Good morning, Owls Family. The Florida Atlantic MBB team is advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2025 AAC Tournament after beating Charlotte, 64-59, on Thursday afternoon.  
 
The No. 5 seed Owls (18-14) leaned on their frontcourt, with freshman center Matas Vokietaitis scoring a game-best 17 points on 7-for-8 shooting, along with double-digit efforts from junior forward Baba Miller and redshirt junior forward Tre Carroll, to defeat No. 13 seeded Charlotte (11-22) in the second round of the tournament.

What else do we have mixed into today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🎙️ Mac’s Musings & Inside the Owl’s Burrow
⚾️ Baseball has now won four in a row; This weekend’s preview vs. Bradley
🦉 And much, much more

Number of the Day: 28

We’re counting down the days to Florida Atlantic’s 2025 football spring game on Friday night, April 11, at 6:30 pm ET! #28 for FAU Football, Zyere Horton, played a heavy special teams role in last season’s game against Michigan State, and contributed two tackles in the Army contest.

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🔼 Bison Down. The Florida Atlantic baseball team completed the sweep against Bucknell, defeating the Bison 15-5 in eight innings at home on Wednesday afternoon. The Owls have won four in a row.

The team racked up 15 hits, led by three from John Martinez, who came up a home run short of the cycle. He finished 3-for-4 with five RBI. Senior pitcher Bryan Boully made his first appearance since after undergoing Tommy John surgery. He threw 20 pitches in a clean first inning and was credited with the win.

⚾️ : PREVIEW FOR WEEKEND SERIES VS. BRADLEY, BEGINNING TODAY

🔼 Terriers (Almost) All Bark. The No. 29 Florida Atlantic women's tennis team continued its winning ways with a 6-1 victory over the visiting Boston University Terriers on Thursday morning.
 
The Owls, who move to 7-0 on the season, dropped the doubles point in a best-of-three format, but the court one FAU duo of Lara Smejkal and Malwina Rowinska continued to prove to be unbeatable with a 6-3 win to also move to 7-0. FAU held brief leads on doubles courts two and three but could not finish the match with tiebreaker losses on both courts to surrender the lone point to BU.

🔼 This Is Not a Drill … Okay, Well Kind Of. The FAU football team picked up the practice pace with first-day logistics in the rearview mirror.
 
This Saturday, the Owls will don full pads for the first time under head coach Zach Kittley. It will be the third of 15 allowable practices and the first opportunity for the staff to really evaluate the team's skillset and where they will need to concentrate efforts moving forward.

🗣 Go here for some thoughts on the team’s progress by coaches and players. 🏈

🔼 Burrow Talks Football N More. Episode 25 of Florida Atlantic's Inside the Owls' Burrow airs tomorrow, Saturday, March 15, at 11:30 a.m ET. Full shows will also air next week on Thursday, March 20, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 22, at 11:30 a.m. The show originates on FanDuel Sports Network Florida and can also be viewed on fausports.com and YouTube.

This week's show will preview the spring football season with head football coach Zach Kittley along with Defensive Coordinator Brett Dewhurst and Special Teams Coordinator Tyler Schovanec.

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🔼 For Your Amusement. Mac’s Musings is back after a week off! This week’s topics include the Kennedy assassination, the elimination of smartphones, and what’s more difficult: playing two ways in football or baseball? Then, there’s plenty of baseball discussion on our second annual non-playoff team draft and more.

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🔼 Owls’ Winning Ways. The No. 24 Florida Atlantic softball team continues AAC play with a weekend series in Birmingham, Alabama, against UAB. After sweeping Wichita State, the Owls (24-4, 3-0) are one of two teams in the conference that are undefeated in league play.

With weather expected to get in the way on Saturday, FAU will instead play the Blazers twice on Friday, at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. ET, before the regularly scheduled Sunday matchup at 1 p.m. EDT. All games are on ESPN+.

⇢⇢⇢ For the first time in league history, FAU BVB players Ashleigh Adams and Marketa Svozilova have been named back-to-back-to-back Conference USA Pair of the Week. The historic honor marks the first time a CUSA beach volleyball pair three-peat as Pair of the Week.

Today’s trivia asks: How many career weekly honors has Svozilova received?

Have a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to find out!

🦉 ONE BIG THING

Match Made in Pompano Beach. The No. 13 Florida Atlantic BVB team opens its home slate this weekend, hosting the Florida Atlantic Beach Invitational on Friday through Sunday, March 14-16, at the Pompano Beach Pier (See match times above).
 
The Sandy Owls enter this weekend's beach invitational with an 8-4 overall record and a 1-1 mark in CUSA play. The squad is coming off its toughest weekend of the season, earning a win over Boise State, 3-2 but falling in three hard-fought top 20 matchups against No. 4 TCU, 4-1, No. 7 Florida State, 3-2, and No. 13 Texas. 3-2.

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Friday, March 14
☔️ Please note the schedule changes for softball below due to inclement weather
🏀 Men’s Basketball @ American Athletic Conference Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas @ TBD
🌊 Swim & Dive @ CSCAA National Invitational Championships in Ocala, Florida
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Pennsylvania @ 10 a.m. ET
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Charlotte @ 2:30 p.m. ET | Live Stats
🥎 Softball @ UAB @ 3 p.m. ET
🥎 Softball @ UAB @ 5 p.m. ET
⚾️ Baseball vs. Bradley @ 6:30 p.m. ET FAUSports.com | Live Video | Live Stats | Tickets

Saturday, March 15
🏀 Men’s Basketball @ American Athletic Conference Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas @ TBD
🌊 Swim & Dive @ CSCAA National Invitational Championships in Ocala, Florida
🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. UAB @ FAU Beach Invitational @ 10:30 a.m. ET
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Virginia Commonwealth @ 2:30 p.m. ET
⚾️ Baseball vs. Bradley @ 6:30 p.m. ET FAUSports.com | Live Video | Live Stats | Tickets
🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. Georgia State @ FAU Beach Invitational @ 4:45 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 16
🏀 Men’s Basketball @ American Athletic Conference Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas @ TBD
🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. USC @ FAU Beach Invitational @ 11 a.m. ET
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. South Florida @ 11 a.m. ET | Live Stats
⚾️ Baseball vs. Bradley @ Noon ET FAUSports.com | Live Video | Live Stats | Tickets
🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. TCU @ FAU Beach Invitational @ 3 p.m. ET

🦉 Go here for the complete Florida Atlantic University Athletics Calendar

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The Answer: Five!

This week’s Conference USA Pair of the Week honor for Ashleigh Adams and Marketa Svozilova also marks the fifth career weekly honor for Svozilova and the fourth for Adams.

🦉 Have an awesome weekend, Owl Fam!