2024 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2024
Team:	Florida Atlantic Owls
Conference:	American Athletic Conference
Short Conf:	AAC
Record:	28–29
Conf Record:	12–15
Head Coach:	John McCormack
Hc Year:	16th
Asst Coach1:	Jordan Tabakman
Asst Coach2:	Michael Cleary
Asst Coach3:	Ricky Santiago
Stadium:	FAU Baseball Stadium

The 2024 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball during the 2024 college baseball season. This was the Owls' first season as members of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Home games were played at FAU Baseball Stadium on the university's main campus in Boca Raton, Florida. The team was coached by John McCormack in his sixteenth season as Florida Atlantic's head coach.

Preseason

AAC coaches poll

The American Athletic Conference preseason poll was released on December 28, 2023, with the Owls predicted to finish in fourth place.^[1]

Coaches Poll
1	East Carolina (9)	81
2	Charlotte	67
3	UTSA	64
4	Florida Atlantic	54
5	South Florida (1)	47
6	Memphis	35
7	Wichita State	34
8	Rice	29
9	Tulane	25
10	UAB	14

Schedule

Legend
	Florida Atlantic win
	Florida Atlantic loss
	Postponement
Bold	Florida Atlantic team member

2024 Florida Atlantic Owls Baseball Schedule
Regular Season
February (4–4) Date Opponent Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record February 16 Hawkins Field Nashville, TN L 11–12 JD Thompson (1–0) B. Ostrander (0–1) None 3,542 0–1 February 17 at No. 6 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field W 5–4 B. Boully (1–0) M. Green (0–1) None 3,383 1–1 February 18 at No. 6 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field L 1–11 D. Futrell (1–0) B. Smith (0–1) B. Seiber (1) 3,579 1–2 February 23 FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL W 8–1 C.J. Williams (1–0) N. Nabholz (0–1) None 516 2–2 February 24 Towson FAU Baseball Stadium W 5–1 T. Beard (1–0) B. Seils (0–2) None 479 3–2 February 25 Towson FAU Baseball Stadium W 16–1 T. Murphy (1–0) M. Simpson (0–2) None 364 4–2 February 27 FAU Baseball Stadium L 6–11 C. Boxrucker (1–0) B. Ostrander (0–2) None 522 4–3 February 28 FAU Baseball Stadium L 6–8 Z. Starling (1–0) D. Ball (0–1) L. Bolton (1) 305 4–4
March (12–5) Date Opponent Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record AAC Record W 6–0 None 376 5–4 – March 2 Stonehill FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–3 Z. Gleason (1–0) T. Beard (1–1) 400 5–5 – March 3 Stonehill FAU Baseball Stadium S. Andrews (1–0) P. Haas (0–2) None 342 6–5 – March 8 FAU Baseball Stadium W 4–1 C.J. Williams (3–0) L. Runde (1–2) 352 7–5 – March 9 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park Westchester, FL L 4–7 R. Cabarcas (2–0) K. Beaty (0–1) None 641 7–6 – FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 24–2 T. Murphy (2–0) J. Pineiro (2–1) None 360 8–6 – March 12 FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–4 D. Trehey (1–0) B. Ostrander (2) 869 9–6 – March 15 FAU Baseball Stadium W 15–2 C.J. Williams (4–0) None 392 10–6 – March 16 Maine FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–4 B. Smith (1–1) L. Lavigueur (0–2) None 512 11–6 – March 17 Maine FAU Baseball Stadium T. Murphy (3–0) G. Gifford (0–1) None 343 12–6 – March 19 at UCF John Euliano Park Orlando, FL L 3–2 C. Centala (3–0) D. Trehey (1–1) None 1,811 12–7 – March 23 FAU Baseball Stadium W 4–3 C. Reynolds (3–2) D. Trehey (1) 372 13–7 1–0 Charlotte FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–5^10 M. Martzolf (1–0) AJ Wilson (1–1) None 359 14–7 2–0 March 24 Charlotte FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–13^8 C. Carson (1–0) T. Beard (1–2) None 403 14–8 2–1 March 28 FedExPark Memphis, TN L 1–2 D. Warren (4–1) B. Sanders (6) 634 14–9 2–2 March 29 at Memphis FedExPark W 13–5 M. Martzolf (2–0) L. Ellis (0–4) None 561 15–9 3–2 March 30 at Memphis FedExPark W 14–3 T. Beard (2–2) C. Robinson (1–3) None 652 16–9 4–2
April (6–11) Date Opponent Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record AAC Record Miami (FL) A. Crowther (0–3) D. Trehey (2) 574 17–9 – April 5 FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–4 919 17–10 4–3 April 6 No. 12 East Carolina FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–5 D. Trehey (2–1) D. Beal (3–2) None 533 18–10 5–3 April 7 No. 12 East Carolina FAU Baseball Stadium J. Hunter (2–2) B. Ostrander (0–3) 448 18–11 5–4 April 9 at Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, FL A. Crowther (1–4) B. Smith (2–2) None 2,371 18–12 – Eck Stadium Wichita, KS W 4–2 C. Favors (5–3) D. Trehey (3) 1,808 19–12 6–4 April 13 at Wichita State Eck Stadium L 9–14 J. Mount (1–0) D. Trehey (2–2) None 1,588 19–13 6–5 April 14 at Wichita State Eck Stadium T. Dobbs (5–3) T. Beard (2–3) H. Holmes (1) 1,671 19–14 6–6 April 16 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park L 0–1 J. Ritchey (2–1) D. Ball (0–2) Z. Lampton (2) 629 19–15 – April 19 FAU Baseball Stadium W 5–0 None 467 20–15 7–6 April 20 Tulane FAU Baseball Stadium L 3–8 None 395 20–16 7–7 April 21 Tulane FAU Baseball Stadium L 5–9 None 352 20–17 7–8 April 23 at Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park J. Vargas (1–0) B. Ostrander (0–4) 2,264 20–18 – April 26 W 3–2 J. Cebert (4–5) D. Trehey (4) 1,336 21–18 8–8 April 27 at South Florida USF Baseball Stadium L 5–8 None 1,138 21–19 8–9 April 28 at South Florida USF Baseball Stadium W 6–3 J. Cebert (4–6) D. Trehey (5) 1,364 22–19 9–9 April 30 Condron Ballpark Gainesville, FL L 8–10 R. Slater (4–2) D. Ball (0–3) None 4,790 22–20 –
May (4–7) Date Opponent Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record AAC Record May 3 FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–12 B. Berry (7–2) C.J. Williams (5–3) None 328 22–21 9–10 May 4 UAB FAU Baseball Stadium L 0–15 B. Shelton (2–5) B. Smith (2–3) None 351 22–22 9–11 May 5 UAB FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–5 S. Drumheller (2–0) B. Hill (0–2) None 337 23–22 10–11 May 7 FAU Baseball Stadium W 9–6 D. Trehey (3–2) A. Valiente (1–1) None 308 24–22 – May 10 Reckling Park Houston, TX L 4–5 None 2,547 24–23 10–12 May 11^1 at Rice Reckling Park W 14–3 2,173 25–23 11–12 May 11^2 at Rice Reckling Park L 4–5 Schedule Source:^[2] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. References ]

Notes and References

1. Web site: East Carolina Voted as American Baseball Preseason Favorite.
2. https://fausports.com/sports/baseball/schedule fausports.com