Although it was Sunday, Northwestern didn’t spend any time worshiping.

In fact, it was the other way around, as No. 10 Temple found itself bowing to the No. 6 Wildcats after NU downed the Owls 22-5.

“They have a very good team,” Temple coach Nikki Franke said. “They’re very solid all the way across — all three weapons.”

The Cats beat Temple and nine other teams at the NU Duals on Saturday and Sunday.

“It’s a good confidence booster because we’ve been just slaughtering (everyone),” said senior saberist Lauren Dunn of a Wildcats team that won more than 20 bouts in all 10 matches.

“I definitely think (other teams will) be a lot more scared of us,” sophomore foilist Jessica Florendo said.

Still, nobody seemed surprised when the Cats drove out Temple.

“When you’re the sixth rated team in the country, you should be beating teams that are (ranked lower),” NU coach Laurie Schiller said, adding that, unlike Florendo, he didn’t expect higher ranked teams to take notice of the Cats because of Sunday’s match.

“(Winning big is) what people would expect us to do,” Schiller said. “If we would have won close or lost, (then) they’d be taking notice.”

Sophomore saberist Mai Vu said other teams shouldn’t be afraid of the Cats until they beat a top team, like No. 1 Ohio State or No. 2 Notre Dame — both on their schedule.

Schiller also said the score had more to do with NU’s ability to grind out matches than it did their dominance of the Owls.

“It was a much closer match than what the score would make it appear,” NU coach Laurie Schiller said. “Temple fought us all the way down the line.”

On the whole, NU was without a peer. The Cats won their first 17 bouts in a 24-3 win over North Carolina, the only other team that worried Schiller going into the weekend.

NU starters Florendo (21-0), Dunn (20-0), foilists Christina Wang (19-0) and Julia F