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Men’s Soccer Opens Home Slate With 3-1 Win Over Manhattan

PHILADELPHIA - The Temple men's soccer team (1-0-2, 0-0-0 AAC) defeated the Manhattan Jaspers (1-0-1, 0-0-0 MAAC) 3-1 to open their home slate. Three different Owls scored as Temple notched their first win of the season.

How it Happened
> Temple struck quickly and effectively to start the match. Only ten minutes into the affair, forward Nigel Griffith forced a turnover deep on the Jasper end of the pitch and scored the first Temple goal of the season, beating the keeper one-on-one.
> Temple absolutely dominated the next stretch of play.