June 21, 2007

BOCA RATON, FL - Head Coach Brian Dooley recently announced the 2007 schedule for the Florida Atlantic University women's soccer team.

The Owls will travel to San Diego, CA to start the season, facing UC-Riverside and host San Diego State in a two-day tournament.

Back in Boca Raton, the Owls will host the FAU Classic, starting on September 7. FAU welcomes UNC Greensboro, Northwestern and Ball State to South Florida in a two-day tournament.

Games against Toledo (September 14 at Ft. Myers, FL), Florida (September 21 at Gainesville, FL) and South Florida (September 16 at FAU Field) highlight the rest of the non-conference schedule.

The Owls will begin their chase for a Sun Belt title on September 28 at Middle Tennessee before opening up the home conference schedule against defending conference champion Denver on October 5. Other conference home games include North Texas (October 7), Louisiana-Lafayette (October 12), Louisiana-Monroe (October 14), UALR (October 26) and Arkansas State (October 28).

The Sun Belt Conference Tournament is scheduled for November 7-10, hosted by South Alabama in Mobile, AL.

Florida Atlantic went 11-8-2 in its first year as a Sun Belt member, 7-4-0 in conference play. FAU reached the semi-finals of the conference tournament before falling to eventual conference champion Denver.