Philadelphia, Pa. (December 8) -- Temple brought home first place in last weekend's UMass Open on December 4th at the University of Massachusetts. The Owls finished with a 218.250 outscoring UMass (215.700), Army (208.300), Springfield (189.400), South COnnecticut (185.500), Vermont (183.150) and Daggetts (55.750).

Senior Mike Moran landed first place in the floor exercise (9.600), parallel bars (9.350), second on the horizontal bar (9.550) and second all-around (56.600). Newcomers freshmen Theo Maes and Richie Maguire tied for first place on the vault while Alex Weber finished 4th on the floor exercise (9.350), second on the pommel horse (9.650), sixth on the vault (9.400), fourth on the parallel bars (8.900), tenth on the horizontal bar (8.650) and fourth all around (54.800).

The Owls will compete on January 7-8 in the West Point Open meet at 7:00 p.m.

Individual Results:
Floor Exercise: 
Mike Moran, 1st 
Alex Weber, 4th 
Rob Chacon, 10th 
Nick Veneziale, 19th 
Richie Maguire, 23rd 
Kevin hallinan, 28th 
Pommel Horse:
Alex Weber, 2nd 
Jason Moresi, 5th 
Mike Moran, 6th 
Kevin Hallinan, 11th 
Rob Chacon, 12th 
Adam Owens, 13th 
Vault:
Theo Maes, 1st 
Richie Maguire, 2ndT 
Mike Moran, 3rdT 
Alex Weber, 6th 
Rob Chacon, 8thT 
Kevin Hallinan, 10thT 
Parallel Bars:
Mike Moran, 1st 
Alex Weber, 4th 
Richie Maguire, 5th 
Jason Moresi, 7thT 
Rob Chacon 12th 
Kevin Hallinan 14th 
Horizontal Bar:
Mike Moran, 2nd 
Rob Chacon, 4th 
Alex Weber, 10th 
Kevin Hallinan, 11th 
Richie Maguire, 16th 
James Jackson, 26th 
All-Around:
Mike Moran, 2nd 
Alex Weber, 4th 
Rob Chacon, 5th 
Kevin Hallinan, 10th 
Team Results:
1. Temple           218.250 
2. UMass            215.700 
3. Army             208.300 
4. Springfield      189.400 
5. So. Connecticut  185.500 
6. Vermont          183.150 
7. Daggetts          55.750