Blue Raiders season ends in quarterfinals

Wednesday, November 6

Denton, Texas

5:54 PM

Middle Tennessee

8-10-1, 5-4-1

Rice

10-5-3, 6-1-3

Middle Tenn.

Rice

11/6/2019 9:34:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

DENTON, Texas – It was a rough second half for Middle Tennessee (8-10-1) who fell to Rice (10-5-3) 4-2 in the Conference USA quarterfinals. The Blue Raiders two goals came from Peyton DePriest.

The first half went exactly as the Blue Raiders drew it up. DePriest takes a deflected shot and punched in her 41st goal of her career in the eighth minute. The Raiders outshot the Owls 7-4 with three coming on goal.

Quickly after the DePriest goal, the sky was lit up with lightning forcing an hour delay. Both team would pick things back up and found the pace of the game against but the half would end with a 1-0 MT lead.

Out of the gate, Rice played extremely aggressive and was able to score three goals in three minutes. Shocking the Blue Raider squad. The Owls were able to knock in another goal in the 78th minute to give them a 4-1 lead. In all the Owls were able to score four unanswered goals to advance to the semifinals.

With three minutes to spare, DePriest ended her record breaking season on a high note scoring her 18th goal of the season (third-best in program history) and 42nd goal of her career (Record holder).

The Raiders ended their 2019 season with an 8-10-1 record.

COACHES COMMENTS

Head coach Aston Rhoden's comments on tonight's tough 4-2 loss to Rice in the @ConferenceUSA QF 🔽#BlueRaiders | #MTSoccer pic.twitter.com/sLWrUO1z95
— MT Soccer (@MT_Soccer) November 7, 2019