All fans are invited to attend Temple Basketball Cherry and White Night - our annual tip-off event for the upcoming Basketball season. The event is scheduled for Thursday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Liacouras Center. Both the Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams will be introduced, and fans can enjoy games, music, and the opportunity to win prizes during the festivities.

Like most arenas around the country, this year the Liacouras Center will have a clear bag policy at all its events. This policy will be in place for all Temple Basketball games. Click here for more details regarding the new policy.

Also be sure to check out our Basketball Fan Guide for this season.

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 University main campus. (1926 Liacouras Walk). The 12-episode show will air live on The Varsity Network App and 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.

Congrats to Paige Wisehaupt, who was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Branding and Digital Strategy. Paige has been with us for nearly two years and has done an amazing job of telling the Temple Athletics Story visually.

I would like to welcome Temple alum Chad Cooper to our athletics staff. Chad has nearly two decades of experience in the sports communications field, most recently working on the Drexel athletics staff. He is a great addition to our communications team and will work directly with Coach Fisher in promoting men’s basketball.

I am so proud of our student-athletes for working together to support each other's NIL initiatives. This is true teamwork and I want to thank our staff members, especially Justin Miller and Kristy Bannon for their hard work to help educate our student-athletes on the NIL process.

On October 18th, we held our Freshmen Advance session, “Creating a Financial Gameplan”. The session was facilitated by Courtney Altemus and Rashard Campbell and covered the following topics: Needs & Wants (Short-term & Long-term); Pay Yourself First! (Saving); Financial Game Plan | Intro to Budgeting; and Credit | Intro to Credit.

Temple Athletics welcomed Epic Risk management, through an NCAA partnership, to campus on October 24th and 25th to host sessions for athletic department staff, coaches, and student-athletes on gambling harm awareness, education, and prevention tips. Click here for more information on this educational session made available by the NCAA.

The Fencing season continues next Saturday, Nov. 4, with the first Coach Nikki Franke Classic. Formerly the Temple Open, the event was renamed this year for our beloved former coach, who retired in 2022 as the winningest women’s coach in Temple history with 898 victories, including the 1992 NCAA Championship.

At the Navy Day Regatta in Philadelphia, Men’s Crew officially began its new era under Head Coach Brendan Cunningham. Temple raced six boats total, earning two first-place finishes — the pair of Adam Oliver and Kenneth Raynor placed first in the pairs event, while Temple’s JV 8 took home first in their event… The team also traveled to Boston to race two boats at the Head of the Charles Regatta. The Varsity 8 placed fifth overall with a time of 15:32.73, while the Second Varsity 8 finished 15th out of 42 boats.

Men’s Cross Country claimed its first team win of the season, taking gold at the Pirate Invitational hosted by conference rival East Carolina. Liem Chot headlined the squad with a fourth-place finish. Elsa Chan led the Women’s Cross Country team with a sixth place finish as the women earned 5th as a team.

Fencing opened its preseason slate on the road at the Garret Open hosted by Penn State. The Owls saw eight top-15 finishes and five top-8 finishes, with foilist Anna Novoseltseva tying for third to lead the squad. Temple will host the newly renamed Coach Nikki Franke Classic (formerly the Temple Open) on Nov. 4-5 to close out preseason competition.

Field Hockey snapped a four-game slump with a 2-1 win over Georgetown and a 2-0 shutout of Delaware. The Owls also topped Villanova 4-0 in the team’s home conference finale. The Cherry and White will head to Quinnipiac to close out its league schedule, with a win over the Bobcats clinching a spot in the BIG EAST Tournament which will be held at Howarth Field on Nov. 3 and 5.

Football fell to 2-6 overall and 0-4 in AAC play with losses at North Texas and home against SMU. QB E.J. Warner missed both games due to concussion protocol. The team is on a bye week before returning to action at Lincoln Financial Field on November 4 against Navy.

Golf closed out its fall season with three tournaments in a two-week span. The team posted Top 10 finishes at the Bill Cullum (8th of 14) and Phoenix (7th of 16) Invitationals before placing second to Drexel at the Big 5 Championship. Senior Joey Morganti was the medalist at the Big 5 Championship, winning his first collegiate tournament following a four-hole, three-golfer playoff with a five-under 67.

Women’s Rowing opened its fall season at the Navy Day Regatta in Philadelphia. The Owls were competitive in four different events in which a total of nine boats raced. In the Freshman 8, a team of nine athletes making their collegiate debuts won with a time of 14:51.91. Among 36 competing boats in the Varsity 4, the Owls took fourth and fifth place. Temple returns to the water on Oct. 27 at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta.

Men’s Soccer stunned defending NCAA Champion and 10th-ranked Syracuse, 2-1, on its own field and followed that with a home tie against USF. It was Rocco Haeufgloeckner’s 89th minute goal that secured the upset, the program’s first over a ranked foe in three seasons. The team closes out its regular season with its Senior Night at home against Tulsa Friday and a road match at #4 SMU on Nov. 1.

Women’s Soccer celebrated its Senior Day was against UTSA on October 15th. The team honored 12 seniors for their dedication and hard work during their careers.

Men’s Tennis competed at the Navy Invite with sophomore Alberto Blumenschein winning all three of his singles and doubles matches to highlight the three days of competition (Oct. 13-15).

After an outstanding performance as finalists at ITA Northeast Super Regionals, Women’s Tennis pair Samantha Nanere and Maiko Uchijima earned an invitation to ITA National Fall Championships at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif. Tournament play begins on Nov. 1. ITA Super Regionals in West Point, N.Y. This marked the first time Uchijima and Nanere paired for doubles play. This is Uchijima’s second appearance, after advancing to the Round of 8 with Jamie Wei in 2022.

Over the past two weeks, Women’s Volleyball has improved to 15-7 overall with a 5-5 record in the American Athletic Conference. Last week at home versus Rider and two matches at Charlotte, the Owls went 3-0 with the help of AAC Defensive Player of the Week Avery Luoma. Luoma earned back-to-back doubles against the 49ers with 12 kills, 21 digs on Friday and 17 digs, 16 digs on Saturday.

Special shoutout to our Athlete of the Week since our last edition of From The Nest. Men’s Soccer – Rocco Haeufgloeckner named AAC and Philly Soccer Six Defensive Player of the Week and OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week (10/17)…Women’s Volleyball – Avery Luoma named AAC Defensive Player of the Week and OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week (10/24).

In just over a week the Temple Sports Complex will play host to the four-team BIG EAST Field Hockey Championships. The semifinals will be held on Friday, Nov. 3 with the Championship match taking place on Sunday, Nov. 5. Click here to purchase tickets for what will be an exceptional event.

Temple Talk with Stan Drayton, the popular hour-long football radio show on 97.5 FM the Fanatic is back for another year, but with a new location. Temple Fans can watch the show live on-campus at Maxi’s Pizza, Subs and Bar on Liacouras Walk. Click here for full release and schedule.

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

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