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Blue Raiders Set to Host FAU on Senior Night
4/1/2021 11:53:00 AM | Women's Soccer
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee women's soccer team returns home Friday for a matchup with Florida Atlantic. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Dean Hayes Track & Soccer Stadium. For the first time this season, the game will be streamed on ESPN+.
Last Time Out
The Blue Raiders are coming off a 3-0 win at Florida International last Friday. MTSU scored three goals in the first ten minutes of the game as Peyton DePriest and Eleanor Gough each scored sandwiched around an own goal by the Panthers.
Senior Night
After the game, MTSU will honor their nine seniors for all their accomplishments in Blue Raider uniforms. The seniors are Leslie Frye, Elizabeth Watts, Sam DeBien, Madeleine Schricker, Peyton DePriest, Maddison Falter, Annica Fletemeyer, Carolin Engelhard, and student assistant Ahren Smith.
Manley-oh-Manley
Sophomore defender Caroline Manley picked up honors from Conference USA as she was named Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending March 7. She helped anchor the Blue Raider defense that held ODU to just 12 shots, including just three on goal. She became the first MTSU player to pick up this honor since Emily Jorgenson in 2015
Atop the Record Books
As a junior in 2019, Peyton DePriest set the program record for career goals scored. With at least two games still to play, the forward currently sits atop the Blue Raiders record books with 45 goals, which leads the nation among active players, and a career shot percentage of .268, and she set the single-season mark for goals per game in 2019 with 1.07.
Conference USA Tournament Picture
The Blue Raiders currently sit one point behind the Owls for fourth place in the East Division. In a year when they top four teams in each division make the tournament, MTSU can clinch a spot in the bracket with a win and an Old Dominion loss to Western Kentcuky.
Series History
The Blue Raiders enter Friday's matchup leading the all-time series 9-8 with the first meeting taking place in 2000. Florida Atlantic has had the edge recently, having won three straight games in the series.
Scouting the Owls
FIU currently sits at 3-3-2 on the season and 2-1-1 in Conference USA after defeating Charlotte, 1-0, last Friday. They currently hold the final playoff spot in the East Division with seven points, one point ahead of MTSU.
Miracle Porter leads the Owls with two goals on the season Thelma Hermansdottir, Amanda Martin, and Mia Sennes each have one goal apiece. Amit Cohen is the reigning Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Week after keeping a clean sheet against Charlotte.
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