Owls Reverse Sweep Roadrunners

Sunday, September 27

San Antonio, Texas

2 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

8-5,1-1American

UTSA

9-4,0-2American

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Fla. Atlantic	14	22	25	25	15	3
UTSA	25	25	23	16	9	2

9/27/2026 7:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Florida Atlantic Owls rallied against the UTSA Roadrunners, earning a reverse sweep, 3-2 (14-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-9), to pick up their first American Conference win of the season on Sunday at the Convocation Center.

Maya Van Heyst had a career day, eclipsing 3,000 career assists in her 51-assist performance.

With the win, the Owls improve to 8-5 overall and 1-1 in American play, while the Roadrunners fall to 9-4 on the season and 0-2 in league play.

HOW IT HAPPENED
UTSA took the early lead in the first, opening the match on a 15-8 run to hold the lead at the first set technical break. The Owls then went on a 3-1 run, capped off by kills from Anna Hartman and Libby Ashline, to battle back within five, 16-11; however, FAU just couldn't find an answer to the Roadrunners in the first, dropping the opening set 25-14.

The two squads fought back-and-forth through a 9-9 tie to open set two. The Roadrunners held a 14-12 advantage at the second set media break. After their second timeout of the set, the Owls rallied from an 18-14 deficit to battle back within two at 21-19, after another kill from Hart. The Roadrunners pushed their lead back out to 23-19; however, the Owls once again rallied to cut the lead to two at 24-22 after back-to-back kills from Sequoia Layne. However, an Owl service error closed out the set as UTSA took the second 25-22 and the 2-0 lead.

Like the first two sets, UTSA held the early advantage in the third, leading 15-11 at the technical timeout. Out of the break, the Owls rallied off a 7-4 stretch to battle back within one, 19-18, and force the Roadrunners to call a timeout. After battling through ties at 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23, a Hart kill and a Roadrunner attacking error closed out the Owls' 25-23 win to secure the set win, 2-1.

The Owls opened the fourth set strong, producing an 8-4 run, capped off by another kill from Hart, to force an early Roadrunner timeout. FAU continued its dominant play, extending its lead to seven, 15-8, through the fourth set media break. UTSA got two back to cut the Owls' lead to five at 16-11; however, FAU answered back with four unanswered points, capped off by kills from Hart and Libby Ashline, to extend its lead back to nine at 20-11. The Roadrunners couldn't cut into the Owls' lead over the remainder of the set as the Owls rode their nine-point advantage to a 25-16 set win to even the match at 2-2 and force a final deciding fifth set.

After battling through a 3-3 stalemate to open the fifth, the Owls scored three unanswered off a block from Hartman and Layne, an ace from Kierstin Bevelle, and a kill from Hartman to take the 6-3 lead and force a UTSA timeout. The Owls continued to extend their lead, producing a 3-1 run out of the timeout to push their advantage to five, 9-4, and sparking UTSA to call its second and final timeout of the set. Florida Atlantic would maintain its advantage over the remainder of the match, eventually closing out the 3-2 reverse sweep with a 15-9 win in the fifth.

STATS & NOTES

Hart and Sara Gamboa earned player of the match honors, leading the Owls offensively against the Roadrunners.
Hart led the way with a season-best 19 kills, hitting .349, and added eight assists, two blocks, two aces, and two assists.
Gamboa also had an incredible day, finishing with a season-best 17 kills, hitting .400, and adding five digs and two blocks against the Roadrunners.
Van Heyst surpassed 3,000 career assists in the win, finishing with a match-best 51 assists, while also adding eight digs and four kills.
Defensively, Isabelle Northam paced the Owls' back row, tying for a match-best 14 digs, while Sequoia Layne also tied for a match-best five blocks in the win.
Florida Atlantic improves to 3-11 all-time against UTSA, and today's five-set win marked the Owls' first win in San Antonio.

UP NEXT
Next weekend, the Owls return to Paradise to open their American home slate, welcoming Temple on Friday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m. ET and Rice on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 1 p.m. ET.

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