The Temple News · Mar 6, 2017
Tulsa hands Mauro’s squad first conference loss
Temple suffered its first conference loss of the season on the road Sunday.
The Owls (8-6, 1-1 American Athletic Conference) lost to Tulsa 5-2.
Coach Steve Mauro said that Tulsa is great team and may be the best in the conference. However, the weather also may have played a major role in deciding the match. Temple practices and usually plays matches indoors, but Sunday’s match at Tulsa was outdoors and on a windy day.
“I hate to blame it on the weather, but we’re just really not used to playing outside, and I think it affected the match,” Mauro said. “It was very windy and it was just really hard for the girls to keep balls in play.”