FAU Volleyball Wins in Five Sets at Wichita State, 3-2, to Finish a 2-0 Road Weekend
The Owls took sets one, four and five at Charles Koch Arena — the fifth by 15-11 — to beat the Shockers on Sunday and snap a three-game skid against Wichita State, two days after a four-set win at Tulsa.
WICHITA, Kan. — Florida Atlantic's women's volleyball team closed its two-match road trip with a five-set win at Wichita State on Sunday, beating the Shockers 3-2 at Charles Koch Arena, according to Wichita State's official schedule record. The set scores ran 25-22, 21-25, 23-25, 25-20 and 15-11 — the Owls took the first set, dropped the middle two, then won the fourth and the deciding fifth.
The win finishes a 2-0 weekend on the road for FAU, which beat Tulsa in four sets on Friday night, 25-20, 19-25, 25-21, 25-18, at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. The Owls had entered the weekend 14-7 overall and 7-3 in American Conference play, and they were looking to snap a three-game skid against Wichita State, which led the series 3-1, according to FAU's match preview. The Shockers entered Sunday at 6-16 overall and 3-7 in the league.
FAU now comes home to Boca Raton to close its home schedule: South Florida visits on Wednesday, Nov. 4, and UAB on Friday, Nov. 6, before senior day against East Carolina on Nov. 13. The Owls finish the regular season at Charlotte on Nov. 15, and the American Conference Tournament follows Nov. 20-22, hosted by Rice in Houston.
