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Roster
FAU's first team is led by graduate student Megan Rice and junior Jessalyn Kinlaw. While helping FAU to be the 13th ranked beach volleyball team in the country, Megan Rice is currently pursuing an MBA in entrepreneurship. On the other hand, Jessalyn Kinlaw has recently transferred to FAU from UNF and is competing her first season with the Owls. Second team is made up of freshman Candace Lacour and Gabrielle Dischler. Candace, being the only freshman on FAU's top five competitive teams has proved herself and is working hard. Lastly, sophomores Nicole Grant and Nicole Navarro make up the third seed for the Owls.


 * 1	Candace Lacour	5-8	FR	Buckeye, Arizona/Verrado HS
 * Kara Van Nice  	5-8	GS	Raleigh, N.C./East Wake HS/N.C. State
 * Ashlan Cunningham	5-6	SO	Colleyville, Texas/Colleyville Heritage HS
 * 3	Ashlan Cunningham	5-6	SO	Colleyville, Texas/Colleyville Heritage HS
 * 5	Gabrielle Dischler	5-9	JR	Naples, Fla./Barron Collier HS
 * 10	Brittany Pellitteri	5-7	JR	Deerfield Beach, Fla./Pompano Beach HS
 * 11	Lauren Galinis	5-8	FR	Delray Beach, Fla./Atlantic Community HS
 * 12	Sam Gott	5-9	FR	Loxahatchee, Fla./Seminole Ridge HS
 * 13	Maja Ristic	5-9	SR	Brcko, Bosnia//State College of Florida
 * 14	Jessalyn Kinlaw	5-6	JR	Bradenton, Fla./Manatee HS/North Florida
 * 15	Jazmine Barker	5-10	SO	Palm Harbor, Fla./Palm Harbor University HS
 * 20	Megan McGrath	5-10	FR	Boca Raton, Fla./West Boca HS
 * 22	Julia Lewkowicz	5-11	SO	Coral Springs, Fla./HS
 * 23	Megan Rice	5-11	GS	Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton HS/University of Florida
 * 24	Nicole Grant	6-0	SO	Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch HS
 * 25	Beth ShoaffClick here to hear it	5-8	SR	Davie, Fla./Hollywood Hills High School
 * 30	Nicole Navarro	5-7	SO	Boca Raton, Fla./Calvary Christian Academy
 * 33	Carly Scarborough	6-1	SR	Sarasota, Fla.//Fresno State

Coaches
Capri Grotowski - Head Coach Steve Grotowski - Assistant Coach Andrea Galinis - Volunteer Assistant

Capri Grotowski, head coach of the FAU beach volleyball team, along with her husband Steve Grotowski, assistant coach, are now on their third season with the Owls. Capri's first season with FAU was a very successful one, leading the Owls to double the total match wins that they had the previous year. Since, the owls have become nationally ranked and now stand thirteenth in the country. Together the Grotowski's run VB Beach, a beach volleyball club out of Boca Raton, FL. striving to spread their love of beach volleyball by sharing their wisdom as coaches. Steve, being a 2012 sand volleyball Olympian, and Capri, an all-conference outside hitter and middle blocker, have been in the player's shoes and know what it takes to succeed. Outside of volleyball, Steve and Capri have two children, daughter Kyah, and son Cayd who they care and love endlessly.

Schedule
2017 SCHEDULE:

Overall this season the Owls have gone 18-5. Their record for conference games is 3-2, 2-1 for home games, 1-2 at away games, and 15-2 neutral. According to NCAA, the sandy owls are ranked thirteen in the country, a dramatic increase from last year's ranking of nineteenth. Date	Opponent / Event	Location	Time / Result	Media 02/11/17	vs. Red/Blue Match	Boca Raton, Fla. 11:30 a.m. ET		MORE 02/25/17	vs. Alumni Match	Boca Raton, Fla. 11:30 a.m. ET		MORE 03/02/17	vs. Webber International	Boca Raton, Fla.	W, 5-0		MORE vs.FIU FIU	Boca Raton, Fla.	L, 4-1		MORE Stetson Spring Break Invitational 03/04/17	atStetson Stetson	DeLand, Fla.	L, 3-2		MORE vs.LSU LSU	DeLand, Fla.	W, 3-2		MORE

03/07/17	vs. St. Pete College	Boca Raton, Fla.	W, 5-0		MORE 03/09/17	atJacksonville Jacksonville	Jacksonville, Fla.	W, 5-0		MORE vs.Jacksonville Jacksonville	Jacksonville, Fla.	W, 5-0		MORE Gulf Coast Beach Volleyball Bash 03/11/17	vs.Tulane Tulane	Gulf Shores, Ala. W, 3-2		MORE vs.New Orleans New Orleans	Gulf Shores, Ala. W, 5-0		MORE 03/12/17	vs.Jacksonville State Jacksonville State	Gulf Shores, Ala. W, 5-0		MORE vs.Houston Baptist Houston Baptist	Gulf Shores, Ala. W, 4-1		MORE

Stetson Hatter Invite 03/17/17	vs.New Mexico New Mexico	Tavares, Fla.	W, 3-2		MORE vs.Jacksonville State Jacksonville State	Tavares, Fla.	W, 5-0		MORE 03/18/17	vs. Lincoln Memorial	Tavares, Fla.	W, 5-0		MORE vs.Georgia State Georgia State	Tavares, Fla.	W, 3-2		MORE

Battle on the Bay 03/24/17	vs.Eckerd College Eckerd College	St. Petersburg, Fla.	W, 5-0		MORE vs.Jacksonville State Jacksonville State	St. Petersburg, Fla.	W, 5-0		MORE 03/25/17	vs. Huntingdon	St. Petersburg, Fla.	W, 5-0		MORE vs.Morehead State Morehead State	St. Petersburg, Fla.	W, 5-0		MORE

03/27/17	vs.Florida Gulf Coast Florida Gulf Coast	Boca Raton, Fla.	W, 4-1		MORE FIU Surf & Turf Invitational 03/31/17	vs.New Orleans New Orleans	Miami Beach, Fla.	W, 3-2		MORE vs.UCLA UCLA	Miami Beach, Fla.	L, 3-2		MORE 04/01/17	vs.Arizona State Arizona State	Miami Beach, Fla.	L, 3-2		MORE atFIU FIU	Miami Beach, Fla.	L, 3-2		MORE

04/07/17	vs.Georgia State Georgia State	Tallahassee, Fla. 11:30 a.m. ET		MORE vs.South Carolina South Carolina	Tallahassee, Fla. 2:30 p.m. ET		MORE 04/08/17	atFlorida State Florida State	Tallahassee, Fla. 8:00 a.m. ET		MORE vs. TCU	Tallahassee, Fla. 12:30 p.m. ET		MORE 04/14/17	vs. Aloha Tournament	Kalapaki Beach, Hawaii	All Day		MORE 04/15/17	vs. Aloha Tournament	Kalapaki Beach, Hawaii	All Day		MORE 04/21/17	vs. CCSA Tournament	Emerson, Ga.	TBA		MORE 04/22/17	vs. CCSA Tournament	Emerson, Ga.	All Day		MORE 04/23/17	vs. CCSA Tournament	Emerson, Ga.	All Day		MORE

About
Beach volleyball, new to NCAA sports, was considered an emerging sport up until 2016 when the first NCAA championship was held. FAU, being partially funded in beach, has slowly made their mark on NCAA rankings over the past few years. With new coaches (Steve and Capri Grotowski), FAU Beach Volleyball has become more dynamic and fundamentally sound. Athletes on the sand team must follow a strict nutrition plan, workout/condition each morning, and proceed to a practice afterwards.The top five pairs compete against colleges around the nation in tournament style matches. Each pair must play best two out of three and the college as a whole must win best of five to be determined winner.