Owls close 2023 regular season with sweep of Tulane

Wednesday, November 22

New Orleans, La.

1 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

20-12,12-7AAC

Tulane

6-25,2-17AAC

Fla. Atlantic

Tulane

11/22/2023 4:46:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Florida Atlantic volleyball (20-12, 12-7 AAC) wrapped up its 2023 regular season campaign, earning a straight-set sweep over the Tulane Green Wave (6-25, 2-17 AAC) on Wednesday.

The Owls sweep over the Green Wave marked their 20^th win of the season and is the most wins in a season for the Owls since the 2018 campaign. It also marks the second most wins for an Owl team under head coach Fernanda Nelson.

Florida Atlantic 3 – Tulane 0

Madison Dyer led the Owls offensively with 11 kills, while adding a team-leading five blocks and four digs. Arianna Beckham and Katelynn Robine also registered double-digit kills with 10 each. Beckham also finished with eight digs and two blocks, while Robine tallied three digs. Victoria Hensley dished out a match-leading 37 assists and finished with a team-best 15 digs and added two blocks in the win.

Following a 3-2 Tulane lead, Florida Atlantic produced a 6-1 run to quickly take an 8-4 lead in the first. The Owls maintained a 12-7 advantage, before Tulane went on a 13-5 run to retake the lead, 20-17. However, the Owls battled back, outscoring the Green Wave 8-2 to close out the set 25-22 and take the 1-0 lead.

The Owls and Green Wave battled back-and-forth to open set two through a 15-15 stalemate. Tulane scored three unanswered to take the 18-15 lead, but the Owls answered back, scoring six unanswered to take a 21-18 lead. Tulane cut the Owls' lead to one at 21-22, but the Owls scored three on a pair of Green Wave errors and a service ace from Raine Lynch to win 25-21 and take a two-set advantage.

A kill from Robine capped off a 5-0 Florida Atlantic run to open set three. The Owls continued to lead through a 10-7 advantage, but the Green Wave rallied on a 6-0 run to take their first lead of the set, 13-10. Tulane held a 21-17 advantage late in the third, but however the Owls clutched up to outscore the Green Wave 10-4 over the remainder of the third to secure the 27-25 win and complete the Owls' 3-0 sweep.

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