Temple Owls baseball


The Temple Owls baseball team was a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, until the end of the 2014 [NCAA Division I baseball season|2014 season].
On December 6, 2013, Temple announced that it would cut seven sports, including baseball, at the end of the 2013–14 academic year for financial reasons.

History

This baseball team was a member of the American Athletic Conference in 2014. It was previously a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference and the Big East Conference.
Temple's first baseball team was fielded in 1927 and played home games at Erny Field until 2003. The team played its home games at Skip Wilson Field in Ambler from 2004 until 2013. In 2014, non-conference games were played at Skip Wilson Field and all but one conference game were played at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey.
Temple returned to postseason play in 2014 for the first time since 2008, playing in the Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament. The Owls were last coached by Ryan Wheeler.

Temple in the NCAA Tournament

Temple appeared in the NCAA Tournament thirteen times, the most for any discontinued Division I program.
1959 [NCAA University Division baseball tournament|1959]0-1District 2
1963 NCAA [University Division baseball tournament|1963]0–1District 2
1968 NCAA [University Division baseball tournament|1968]1–2District 2
19725–2College World Series 3rd Place, District 2 Champions
19732–2District 2
1975 [NCAA Division I baseball tournament|1975]1–2Atlantic Regional
19762–2Northeast Regional
19724–2College World Series 7th Place, Northeast Regional Champions
19783–2Northeast Regional
19810–2East Regional
19831–2Northeast Regional
19840–2Mideast Regional
20010–2Fullerton Regional
TOTALS19–24