Soccer Wraps Up Regular Season at No. 12 Kentucky

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University men's soccer team (8-5-2, 2-3-2 in Conference USA) travels to No. 12 Kentucky (10-1-4, 2-1-4 C-USA) for the final match of the regular season. FAU's C-USA Tournament hopes are on the line coming into Friday's slate of league matches and the Owls would help their case with a win. First touch is set for 7 p.m. at Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex.

About the Owls

FAU is 8-5-2 with a 2-3-2 mark in C-USA play. The team is in sixth place with eight points
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, which is tied for the second most in C-USA
Luis Sailer Fidalgo has a team's best six assists
Neil Strauber has started in 15 matches with a 1.62 goals against average, 66 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
The Owls average 1.73 goals per game and have the slight edge in shot totals with 172 compared to an opponent's 167
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 Wildcats

The No. 12 Wildcats are 10-1-4 with a 2-1-4 C-USA mark to have 10 points in the league standings
Kentucky has allowed just seven goals all season long
The Wildcats lost its first game of the season last weekend to Charlotte in a 2-1 overtime match
In the C-USA Preseason Poll, Kentucky was projected to finish third
Midfielder Marcel Meinzer and defender Robert Screen were chosen to the 14-person C-USA Preseason Team
Luke Andrews leads the team with four goals and two assists for 10 points
Screen has a team's most five assists
Jan Hoffeiner has started in 12 games to boast a 0.31 goals against average with 28 saves and nine shutouts

Match History

Kentucky has the 9-0-1 advantage over FAU, never losing to the squad
The Owls lost to the Wildcats 3-1 in Boca Raton last season. Mykhailenko scored the Owls' lone goal off a penalty kick in that match

Last Time on the Pitch

FAU lost to FIU 4-0 in the Owls' final home game of the 2021 season
Blake Dean had a team's most three shots
Strauber tallied six saves, including an impressive one on an FIU penalty kick try

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-2nd in C-USA/37th in NCAA – Goals (8)
5th in C-USA– Goals per game (0.33)
6th in C-USA – Shots per game (2.4)
7th in C-USA – Points (16)

Mykhailenko

1st in C-USA/3rd in NCAA – Shot accuracy (0.692)
T-2nd in C-USA/ in NCAA – Game-winning goals (4)
3rd in C-USA – Shots on goal per game (1.38)
T-5th in C-USA – Goals (7)
4th in C-USA/39th in NCAA – Goals per game (0.538)
9th in C-USA – Points per game (1.08)

Sailer Fidalgo

T-5th in C-USA – Assists per game (0.429)
T-5th in C-USA – Assists (6)

Strauber

1st in C-USA/22nd in NCAA – Saves (66)
2nd in C-USA/29th in NCAA– Saves per game (4.4)

Team

2nd in C-USA/31st in NCAA – Saves per game (4.53)
3rd in C-USA/36th in NCAA – Assists per game (2.0)

Up Next

The C-USA Tournament is next week in Charlotte from Nov. 10-14. The final bracket will be announced following the final C-USA game on Saturday, Nov. 6.

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