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MT Soccer Heads to Texas for Two Conference Games
10/12/2017 11:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Through the midway point of the conference slate, the Middle Tennessee women's soccer team now heads to Texas for two road matches. The Raiders (6-6, 3-2) will play at No. 24 Rice (9-2-1, 6-0) on Friday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. and then play at UTEP (6-9, 2-4) on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.
Rice and Middle have clashed just three times in the past with the series currently tied at 1-1-1. Last season the Owls came to Murfreesboro and left with a 2-1 victory over the Raiders. All three goal scorers from a season ago return for this season match. Rice's Darcy Mikalow and Nia Stallings notched goals with Stallings being the game winner. Kerri Cook scored for MT in the contest last year.
UTEP and Middle have also met three times in the past, two of which were overtime contests with the Miners holding a 2-1 advantage. Last season in Murfreesboro UTEP won 4-1. Three of the Miners' goal scorers return for this years match. This includes Kennadie Chaudhary, Danielle Carreon, and Lauren Crenshaw.
Rice is currently ranked No. 24 and sits atop the C-USA standings.
Two Preseason All-Conference selections have a larger majority of the team's goals. Stallings leads the squad in goals with six to go with a team-high five assists while Samantha Chaiken has five goals. Stallings has picked up one C-USA Offensive Player of the Week award while Chaiken has picked up two on the year.
Annie Walker and Lianne Mananquil also have five assists on the season for the Owls while Mikalow has four.
Maya Hoyer has played every minute in goal for the Owls this season. She has recorded 43 saves and has a 0.82 goals against average. Hoyer has also recorded seven shutouts including two last weekend on her way to being named C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week for the second week in a row.
Louise Stephens also picked up an award last weekend, being named C-USA Defensive Player of the Week for her work in the team's shutout victories.
UTEP currently sits in 10th place in the conference standings with six points.
Vic Bohdan and Anna Jimmerson both boast a team-high five goals while Bohdan also has a team-leading four assists, 35 shots and 18 shots on goal. Chaundhary has recorded four goals this season and taken 22 shots.
Alyssa Palacios has played all but 12 minutes in goal for the Miners this season. She picked up a C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week honor back on Sept. 18 following two shutout victories over New Mexico Highlands and Southern Miss. Palacios has worked her way up to 97 saves already this year and has a combined four shutouts with a 1.23 goals against average.
Middle enters the road weekend after splitting two games with WKU and Marshall last weekend. The Raiders defeated rival WKU on Friday night with Peyton DePriest ninth goal of the year. Then on Sunday, the Thundering Herd won 2-1 in overtime. Sydney Navarro scored the Raiders lone goal in that match.
DePriest continues to lead the squad in most of the offensive categories. She has notched nine goals on 39 shots and 19 shots on goal. Four of her goals have been game winners and she is one of four freshman in the nation to have recorded nine or more goals at this point in the season.
Hoot continues to lead MT in assists with four while Taylor Hatch picked up her second assist on the year last weekend on Navarro's first career score.
Sydney Chalcraft picked up her third shutout of the season last weekend in the Raiders' win over WKU. She has recorded 54 saves on the year and has a 1.47 goals against average.
Both games this weekend can be seen on C-USA TV.
