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🏈 The Comic Book Guy
🔥 It’s Unanimous
🦉 And much, much more

🔼 The Comic Book Guy. Gabriel Birnbaum came to FAU to play defensive line and ended up building a collectibles business on the side, and it’s one big enough that ESPN gave it an in-game segment during a recent broadcast. Comic books are the core of it, and dozens of his teammates have gotten into it with him. He broke down his operation with Frank Forte on this week’s “Inside the Owls’ Burrow.”

🔼 Pads Off. Sophomore receiver Branden Hoch was last week’s guest on “Pads Off,” the segment where Frank Forte sits down with an Owl and talks about anything other than football. It airs as part of “Inside the Owls’ Burrow” on Thursday, 5:30 p.m. ET on South Florida 39 in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market and 6 p.m. ET on South Florida 9 in West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce.

🔼 Defensive Domination. FAU women’s basketball suffocated Kennesaw State in a 68-28 win that stands as the best defensive performance of the program’s Division I era. FAU never trailed, held the visitors scoreless through the first six minutes, and blew it open in the third with 14 unanswered points fueled by four straight 3-pointers. Erin Rodgers led the way with 13 points, seven rebounds and a perfect 5-of-5 at the line, one of six Owls to score at least seven, while Jazzy Gipson tied her career best with four assists. The Owls dropped a 78-56 decision at No. 4 Duke on Sunday and return home Wednesday against South Alabama at noon CT.

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🔼 It’s Unanimous. Hailey Santiago was one of only three players in the entire conference to earn every single vote for the All-Conference First Team, finishing as the league’s second-highest goal scorer with 11 and third in total points. Two freshmen joined her on the awards list: Lola Hathorne picked up Third Team and All-Freshman honors after five goals and six assists, while Selena Gaytan also landed on the All-Freshman Team. Both started every match in the midfield this regular season.

🔼 She Found It Again. Hailey Santiago lost her love for soccer early in her FAU career, stuck watching from the sidelines on a roster full of veterans. Conversations with Patrick Baker helped her start working her way back, and she jumped from two goals as a freshman to six as a sophomore. Now she’s the one helping younger Owls find their footing, and she’s already cleared the ten-goal mark she set for herself before the season.

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🔼 Season Ends. FAU men’s soccer’s Jaiden Paniagua got his first career goal on a give-and-go with David Jesus, and Michel Tentchou added his team-leading seventh of the season, but the Owls couldn’t climb out of an early hole in a 5-2 quarterfinal loss to Memphis. Alfred Mikkelsen made three saves in goal, and Florida Atlantic outshot the Tigers 11-10 on the night. The Owls close the year at 6-3-7.

🔼 Ending 2026. Lily Holden was outstanding in goal, turning away eight shots including four in the first seven minutes of the second half, to keep FAU women’s soccer alive against second-seeded Charlotte. Lola Hathorne pulled one back from the penalty spot in the 79th minute after leading the team with three shots on the afternoon, but the comeback stalled there in a 2-1 quarterfinal loss. Holden, Hathorne and Hailey Santiago were the only three Owls to log all 90 minutes. Florida Atlantic closes the season at 6-10-4.

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*All Times Are in ET

Monday, Nov. 9
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITF M15 (Naples, Fla.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITF W35 (Weston, Fla.)

Tuesday, Nov. 10
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITF M15 (Naples, Fla.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITF W35 (Weston, Fla.)

Wednesday, Nov. 11
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITF M15 (Naples, Fla.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITF W35 (Weston, Fla.)
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. South Alabama @ 1 p.m. | Watch: ESPN+
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. William & Mary @ 7 p.m. | Watch: ESPN+

Thursday, Nov. 12
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITF M15 (Naples, Fla.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITF W35 (Weston, Fla.)

Friday, Nov. 13
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITF M15 (Naples, Fla.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITF W35 (Weston, Fla.)
👟 Cross Country @ NCAA South Regionals (Tallahassee, Fla.)
⚾ Baseball vs. Nova Southeastern @ 4 p.m.
🏐 Volleyball vs. East Carolina @ 6 p.m. | Watch: ESPN+
🥎 Softball @ Nova Southeastern @ 6 p.m. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) (10 Innings)

Saturday, Nov. 14
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITF M15 (Naples, Fla.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITF W35 (Weston, Fla.)
🏈 Football @ Tulsa @ TBA (Tulsa, Okla.) | Listen: Fox Sports South Florida
🥎 Softball vs. Palm Beach Atlantic @ 12 p.m. (10 Innings)
🏀 Women’s Basketball @ FGCU @ 2 p.m. (Fort Myers, Fla.) | Watch: ESPN+
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Coastal Georgia @ 2 p.m. | Watch: ESPN+
⚾ Baseball vs. Lynn @ 4 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 15
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ ITF M15 (Naples, Fla.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ ITF W35 (Weston, Fla.)
🥎 Softball: Red vs. Blue Intrasquad @ 12 p.m. (10 Innings)
🏐 Volleyball @ Charlotte @ 1 p.m. (Charlotte, N.C.) | Watch: FAUSports.com


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Answer: Jan. 12, 1987, against Florida Tech.

🦉 Have a great Monday, Owl Fam!