PHILADELPHIA – The Temple men's and women's tennis teams will both start their fall seasons on Saturday, taking on La Salle at 10 a.m. and Rider at 2 p.m. Last season, both squads swept their weekend opponents, 7-0.
The men's team is coming off a 15-10 season, their best since 2010-11 where they went 18-8. The Owls went 1-4 in American Athletic Conference play with their only victory coming in a 6-1 win over UConn. In the American Athletic Conference tournament, Temple took down the Huskies 4-0 in the opening round of the tournament, but fell to USF in the quarterfinals.