Florida Atlantic Sweeps Tulsa

Sunday, November 2

Boca Raton, Fla.

1 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

17-8,8-4American

Tulsa

18-6,8-4American

Tulsa

Fla. Atlantic

11/2/2025 6:53:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic volleyball team bounced back in a big way on Sunday, earning a straight-set sweep over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-17) on Sunday afternoon inside Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Tulsa took an early 8-5 lead to open the match, forcing an early FAU timeout. Following a 14-10 Tulsa advantage, Anna Hartman scored three-straight kills for FAU, battling the Owls back within one at 14-13. Back-to-back Golden Hurricane errors evened the match at 15 apiece. Following a 21-19 Tulsa advantage, the Owls went on a 5-1 run to force a pair of Golden Hurricane timeouts, holding set point at 24-22. Tulsa got one back, but a service error closed out the first set, giving the Owls the 25-23 win.

Tulsa opened the second set with a 13-9 lead, forcing an early Owl timeout. Trailing by four at 17-13, the Owls locked in and dominated the remainder of the set. Five straight Tulsa errors sparked a 12-1 FAU run to close the second set as the Owls claimed the 25-18 win to take a two-set advantage, 2-0.

After battling through a 7-7 tie to open the third, the Owls produced a 7-1 run to take a six-point lead and force nearly back-to-back timeouts from the Golden Hurricane, leading 14-8. The Owls extended their lead to nine, following a pair of kills from Libby Ashline and a pair of Tulsa errors, 22-13. The Golden Hurricane cut the deficit to six, 23-17, but another Golden Hurricane error and a kill from Hartman clinched the straight-set sweep for the Owls, 25-17.

STATS & NOTES

Hartman led the way for the Owls, recording a match-leading 12 kills, hitting an impressive .571, while Kierstin Bevelle, Kayla Richardson, and Ashline followed just behind, tying for second on the team with eight kills each.
Emsley Venard dished out a team-best 22 assists against the Golden Hurricane.
Defensively, Isabelle Northam led the Owls' back row, tying for a match-best 12 digs, while Libby Ashline led the Owls at the net, posting a team-best six blocks in the win.
As a team, the Owls dominated the Golden Hurricane on the block, 10 to four, in addition to holding advantages in kills (46), hitting percentage (.346), assists (43), and digs (43).
The win ties the all-time series between Florida Atlantic and Tulsa, 2-2.

UP NEXT
The Owls will head out on their final regular-season road trip next weekend as they visit Tulane on Friday, Nov. 7, before facing Rice in their road finale on Sunday, Nov. 9.

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