women's Track opened its outdoor season and Laura Nicholson set a new personal best time of 2:07.36 in the 800m at the Raleigh Relays, finishing seventh out of 123 athletes.

Golf placed 5th out of 16 teams at the ECU Intercollegiate with Ethan Whitney tying for 12th overall.

Women's Rowing and Men's Crew have been in scrimmage mode gearing up for their season openers this Saturday. The men are in California taking on Stanford and Santa Clara while the women are on the Cooper River competing in the Doc Hosea Invitational.

Our Cherry and White Game is scheduled for Saturday, April 8 at 3 pm. It is always a great day to celebrate Temple University and our Owls. Look forward to seeing so many of you on campus for this special, family-friendly day!! Click here for more information.

Temple was well-represented at the APPLE Training Institute held in Charlottesville, Va. on March 17-19. Three athletics staff members, Tia Withers, Coordinator of Leadership Operations, Melissa Graham, Mental Health Counselor, and Dr. Fafa Tsikata, Associate Athletic Trainer, were joined by student-athletes Elijah Clark (football), Falanika Danielson (volleyball) and Natalie DeMasi (women's soccer).

Temple Football season ticket holders should have received an email on renewing your tickets for what looks to be an exciting 2023 season. The home schedule features games against the Miami Hurricanes, Akron Zips, Norfolk State Spartans, Navy Midshipmen, SMU Mustangs, UTSA Roadrunners, and Memphis Tigers.

TO RENEW YOUR 2023 FOOTBALL SEASON TICKETS, CLICK HERE OR CALL THE TEMPLE TICKET SALES OFFICE AT 215- 204-TIXX (8499)!

Special shoutout to our Athletes of the Week since our last edition of From the Nest. Men’s Tennis standout Thibault Frumholz was named OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week (3/20) while Laura Nicholson from the Women’s Track team also earned OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week (3/27).

Please come out and continue to support all our Temple Athletics teams. Below is a link to our composite schedule.

Mark your calendars for Temple University is hosting the 2023 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championship on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, N.J. The dates are Friday-Sunday, May 26-28.

I look forward to seeing everyone at our Cherry and White Football Game on Saturday, April 8. It will be a very busy weekend on campus with a home women’s track meet on Friday, our lacrosse game on Saturday at 12 pm before the football game kicks off at 3 pm. Hope to see you there!

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