Good Morning, Owl Family. The No. 28 Florida Atlantic women's tennis team punched its ticket to the 2025 NCAA Championships.
 
The Owls (16-1) are scheduled to face No. 46 Old Dominion (19-4, ASun Champion) at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 2. Regional site host No. 8 Duke (21-3) will play Bryant (15-6 OVC Champion) at 4 p.m. The two winners will advance to Saturday's 4 p.m. championship contest.

FAU, which extended its winning streak to 16 matches in the conference tournament before the Owls fell in the semifinals, brings a 16-1 record into its first-round match against Old Dominion.

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

⛳️ NaShawn Tyson has been named to the AAC All-Conference team
🏆 Accolades for two members of FAU Softball
⚾️ Baseball wins series against FIU
🦉 And much, much more

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🔼 Shooting Star. Florida Atlantic sophomore men's golfer NaShawn Tyson has been named to the AAC All-Conference team.
 
Tyson, No. 180 in the official Clippd Division I men's golf rankings, concluded a breakout sophomore campaign with a tie for 21st at last week's AAC Championship. Tyson finished inside the Top 25 in each of the last four events of the spring, highlighted by a win at the UNCW Seahawk Intercollegiate and a runner-up finish at the Old Corkscrew Intercollegiate. He led the Owls in the 2024-25 season with a 71.55 scoring average.

🔼 Bullpen Boost FTW. The Florida Atlantic baseball team defeated FIU 5-2 on Tuesday night to win the season series three games to one. The Owls used another strong effort from the bullpen and benefited from three Panther errors to improve to 29-15 on the season.

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🔼 Autumn in the Season Of Her Success. Autumn Courtney of the No. 24 Florida Atlantic softball team has been ranked No. 12 by Softball America in the Pitcher Power Rankings for the upcoming month of May.

The junior pitcher has been responsible for more than half of the Owls' (41-9, 20-4) wins currently holding a 21-2 record with an additional save to her resume. Her 21 victories on the season are tied for third nationwide. 

🔼 Mora Awards. Coming off a three-game series sweep in which she helped set multiple program records, Jesiana Mora has received a weekly honorable mention from the AAC. 
 
This marks the junior third baseman's second consecutive honorable mention and her fourth conference accolade for the 2025 season. Mora led the way offensively for the Owls (41-9, 20-4) in their series sweep over Memphis over the weekend in which they outscored the Tigers 41-5. She took the lead in hits, now at 61 this season, and leads in home runs (eight) and runs (48) as well as doubles with 12.

🔼 Last Call! Florida Atlantic Athletics will make its third and final stop of the 2025 Hometown Team Tour tonight at Duffy's in North Palm Beach. Like the first two stops in Deerfield Beach and Delray Beach, the last edition will feature Q&As with Owl head coaches, giveaways, prizes, merchandise and much more.
 
Frank Forte, host of "Inside The Owls' Burrow," will talk with VP and Director of Athletics Brian White and will then moderate a Q&A session with Hagerty Family Head Football Coach Zach Kittley, head MBB coach John Jakus, and newly hired head WBB coach LeAnn Freeland.

🤓 The Owls are in striking distance of back-to-back AAC regular season championships, needing how many wins to clinch?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to find out!

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Wednesday, April 30-Thursday, May 1
(No Events Scheduled)

Friday, May 2
👟 Women’s X-Country/Track & Field @ UNF Invitational in Jacksonville, Florida
🏖️ Beach Volleyball @ NCAA Championship in Gulf Shores, Alabama @ Time TBD
🥎 Softball @ Tulsa @ 6 p.m. | Live Stats
⚾️ Baseball @ Tulane @ 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 3
👟 Women’s X-Country/Track & Field @ UNF Invitational in Jacksonville, Florida
🏖️ Beach Volleyball @ NCAA Championship in Gulf Shores, Alabama @ Time TBD
🥎 Softball @ Tulsa @ 3 p.m. | Live Stats
⚾️ Baseball @ Tulane @ 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 4
🏖️ Beach Volleyball @ NCAA Championship in Gulf Shores, Alabama @ Time TBD
⚾️ Baseball @ Tulane @ 1 p.m.
🥎 Softball @ Tulsa @ 1 p.m. | Live Stats

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The Answer: One!

The Owls are in striking distance of back-to-back AAC regular season championships, needing just one win to clinch. Their final regular season series will see them take on Tulsa from Friday, May 2 to Saturday, May 4 before the AAC Tournament from Wednesday, May 7 to Saturday, May 10.

🦉 Happy Hump Day, Owl Fam!