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✈️ Road Winners
⚽️ Conference Leaders
🦉 And much, much more

🔼 Road Winners. FAU football is heading home with an American Conference win in a thrilling 27-21 road victory over Rice in Houston. QB Caden Veltkamp lit up the field, throwing for three touchdown passes and 290 yards; two of those touchdowns went to TE Michael Kirch. WR Asaad Waseem added another touchdown reception, his team-leading fourth of the season, as the Owls clinched the victory. Messer, who leads the nation in catches per game, didn’t show any signs of slowing down, hauling in 11 catches for 110 yards, including a 55-yard reception.

Next up? FAU will welcome UAB to Paradise on Saturday, Oct. 11 with kickoff slated for 6 p.m. on ESPN+.

🔼 Conference Leaders. With Friday night’s win over Missouri State, Florida Atlantic climbed to 3-0 in the American Conference, becoming the only 3-0 team in the league. The Owls continued their trend of staying undefeated this year when scoring the first goal, and FAU’s Sebastian Zettl got the scoring started in the 34th minute. Mamadou Diarra would go on to deliver the game-winning goal in the 74th minute as Florida Atlantic secured the 2-1 win.

Next up? FAU hosts FGCU on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in a non-conference battle before returning to American Conference play on Oct. 12 against Memphis.

🔼 Undefeated Weekend. FAU volleyball posted back-to-back wins this weekend, beating Temple, 3-0, on Sunday afternoon after winning three straight sets to secure the 4-1 win over North Texas.

On Friday night, Olivia Hart and Kayla Richardson dominated the scoring for the Owls with Hart posting 14 kills, while Richardson hit a team-leading .435 in addition to her 11 kills. Victoria Hensley led the squad with 17 assists, securing her first double-double of the season.

During Sunday’s matinee, Hart led the way with a team-high 15 kills, while Isabelle Northam’s 20 digs was the best on the day for the Owls.

Next up, FAU will travel to Charlotte on Friday, Oct. 10, then East Carolina on Sunday, Oct. 12.

🔼  Dove In. The TYR Fall Classic came to a close this weekend for FAU men’s and women’s swimming and diving, with the men’s team winning the meet with 515 points! The women’s team finished as runners-up. In total, the Owls posted 15 first-place wins and finished the meet’s second day with 17 top-three performances.

The Owls are off next weekend before competing in a dual meet at home against the defending NAIA National Champions, the Keiser Seahawks, on Oct. 18 at 10 a.m.

🤓 Racking Up Yards. TE Michael Kirch finished FAU’s win with four catches for 82 yards and two scores, the most yards by a tight end in a single game since who did it in 2019?

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🦉 ONE BIG THING

Mamadou Diarra and Stella Rubidoux are your Florida Atlantic Athletics Prestige Windows & Doors Student-Athletes of the Month for September!

The award is given each month to a male and female FAU student-athletes to recognize their outstanding performance in the classroom.

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Monday, Oct. 6
⛳ Women’s Golf @ West Bay Collegiate Invitational (Estero, Florida)
⛳ Men’s Golf @ ECU Pirate Collegiate Classic (Greenville, North Carolina)

Tuesday, Oct. 7
⛳ Women’s Golf @ West Bay Collegiate Invitational (Estero, Florida)
⛳ Men’s Golf @ ECU Pirate Collegiate Classic (Greenville, North Carolina)

Wednesday, Oct. 8
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ Regionals (Gainesville, Florida)
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. FGCU @ FAU Soccer Stadium @ 7 p.m. TV: ESPN+ | Watch | Live Stats

Thursday, Oct. 9
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ Regionals (Gainesville, Florida)

Friday, Oct. 10
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ Regionals (Gainesville, Florida)
🏐 Women’s Volleyball @ Charlotte (Charlotte, NC) @ 6 p.m. | Live Stats

Saturday, Oct. 11
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ Regionals (Gainesville, Florida)
🏖️ Women’s Beach Volleyball vs. FGCU & FIU (Oct. 11 - Oct. 12)
🏈 Football vs. UAB @ 6 p.m. - 25th Anniversary Celebration / Hall of Fame / Family Weekend | Tickets | Watch: ESPN+ | Listen: Fox Sports 640

Sunday, Oct. 12
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ Regionals (Gainesville, Florida)
🏖️ Women’s Beach Volleyball vs. FGCU & FIU (Oct. 11 - Oct. 12)
🏐 Volleyball @ East Carolina @ 12 p.m. (Greenville, North Carolina) | Live Stats 
⚽️ Women’s Soccer @ Memphis @ 7 p.m. (Memphis, Tennessee) | Watch Live
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Memphis @ 7 p.m. | Watch: ESPN+ | Watch Live | Live Stats

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Answer: Harrison Bryant!

🦉 Have an amazing Monday, Owl Fam!