After enduring a rough 4-10-2 season last year, FAU's men's soccer team will aim to bounce back in 2010, when it will play half of its games on the road.
To see how the team is expected to perform this year, pick up the Sept. 7 issue of the UP.
Here is the team's schedule, with home games marked in bold:
Date
Opponent
Time
9/3 (Fri)
at Jacksonville
7 p.m.
9/6 (Mon)
at Central Florida
3 p.m.
9/10 (Fri)
vs. Georgia State
7 p.m.
9/12 (Sun)
vs. Wisconsin
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — If revenge is sweet, FAU must have a mouthful of cavities.
Less than a year after enduring a historic loss to UAB, in which the defense surrendered a then-record 622 yards, the Owls returned to Legion Field on Sept. 2 to open their 2010 season against the Blazers.
The game wasn't decided until the final play, when Blazers...
FAU's men's soccer team finished last season with an abysmal 4-10-2 record, and while the Owls had a goal differential of -13, head coach Kos Donev points to a different reason for the failed campaign.
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Golf Week magazine's national poll ranked FAU No. 85 out of the 100 best college golf teams in the country. Along with the ranking on Aug. 2, junior Carl McCauley became the second FAU men's golfer to be selected to play in the United States Amateur Championship tourname...
FAU hosted its first home game of the 2010 season against Michigan State on Sept. 11, but the Owls had to travel 1,120 miles to Ford Field in Detroit, Mich., to do so.
The Owls made the trip to Michigan to make amends to the Spartans after having initially promised them to play the game on its pending on-campus stadium in Boca Raton.
Complications...
On Sept. 23 in front of the Alumni Center, FAU will hold its annual pep rally to celebrate the home opener for the Owls football team.
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SPORTS
With the first half of fall intramurals underway, the Rec Center is now gearing up for some tournament fun and the next big sport of the fall season: indoor soccer.
Last year, 61 teams signed up for indoor soccer, the third largest intramural sport after flag football (71 teams) and three-on-three basketball (70 teams). Three-on-three basketball...
FAU struggled in a 21-17 loss against the University of North Texas on Saturday, Sept. 25,at Lockhart Stadium.
The game, which was the first Sun Belt Conference match for both teams, marked the first time North Texas had beaten FAU in team history.
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Fort Lauderdale, FL — FAU must have been twiddling its thumbs during its first bye week of the season. The performance put forth against North Texas was not one of a team that had two weeks to prepare.
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But the club also...
