| 9/25/2024 | Women’s Soccer Florida Atlantic Women’s Soccer vs. USF & UAB Match Details Boca Raton, Fla. | Sept. 26 | 7 p.m. | FAU Soccer Stadium Birmingham, Ala. | Sept. 29 | 2 p.m. EST | PNC Field Match Coverage Streaming for USF: FAUSports.com | Live Stats | Match Notes Streaming for UAB: ESPN+ | Live StatsTwitter: @FAUWSoccer Florida Atlantic Links News | Roster | Schedule USF Links News | Roster | Schedule UAB Links News | Roster | Schedule BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic women’s soccer will take on the Bulls of South Florida on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. before taking the road to Birmingham, Ala., to face the Blazers on Sunday. Sept 29 at 2 p.m. EST. The Owls (2-4-2, 1-1-0 AAC) will play South Florida (6-1-2, 1-0-1 AAC) in Boca Raton for the first time since joining the American Athletic Conference. The last time these two teams faced each other was in the 2023 AAC Championship tournament when Florida Atlantic shut out the Bulls to advance to the semifinals. The match on Thursday night will air on FAUSports.com. After playing at home in back-to-back matches, the Owls will then travel to Alabama to face UAB (4-2-2, 1-0-1) in a Sunday conference matchup to close out the week. Thia qill mark the 12th match between these two teams in program history. All home games at the FAU Soccer Stadium are free admission. Fans will receive a bucket hat for attending Thursday’s match. ABOUT THE OWLS Head Coach Patrick Baker is in his 12th season at the helm of the Owls Baker is the only women’s soccer coach in history to go to a Division I, II, and III postseason tournament Florida Atlantic is in its second year in the American Athletic Conference after making it to the AAC Semifinals last season The Owls improved to a 2-5-2 overall record and 1-1-0 in the AAC after taking down the 49ers last week On the year, Florida Atlantic has registered seven different goal scorers (Michelle Horan, Drew Dempsey, Olivia Bori, Emmy Schleifer, Daniella Diaz, Stella Rubidoux, Jodi Smith, and Sloane Young) Goalkeeper Lexi Gonzalez is ranked No. 10 in program history in all-time saves with 120 Schleifer recorded her first goal as an Owl on Thursday night against the 49ers off of a free kick to take the lead six minutes into the match In the 22nd minute of the match, Diaz scored the first goal of her career to extend the lead for Florida Atlantic against Charlotte Senior Drew Dempsey and Horan are now the leading goal scorers on the season for Florida Atlantic with two each ABOUT THE BULLS South Florida holds a 6-1-2, 1-0-1 AAC record thus far This is the first season with head coach Chris Brown at the helm for the Bulls Anna Sutter is the leading goal scorer for the Bulls, with five on the year South Florida averages 2.22 goals per game with a total of 20 this season ABOUT THE BLAZERSUAB holds a 4-2-2, 1-0-1 AAC record thus far This is the second season with Head Coach Lisa Mann at the helm for the Blazers Abbey Burns leads the Blazers with five goals on the season In conference play, Maia Sirota and Burns lead with one goal each The Blazers total nine goals and 55 shots on the year SERIES HISTORY Thursday’s match marks the third time Florida Atlantic has faced the Bulls since being in the AAC The series against South Florida is tied 9-9-3 The Bulls will travel to Paradise for the first time since 2020 Florida Atlantic leads 7-2-2 in the series against the Blazers Last matchup against UAB in Boca Raton the Owls tied 1-1 FOLLOW THE OWLS To stay up to date on all things Florida Atlantic women’s soccer, follow FAU on social media @FAUWSoccer. |
