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 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 American Athletic 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 0-1 District 2 1963 0–1 District 2 1968 1–2 District 2 1972 5–2 College World Series 3rd Place, District 2 Champions 1973 2–2 District 2 1975 1–2 Atlantic Regional 1976 2–2 Northeast Regional 1977 4–2 College World Series 7th Place, Northeast Regional Champions 1978 3–2 Northeast Regional 1981 0–2 East Regional 1983 1–2 Northeast Regional 1984 0–2 Mideast Regional 2001 0–2 Fullerton Regional 19–24
See also List of defunct college baseball teams
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