Blue Raiders ready for final home stand

Sunday, October 26

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

5:00 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

*UAB

10/24/2014 11:12:00 AM | Women's Soccer

MT takes on UAB at home

By: @MTAthletics

Game Notes

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee holds its last home game of the season as they host UAB Sunday at 5 p.m.

Sunday's game is the Blue Raiders' senior day as the program celebrates its six senior; Kelsey Branstetter, Kelsie Roberts, Paige Terlizzi, Emily Hartshorn, Katinka Stenberg and Bridget Hutter.

MT has secured a winning record at home for 20-consecutive seasons as they are currently 4-3-1 at Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium this season.

Middle Tennessee has never lost to the Blazers in school history with a 2-1 road win in 2010 and a 2-0 home victory in 2013.

Middle Tennessee has won four of its last six games and is currently in a four-way tie for second place with only three points separating them from first place North Texas.

Blue Raider Bullet Points
• The six seniors have combined for 7 goals, 5 assists, 246 games played and 107 games started for nearly 12,000 total minutes of play at Middle Tennessee and a total of 37 victories.
• UAB has not collected a win in its last five games with a 0-3-2 record dating back to Oct. 3. The Blazers last win was a 2-0 victory against UTEP.
• The C-USA standings are so close that Middle Tennessee can go from its four-way tie for second down to seventh by Friday evening.
• The Blue Raiders play the latest game of the weekend with their 5 p.m. start time of Sunday, with six C-USA games played at either noon or 1 p.m. on Sunday.
• The top-eight teams make the C-USA Championship in Charlotte N.C. with 14 teams in the league. The Conference USA Championship begins on Nov. 5.
• MT has the seventh-best RPI in the conference at 131st. C-USA has eight teams in the top-150 in RPI currently.
• Grace Summers has a team-leading five goals this season while Angie Lai has the second-most goals on the squad with three.
• Lai has had a part in six of Middle Tennessee's 17 goals this season as she has added three assists.
• Eight different Blue Raiders have scored this season with three of those players playing on the back line.
• Kelsey Brouwer needs to make just two saves to tie her 2013 record of 80 saves, which will be the 10th-most saves in a season by a Blue Raider.
• Brouwer's six shutouts this season puts her in a tie for 6th for most in a season for Middle Tennessee, while she is one win away from cracking the top-10 in wins in a season.
• Brouwer ranks in the top-five in MT's career record books in saves (199; 3rd), wins (21; 4th), shutouts (16; 3rd), games played (45; 4th), save percentage (.993; 3rd), ties (6; 1st), games started (44; 4th) and minutes played (4095; 4th).