The Owls played for the last time in Paradise this season, including five seniors on senior day. The team that traveled to paradise was Tulane (14-14, 6-10 AAC). AAC tournament seeding and earning a spot in the tournament was on the mind of the two squads with a win or loss for Florida Atlantic deciding either a sixth or seventh seed
A match with huge AAC Tournament implications opened the final weekend of the regular season as Florida Atlantic faced off against UAB (11-15, 6-9 AAC).
The Owls took a trip to San Antonio to face off against UTSA (9-18, 3-11 AAC). A struggling Roadrunners squad were playing their last home game so it was Senior Day at the Convocation Center. That was all the momentum needed to gain a dominant victory against FAU in a sweeping fashion.
Florida Atlantic traveled to Denton to face North Texas (8-16, 5-8 AAC) in an important AAC showdown. Entering the match, UNT had a five match losing streak while Florida Atlantic was coming off a sweep over Temple. A weekend trip to Texas could not have started better for FAU as the Owls earned a 3-1 victory over the Mean Green.
In search of a bounce back victory, Florida Atlantic hosted Temple (11-15, 3-9 AAC) in Paradise. The first time the two teams met FAU fell to Temple 3-0, it was time for Florida Atlantic to earn the win this time around.
After facing off ten days ago, the Owls traveled to South Florida (13-9, 9-2 AAC) in hopes of earning the season sweep. In the previous match between the two Florida Atlantic dominated, upsetting the Bulls 3-1. This time around though, USF got the better of FAU, earning the final three sets in a 3-1 victory.
Florida Atlantic’s road trip continued in North Carolina as they faced Charlotte (4-19, 1-9 AAC) in hopes of gaining a road victory. The Queen City did not wear the crown today as the Owls earned a commanding victory over the 49ers.
A road losing streak, and a home winning streak were on the line as Florida Atlantic faced off against ECU (14-6, 7-3 AAC). The Owls had no answer for the Pirates as ECU dominated the match from start to finish.
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.