Blue Raiders Ready for Racers and Rebels

Friday, September 12

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

7:00 p.m.

Middle Tennessee

Murray State

9/11/2014 10:09:00 AM | Women's Soccer

MT makes its debut on the SEC Network Sunday

By: @MTAthletics

Game Notes

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee Soccer is set to host Murray State on Friday at 7 p.m. for its final home stand before conference play kicks off.

The Blue Raiders are 3-0 against the Racers but have not gone head-to-head against Murray State in 12 years with a 2-1 victory in 2002.

The Blue Raiders will then hit the road to face Ole Miss on Sunday in Oxford, Mississippi in their second match-up against an SEC opponent of the season. The match will be featured on the SEC Network and will be the first Middle Tennessee match to be featured on the network in any sport.

In MT's last two games against an SEC opponent the Blue Raiders tied Alabama and defeated Tennessee.

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BLUE RAIDER BULLET POINTS
• The match against Murray State is the Blue Raiders last home game before conference play kicks off. MT will open its second season in Conference USA at home against UTEP on Friday, September 26th at 7 p.m.

• Mississippi holds a 5-1 advantage against the Blue Raiders with its last win in 2012. MT's lone victory over the Rebels came in 2008 when it came out on top 1-0.

• Head Coach Aston Rhoden is one win away from his 140th victory with the Blue Raiders.

• Grace Summers leads C-USA in goals with four and goals per game with 0.80. Her 0.80 goals per game average ranks fourth in the MT record books for best season average.

• Kelsey Brouwer collects the third-most saves per game in Conference USA with 5.60 per game.

• Brouwer secured her first shutout of the season against Austin Peay last Sunday after the Blue Raiders 2-0 victory.

• Brouwer is on pace to make 100 saves this season which would be the fifth-best in MT history and the most she's made in a season in her career.

• Brouwer is six saves and one win away from jumping into the top-five in the Middle Tennessee record book in career saves and total wins.

• Summers and Brouwer received C-USA Player of the Week Accolades on September 2nd after Summers put away four goals in two games and Brouwer snagged a career-high 14 saves against Alabama.

• Fifteen different Blue Raiders have recorded a shot this season with Summers leading the way with 13 shots followed by Emily Jorgenson, Angie Lai and Tori Hawkins with seven shots a piece.

• Of the eight Blue Raiders that have started in all five games this season, two are freshman with Peyton McCollum and Kathy Thomas logging 350+ minutes on the pitch.

• Senior defender Kelsie Roberts has recorded the best shot on goal percentage on the team with two of her three shots on frame.

• Ole Miss is out-scoring its opponents 11-6 this season with Olivia Harrison netting four goals for the Rebels in their first six games. The Rebels are 3-1-2 with win over Minnesota, Louisiana Lafayette and Iowa State.

• The Blue Raiders are 1-1-1 at home while the Racers have yet to win a match on the road heading into their match-up at Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium on Friday. Ole Miss' only loss came on the road at Louisville as the Blue Raiders head to Mississippi on Sunday.