FAU travels up to Tampa to take on USF in an AAC conference series after dropping a midweek matchup to Miami. The Owls after dropping three straight, look to bounce back and cover some ground in the AAC standings. With both of these teams being 7-8 in AAC conference play so far, this is a crucial series for both teams to pick up wins coming down the final stretch of the regular season.
Leland Walker, a 6’1 G and rising junior formerly of Eastern Kentucky, announced his commitment to FAU on Wednesday night via his personal Twitter.
After dropping a conference series at home to Tulane over the weekend, FAU traveled down to Miami to attempt to snap the two game losing streak, and take the season long series three games to one. FAU would jump on the scoreboard early yet again, but Miami would come back to take the fourth and final game of the series, splitting the series two games a piece.
On Tuesday evening, it was announced by Jon Rothstein that former Samford G Aj Staton-McCray would be transferring to FAU, and he later confirmed that via a personal Twitter post.
Following a historic opening game of the FAU and Tulane series last weekend, that featured C.J. Williams tossing the first complete game shutout by an FAU Owl since 2016, Tulane battled back for the series win. They rallied late in games two and three and their ability to put up large amounts of runs in a single inning proved to be the difference-maker in that series. FAU now looks to forget about those losses and get one back tonight in Miami to end their season long series.
FAU entered the game three rubber match against Tulane looking to take their first series since their three game set against Memphis. The Owls bats got off to a good start early, and backed up the Owls pitching staff through the first half of the game. A late rally from Tulane however, would allow the Green Wave to overtake the Owls lead and take the series finale for the series win.
Following their 5-0 shutout victory in game one, FAU looked to come out and win the series in game two against Tulane. After getting out in front early, Chandler Welch would recover to put together a solid start for Tulane, and the bats would follow to help secure the game two victory for the Green Wave.
After losing three straight games on their last road trip, FAU was finally back home to play some conference baseball. The Tulane Green Wave came into Boca Raton looking to improve upon their 5-7 AAC conference record. C.J. Williams and the Owls would have other plans for Tulane, and after a historic start from Williams, the Owls would’ve only needed one run to win the game, and turned it into five for a shutout series opening win.
FAU welcomes in the 20-17 Tulane Green Wave for a three game series this weekend in Boca Raton. After going 1-4 on their last road trip, the Owls look to get back on track after losing three straight, two to Wichita State, and one to old Conference USA rival FIU.