Women's Soccer travels to Missouri State for Sunday road contest

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee women's soccer team will hope to return to winning ways when it makes the trip to Springfield, Mo. to take on Missouri State on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m.

The Blue Raiders (8-3-3) will look to get revenge on the Bears (3-7-2) after the Show-Me State side eliminated them in the 2025 Conference USA Tournament, ending their season.

Quick Kicks

The Blue and White finished 7-2-2 in non-conference play, posting their highest win percentage (.727) since 2009 (.812) in the first period of the season.
Middle Tennessee Soccer began the season with a 4-0-2 record, its best start in program history.
MTSU currently sits in fifth place in the CUSA standings on four points after a 1-1-1 start.
Team co-captain Hannah Murphy scored her single-season career-best fifth goal of the season against Sam Houston in Sunday's 2-2 draw.
Her captain counterpart Megan Carroll scored from outside the box for her single-season career-best second goal of the season, ultimately earning the Blue Raiders a point.
Freshman forward Ania Denham has taken the nation by storm in her first collegiate season, scoring a team-leading eight goals and logging two assists for a total of 18 points through 14 games.
Her goals and points tallies are tied for the most by any player in CUSA.
Five of the Welshwoman's goals have been game winners, which is a tally that she only trails Ohio State's Amanda Schlueter and West Virginia's Sophia Nickel in.
In total goals, she is third among true freshmen nationwide.
The nine's goal against Liberty on Thursday marked her sixth consecutive match with a goal contribution, becoming the first Blue Raider to do so since Hannah Tillett between Aug. 31 and Sept. 30, 2018.
Middle Tennessee was picked to finish sixth out of 10 teams in the 2026 Conference USA Coaches Preseason Poll, after a fourth-place finish a year prior.

Series History

Sunday's contest will mark the fourth all-time meeting between the programs as MTSU searches for its first win in the tie, favoring Missouri State 3-0-0. The Blue Raiders are seeking revenge from last year's 2-1 CUSA Tournament semifinal defeat at the Bears' hands on Nov. 4, 2025 in Lynchburg, Va.

Scouting the Bears

The Blue Raiders will look to get back to winning ways when it travels to Missouri State (3-2-7, 0-2-1 CUSA) on Sunday.

The Bears tallied a 7-9-4 (2-3-3 CUSA) mark in 2025, sneaking into the CUSA Tournament as the eighth seed.

Missouri State has recorded multiple signature wins this season, including a 6-1 thrashing of SIUE on Sept. 20 and a 1-0 shutout of SEC foe Missouri.

In the 2026 Conference USA Preseason Poll, the Bears were picked to finish second.

Missouri State is led by 5th-year head coach Kirk Nelson, who led his team to the CUSA Tournament final in 2025.

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Players Mentioned

Megan Carroll

Ania Denham

Hannah Murphy

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