Skip Wilson Field is a baseball

Baseball

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 stadium

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 in Ambler, Pennsylvania

Ambler, Pennsylvania

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. Home plate faces Meetinghouse Road. It is the home field of the Temple University

Temple University

Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

 Owls college baseball

College baseball

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 team. The stadium holds 1,000 spectators and opened in 2004. It is named after former Owls baseball coach James "Skip" Wilson.

Temple played their first game at the ball-field on March 25, 2004 and beat University of the Sciences

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the Sciences , officially known as University of the Sciences in Philadelphia , located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in pharmacy and a variety of other health-related disciplines.-History:The history of the University of the Sciences...

 by a score of 6 to 2. Four other projected home openers had been canceled due to either bad weather or poor field conditions.

The field was originally called Temple's Ambler Field in reference to its location at Temple's Ambler campus

Temple University Ambler

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. The university began to refer to the ball-field as Skip Wilson Field in 2006. On April 28, 2007, Temple University-Ambler celebrated “Skip Wilson Day" when the university officially dedicated Skip Wilson Field at Ambler in honor of the coach.

Prior to Skip Wilson Field, Temple baseball played its home games at Erny Field at Mount Pleasant Avenue and Michener Street in the West Oak Lane section

West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 of Philadelphia. Erny Field is the current home of the Arcadia University

Arcadia University

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baseball team.