Soccer to Host Senior Day against No. 17 FIU

Saturday, October 30

Boca Raton, Fla.

Noon

Florida Atlantic

FIU

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Florida Atlantic

10/29/2021 12:44:00 PM | Men's Soccer

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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's soccer team (8-4-2, 2-2-2 in Conference USA) is set to play host to No. 17 FIU (10-2-2, 5-0-1 C-USA) on Saturday at noon. The team will be honoring eight seniors prior to the start of the match, the Owls' final home contest of the 2021 fall season.

About the Owls

Going into the final two matches of the regular season, FAU is 8-4-2 with a 2-2-2 league mark. The Owls are an eight-win team for the first time since 2005 and have picked up back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2003 and 2004
Filip Jauk leads the Owls with eight goals for 16 points. His eight goals is tied for the most in the league
Luis Sailer Fidalgo holds a team's best six assists, which is the fourth most in the league
Neil Strauber has started in 14 matches with a 1.46 goals against average, 60 saves (most in C-USA) and four shutouts
Davide Romeo and Jauk were named to the Top Drawer Midseason Top 100 Freshman List. Romeo came in at No. 44 and Jauk is No. 56
FAU is sixth in the C-USA standings with eight points
The Owls average 1.86 goals per game and have the slight edge in shot totals with 164 compared to an opponent's 153
FAU was projected to finish sixth out of nine teams in the C-USA Preseason Poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches
Alonso Coello Camarero and Ivan Mykhailenko were tabbed to the 14-person C-USA Preseason Team

About the Panthers

The Panthers come into Saturday with a 10-2-2 record and an undefeated 5-0-1 mark in C-USA play
FIU stands at No. 17 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll
In the 2021 C-USA Preseason Poll, FIU was chosen to finish fifth
Stephen Afrifa and Bernardo Dos Santos lead the Panthers with six goals, apiece. Afrifa has a team's most 15 points while Dos Santos follows with 13
Julian Hodek has recorded a team-leading seven assists
Tyler Hogan and Grant Makela have shared equal time in goal. Hogan has logged a 1.11 goals against average, 23 saves and two shutouts. Makela has posted a 0.82 goals against average with 17 saves and three cleansheets

Match History

FAU trails in the series, 37-5-2
The Owls dropped last year's C-USA opener at FIU, 2-0. FAU outshot FIU 13-9, but could not get past the Panthers
FAU last defeated FIU on Sept. 14, 2013 at home in a 2-1 decision

Last Time on the Pitch

FAU is coming off two straight road wins with the last one Tuesday in a 1-0 victory at North Florida
At the 57th minute, Tom Abrahamsson took the Owls' corner kick to find Vasilis Spinos, whose shot was rebounded and fell in Mykhailenko's lap. Mykhailenko buried the goal and that was all the Owls needed for the win
Strauber was credited with three saves and the shutout

Seniors to be Honored

Coello Camarero
Blake Dean
Arturo Ernand
Kevian Ferraz
Mykhailenko
Edgardo Obregon
Jean Paul Rafols
Strauber

FAU Record Book Watch

Mykhailenko

2nd– Career game-winning goals (10)
T-5th – Career goals (20)
T-9 – Career all-time points (43)

Strauber

5th – Career goalkeeper wins (14)
T-5th – Career shutouts (6)

On Top – C-USA Statistical Rankings

Jauk

T-1st in C-USA/31st in NCAA – Goals (8)
3rd in C-USA– Goals per game (0.571)
4th in C-USA – Shots per game (2.5)
T-4th in C-USA – Points (16)

Mykhailenko

1st in C-USA/4th in NCAA – Shot accuracy (0.692)
2nd in C-USA – Goals per game (0.583)
2nd in C-USA/11th in NCAA – Game-winning goals (4)
3rd in C-USA – Shots on goal per game (1.5)
T-3rd in C-USA – Goals (7)
6th in C-USA – Points per game (1.17)
10th in C-USA – Shots per game (2.17)

Sailer Fidalgo

4th in C-USA – Assists per game (0.462)
4th in C-USA – Assists (6)

Strauber

1st in C-USA/27th in NCAA – Saves (60)
2nd in C-USA/36th in NCAA– Saves per game (4.29)
3rd in C-USA – Shutouts per game (0.214)

Team

2nd in C-USA/38th in NCAA – Saves per game (4.43)
2nd in C-USA/32nd in NCAA – Assists per game (2.14)
3rd in C-USA/38th in NCAA – Points per game (5.86)

Up Next

FAU wraps up the regular season slate with a road contest at Kentucky. The Owls will kick off at 7 p.m. in Lexington with the game being streamed on ESPN+.

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