Good Morning, Owl Family. Florida Atlantic women's golf posted its best conference tournament finish in program history on Wednesday at the AAC Championship. A team score of 284 in the final round was the Owls' lowest of the season and vaulted them up three spots on the leaderboard into third place.

The third-place results edges out the Owls' tie for third at the 2022 CUSA Championship as the highest conference championship finish in program history. Charlotte Perkins led the way, finishing in a tie for third individually. The sophomore finished at -3, four shots behind Tulsa's Romaine Masserey at the top of the leaderboard.
 
What else do we have mixed into today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🥎 Softball lands 3 homers for a 7-1 win over East Carolina
⚾️ Owls Baseball takes the series opener against Wichita State
🦉 And much, much more

🔼 Owls Have the Upper Hand Glove. Tune in for game two tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. ET.

📹 : COACH MAC’S POST-GAME THOUGHTS

🔼 Sunk Those Pirates. Florida Atlantic's softball team launched three home runs to power past East Carolina with a 7-1 win on Thursday afternoon.
 
The Owls (36-9, 15-4) racked up 11 hits in a comeback victory over the Pirates (25-20, 10-9) to open the three-game series. Junior pitcher Autumn Courtney recorded her 10th complete game of the season and improved her record to 19-2 after allowing just two hits.

🔼 Leaders Of the Pack. The Florida Atlantic 2025-26 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Executive Board was announced on Friday. Led by incoming president Bernice Chau, the executive board features six student-athletes spread amongst five different athletic teams.

🦉 : MORE ON THEIR IMPRESSIVE BACKGROUNDS

🔼 Let’s Meet in NC. The Florida Atlantic women's track & field distance runners travel to participate in the Wake Forest Invite today, Friday, April 18.

The Owls will race in two events this morning, starting with the 3000-meter steeplechase when Anabell Reumann, Jessica Hatch, and Astrid Baunge kick off the meet for FAU. The second and final event of the afternoon is the 1500-meter run, where freshman Constance Pittet will represent FAU to close out the meet for the Owls. 

🔼 BVB in The Big Easy. The No. 18 Florida Atlantic beach volleyball team will wrap up its regular season schedule at the NOLA Classic today, Friday, April 18, and tomorrow, Saturday, April 19, at the White Sands Volleyball Courts in New Orleans.
 
FAU heads into the NOLA CLASSIC at 14-13 overall and 3-1 in CUSA play, while Tulane enters the weekend at 21-9 overall and 1-2 in CUSA play, McNeese at 11-13 overall and 2-6 in SLC play, San Jose State at 10-16 overall and 6-2 in SLC play, and Tarleton at 5-11 overall and 0-1 in CUSA play.

⇢⇢⇢ With football on our radar, today’s trivia is a refresher on first-year head FAU football coach Zach Kittley. He’s well known for coaching three future NFL QBs while he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Texas Tech and Western Kentucky. They are: Patrick Mahomes II, Davis Webb, and who is the third?

Have a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to find out!

🦉 ONE BIG THING

Falling For It. Watch this video if you want to get as amped for the upcoming football season as we are.

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Friday, April 18
👟 Women’s X-Country/Track & Field @ Wake Forest Invite in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. Tulane @ NOLA Classic in New Orleans, Louisiana @ 9:30 a.m. ET
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Memphis @ AAC Championships in Memphis, Tennessee @ 10 a.m. ET
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. UTSA @ AAC Championships in Memphis, Tennessee @ 11 a.m. ET
🥎 Softball @ East Carolina @ 1 p.m. ET | Live Video | Live Stats
🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. McNeese @ NOLA Classic in New Orleans, Louisiana @ 2:30 p.m. ET
⚾️ Baseball vs. Wichita State @ 6:30 p.m. ET ESPN+ | Live Stats | Tickets

Saturday, April 19
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Memphis @ AAC Championships in Memphis, Tennessee @ Time TBA
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ AAC Championships in Memphis, Tennessee @ Time TBA
🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. San Jose State @ NOLA Classic in New Orleans, Louisiana @ 9:30 a.m. ET
🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. Tarleton State @ NOLA Classic in New Orleans, Louisiana @ Noon ET
⚾️ Baseball vs. Wichita State @ 1 p.m. ET ESPN+ | Live Stats | Tickets
🥎 Softball @ East Carolina @ Noon ET | Live Stats

Sunday, April 20
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Memphis @ AAC Championships in Memphis, Tennessee @ Time TBA
🎾 Men’s Tennis @ AAC Championships in Memphis, Tennessee @ Time TBA

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The Answer: Bailey Zappe!

A highly-regarded developer of quarterbacks, FAU football coach Zach Kittley has been the architect of the prolific offenses at each of his stops while coaching the likes of future NFL signal-callers Patrick Mahomes II, Bailey Zappe, and Davis Webb. In his seven seasons as an offensive coordinator, quarterback coach, and play-caller, Kittley's teams have averaged 457.3 yards and 34.8 points per game.

🦉 Have an awesome weekend, Owl Fam!