With only four matches left the Owls needed to gain points to stay in contention for the AAC tournament. A tough task to do against Memphis, but FAU needs the points to enter into postseason play. Sadly, a rainy day in Paradise set the mood for the Owls as Florida Atlantic was overrun offensively by Memphis (7-6-2, 4-1-1 AAC) falling 1-0.
Rain, ten on ten soccer, and late game heroics is the brief story to explain what happened in the match between rivals FAU and FIU. Down 1-0, FAU responded with two goals in the final ten minutes to win their third straight against Florida International (4-5-4) (2-2-1 AAC) in heroic fashion.
After a three-match losing streak FAU hosted Rice (11-6, 6-2 AAC) to Paradise. Rice came into the match in second place in the AAC trying to keep up with USF. Florida Atlantic rode the energy the Elly gave them to blank Rice 3-0 as an important weekend of conference play began.
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Florida Atlantic entered the match against Wichita State (9-9, 4-2 AAC) coming off a two match losing streak. The Owls were searching for another AAC victory, and their first conference victory away from Boca Raton. FAU won the first two sets, but could not gain a third victory as they fell to the Shockers 3-2.
Florida Atlantic traveled to Tulsa (7-6-2, 3-3 AAC) in the Owls first conference match since Sept. 29. FAU could not successfully close out the road trip with points as the Owls fell 3-1 against the Golden Hurricanes.
It was all good in paradise, until it wasn’t. FAU led 37-27 with 4:21 remaining and it was looking like the Owls were closing in on their best win of the season, but then it all fell apart.
Conference play is in full swing. Florida Atlantic looked to get back in the win column as they headed to Oklahoma to face Tulsa (12-5) (4-1 AAC). The road woes continued for FAU as Tulsa earned a 3-1 victory over the Owls.
The rain clouds moved out of Paradise to create a beautiful day for soccer. The Owls took advantage of the evening, earning three points and their first AAC conference victory against the USF Bulls (4-2-4) (2-2 AAC) in front of a ten-year record crowd.