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Temple Athletics Newsletter

From The Nest

Temple Athletics Newsletter From The Nest
Temple Athletics Newsletter From The Nest

Edition 32: November 22, 2023 Edition 32: November 22, 2023

With Thanksgiving tomorrow, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our coaches staff for all their hard work in supporting our student-athletes, on the field of competition as well as in the classroom. I also would like to thank our faculty and administration for their support over the last year. I am also very thankful for our alumni and donors for their passion and commitment to Temple Athletics, which allows us to provided an exceptional experience for our student-athletes. And finally, to the parents of our student-athletes, THANK YOU for entrusting Temple Athletics with your sons and daughters, we appreciate you and wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday week.

WELCOME TO TEMPLE WELCOME TO TEMPLE

November 8 was National Signing Day for all NCAA Division I sports with the exception football. Since that date we have welcomed 29 new Owls to the nest. We are so happy that these young men and women have chosen Temple University for their academic and athletic careers. Below is a list of the incoming freshmen who have signed to date, with many more to follow.

Men's Basketball

Dillon Battie (Lancaster/Lancaster, Texas)

Aiden Tobiason (St. Elizabeth/Wilmington, Del.)

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Women's Basketball

Kelain Cedano (South Shore Christian/Boston Mass.)
Savanah Curry (Westtown High/Fallston, Md.)
Adena Webster (Schoolhouse Prep/Nassau Bahamas)

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Field Hockey

Winslow Dipeso (C. Milton Wright High School/Bel Air, Md.)
Reagan Stauts (Camden Catholic/Oaklyn, N.J.)
Alex Lepore (Conestaga High School/Devon Pa.)
Rozlyn Maciejewski (Hornesdale High School/Hornesdale Pa.)
Whitney Walker (Kennett High School/Chados Ford, Pa.)

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Women's Fencing

Samantha Nathanson – Needham High School/ Needham, Mass.
Alexandra Papaetropoulou – Ekpaideftiria Kostea/ Athens, Greece

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Women's Gymnastics

Robyn Dunne - 5280 Gymnastics/ Louisville, Colo.
Harmony Haro – Cincinnati Gymnastics/ Fairfield, Ohio
Kaitlyn McKnight Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre
Breanna Varano –Parkette Gymnastics/ Allentown, Pa.

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Women's Lacrosse

Kathryn Harding (Media, Pa./Penncrest)
Ava Fantaskey (Sellersville, Pa./Pennridge)
Cassidy Brown (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga)
Tori Tschida (Elko, Minn./Lakeville South)
Kali Saito (Brielle, N.J./Manasquan)
Cathleen Moran (Morristown, N.J./Morristown)
Katie Braun (Marietta, Ga./Allan C. Pope)

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Women's Soccer

Maggie Roepke (Eugene Ashley High School/Wilmington, NC)
Delaney Hoelker (Oregon High School/Madison, WI)
Rylie Wilpolt (Carmel High School/Carmel, IN)

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Women's Tennis

Kelly Richter (PrivatGymnasium Mannheim/Gulf Coast High School)Aschaffenberg, Bavaria)

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Women's Volleyball

Christiana Greene – Cardinal Newman HS/ Columbia, S.C.

Sydney Jones - Haverford HS /Havertown, Pa.

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WOMEN IN STEM FEATURED WOMEN IN STEM FEATURED

Over the next two months we will be highlighting Temple Athletics’ Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Our first two stories are already out featuring women’s fencer Anastasia Yankovskiy, who has taken on the role as an Undergraduate Researcher at the Institute of Genomic Evolutionary Medicine, and women’s rower Renee Goga, who has been working as a EMT since her senior year in high school and now has been elected a Second Lieutenant with responsibilities of training and developing new cadets. I hope you will enjoy reading more about these amazing women doing incredible things outside of competition.
Meet Anastasia Yankovskiy, the Fencer Completing Cancer Research - Temple

Meet Anastasia Yankovskiy, the Fencer Completing Cancer Research - Temple

For women's fencing foil Anastasia Yankovskiy , being a student-athlete is only one aspect of life. The senior Genomic Medicine major from Mountain View, ...

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Women Athletes in STEM Spotlight: Renee Goga, Rower and Emergency Medical Technician - Temple

Women Athletes in STEM Spotlight: Renee Goga, Rower and Emergency Medical Technician - Temple

Renee Goga is a senior on Temple's women's rowing team. The Biology major from Red Bank, New Jersey, has two minors in Clinical Health Psychology and Cog...

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FIRST-EVER BIG 5 CLASSIC HELD ON DEC. 2 FIRST-EVER BIG 5 CLASSIC HELD ON DEC. 2

Tickets for the first-ever Big 5 Classic, which will be held at the completely transformed, built-for-basketball New Wells Fargo Center on December 2, are on sale now. Tickets for the tripleheader start at just $45 and are good for all three matchups. Group and premium ticket options are also available at big5classic.com.

FALL SPORTS ROUNDUP FALL SPORTS ROUNDUP

Men’s Basketball opened its season with three straight wins, including a victory at Drexel in the first-ever Big 5 meeting between the schools, before falling to Columbia Saturday. The team hosts Ole Miss today (3:30 pm) before La Salle comes to the Liacouras Center on Nov. 29 (7 pm) for the final Big 5 pod game. The winner will play on Dec. 2 in the Big 5 Championship game.


Women’s Basketball lost consecutive road games to #23 Ole Miss and Villanova to fall to 2-3 on the season. The team looks to rebound today against Saint Joseph’s in the second game of a doubleheader at the Liacouras Center.

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Men’s Cross Country placed ninth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Championships on Nov. 17 at Lehigh with Cole Frank topping the squad and placing 32nd overall.


Women’s Cross Country ran three individuals at the meet with Elsa Chan finishing 51st to lead the Temple trio.

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Fencing hosted the first Coach Nikki Franke Classic on Nov. 4-5 and the No. 11 Owls closed out the preseason on a strong note, with four top-8 finishes and 11 top-15 finishes. The Owls were led by Lindsey Minor (epee) and Elizabeth Novoseltseva (foil) who both tied for third in their respective weapons.


Football dropped two AAC road games, falling at South Florida (27-23) and UAB (34-24). In the UAB loss, David Martin-Robinson set a new program record for most career receptions by an Owls tight end while E.J. Warner threw for 323 yards and two touchdowns, tying P.J. Walker’s record for most career 300-yard passing games by a Temple quarterback (6). The team closes out the season Friday against Memphis at Lincoln Financial Field. Kickoff is at noon.

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Women’s Tennis double pair of Samantha Nanere and Maiko Uchijima were ranked #20 in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).


Women’s Volleyball closes out its season today at McGonigle Hall against SMU (11:30 am). With a 17-13 record heading into the finale, head coach Linda Hampton-Keith’s Owls have greatly improved from her first season (10-21) and have guaranteed a winning campaign, the program’s first in a non-Covid season since 2017.

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HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT

Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Kamali Thompson - Temple

Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Kamali Thompson - Temple

This is the eighth in a series of spotlights on Temple Athletics alumni and the final one featuring the eight-member 2023 Athletics Hall of Fame Class, whic...

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HONORED STUDENT-ATHLETES HONORED STUDENT-ATHLETES

Special shoutout to our Athlete of the Week since our last edition of From The Nest…Men’s Basketball – Jahlil White (11/13) and Hysier Miller (11/20) named Big 5 and OwlSports.com…Women’s Tennis - Samantha Nanere and Maiko Uchijima selected American Athletic Conference Players of the Month (October).

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Jahlil White

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Hysier Miller

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Samantha Nanere

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Maiko Uchijima

TEMPLE TALK WITH ADAM FISHER TEMPLE TALK WITH ADAM FISHER

Temple Talk with Adam Fisher debuted on Nov. 2 (6-7 pm) at Maxi’s Pizza, Subs and Bar which is located on the Temple University main campus. (1926 Liacouras Walk). The 12-episode show airs live on The Varsity Network App and is tape-delayed on 1210 AM WPHT, the home of Temple Basketball. Temple Women’s Basketball will be featured on each show with second-year head coach Diane Richardson and players talking about their season.

Temple Talk with Adam Fisher to Debut November 2 - Temple

Temple Talk with Adam Fisher to Debut November 2 - Temple

PHILADELPHIA - Temple Talk with Adam Fisher will debut next Thursday, Nov. 2 from 6 to 7 pm at Maxi's Pizza, Subs and Bar which is located on the Temple Un...

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2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule
2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule

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Reminder that ESPN+ is the home of Temple Athletics. Watch Temple athletics events via an ESPN+ subscription.

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CLICK BELOW FOR ALL OF OUR 2023-24 SPORTS SCHEDULES!👇 CLICK BELOW FOR ALL OF OUR 2023-24 SPORTS SCHEDULES!👇

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

Composite Schedule - Temple

Composite Schedule - Temple

The official composite schedule for the Temple University Owls

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In closing, I would like to thank Dr. Shohreh Amini, President of Temple’s Faculty Senate, for hosting me at last week’s Faculty Senate Steering Committee. It was a fantastic opportunity to share Temple Athletics’ priorities of remaining closely aligned with the University and providing an exceptional student-athlete experience. I am thankful for having such wonderful partners across all of the schools and colleges.

GO OWLS!!! GO OWLS!!!

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