(09-27-2026 03:00 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Rice 0
Tulsa 3
Final

That drops us to 1-2-0 in conference play, having defeated Temple earlier this week (see separate thread)

All three of our American games have been shutouts.

Typical Rice women soccer. I never could understand why we are happy with mediorcity

In the 2H @utsa, Rice leads it 2-0

(10-02-2026 08:20 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  In the 2H @utsa, Rice leads it 2-0

Owls beat the defending tourney champs 3-0, move up to 4th place in the standings.

Lost 0-3 to first place UAB on Thursday.


But this afternoon we just got a goal from Ramirez to tie it up at ECU, in the 73’!

Popov opened the scoring in the 12’, ECU drew even at 28’ and took a second half lead in the 65’

We’re in the 76’ currently 2-2

(10-11-2026 12:51 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Lost 0-3 to first place UAB on Thursday.


But this afternoon we just got a goal from Ramirez to tie it up at ECU, in the 73’!

Popov opened the scoring in the 12’, ECU drew even at 28’ and took a second half lead in the 65’

We’re in the 76’ currently 2-2

And that’s how it finishes, a 2-2 road draw at ECU

Rice outshot the Pirates 23-11 and it was 13-4 for shots on goal.
Disappointing to allow 2 goals on just 4 shots on goal.

Also ECU had one red card and three yellows through the match. Rice had none.

It’s Senior Night tonight at Holloway Field!

The Rice Owls App Wrote:Rice Owls (4-6-4, 2-3-1 American) vs. North Texas Mean Green (4-6-3, 0-3-2 American)
Match 15 • Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026 • 6:00 p.m. CT
Houston, Texas • Holloway Field

UNT has been down this season and we need to get back to .500 and pick up 3 points to solidify our top 8 position getting ready for the conference tournament.

RiceOwls.com Wrote:Senior Night
The Owls are back at Holloway Field Thursday night for Senior Night against the Mean Green. Rice will honor Eileen Albers, Mia Brumlow, Isabelle Kent, Jordyn Mariam, Lauren Pickup, Kirsten Ruf, Kenzie Solomon, Elizabet Velkova and Sophie Zhang during the pregame ceremony starting at 5:30 p.m.

Last Time Out
Rice rallied for a 2-2 draw last Sunday afternoon at East Carolina. Sloane Popov scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season, while Elliana Ramirez scored her first goal of the season.

Last Time Out
During Rice's 2-2 draw at East Carolina, Neerali Kapadia tied the program record for single-season assists with 10, joining Lauren Hughes (2015) and Lianne Manaquil (2018). Kapadia's 10 assists are also the Rice freshman record. The American Conference record for assists in a single season is 16, set by Memphis' Kaitlyn Atkins in 2013.

ESPN+

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Live Stats (watch out for ads!!!)

https://riceowls.com/sidearmstats/wsoc/summary

¡O, no bueno!

UNT scores in the 2’ (just 1:03 in)

Mean Green outshooting us 4-1 (2 on goal to our 0)

0-1 is still the score just in to the 17’

Well we got our first shot on goal and it’s a ¡GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

Reuscher with the PK equalizer in the 16’ and that’s how it stands now in the 28’

In the 30’ Rice takes a 2-1 lead! (Tennyson)


But in the 2H UNT ties it up (58’)

We play in the 62’ all square

Kapadia blows past three defenders then buries it off a fourth rushing back!

3-2 Rice in the 77’

¡goooooooooooooowl!

Ticky tack foul in the box.

UNT ties it on a PK at 72’

3-3

Rice 3:3 UNT final, it was a hell of a game.

Good to get the point, but did not like giving up the late lead on that borderline call.

Reminder, only 8 teams make it to the conference tournament. Before tonight's match Rice was at the 8th spot. With the point, Rice remains on the good side.

Only 3 matches remain.

@ USF, who is currently last in the conference.
@ 4th place FAU
home vs 2nd place Charlotte

(10-15-2026 08:29 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Reminder, only 8 teams make it to the conference tournament. Before tonight's match Rice was at the 8th spot. With the point, Rice remains on the good side.

Only 3 matches remain.

@ USF, who is currently last in the conference.
@ 4th place FAU
home vs 2nd place Charlotte

Actually we came into tonight tied for 6th, with a 3-point lead on 9th place Tulsa.

standings thru 10/11:
13 Memphis
12 UAB, FAU
10 CLT
8 Temple
7 Rice , UTSA
6 ECU
————
4 Tulsa
2 USF, UNT

Top 8 qualify for conference tournament
Win=3 points, Draw=1 point.

Since then, Memphis d. Temple which allows Rice to tie Temple (8 points), but ECU d. FAU so the Pirates pass us.
Tulsa and UTSA started an hour after our game, and I don’t see a Charlotte USF final yet…

It’s good we didn’t allow UNT a win to get back in to it. But I think your point that we will need a couple more results down the stretch still stands.

(10-15-2026 08:43 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 08:29 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Reminder, only 8 teams make it to the conference tournament. Before tonight's match Rice was at the 8th spot. With the point, Rice remains on the good side.

Only 3 matches remain.

@ USF, who is currently last in the conference.
@ 4th place FAU
home vs 2nd place Charlotte

Actually we came into tonight tied for 6th, with a 3-point lead on 9th place Tulsa.

standings thru 10/11:
13 Memphis
12 UAB, FAU
10 CLT
8 Temple
7 Rice , UTSA
6 ECU
————
4 Tulsa
2 USF, UNT

Top 8 qualify for conference tournament
Win=3 points, Draw=1 point.

Since then, Memphis d. Temple which allows Rice to tie Temple (8 points), but ECU d. FAU so the Pirates pass us.
Tulsa and UTSA started an hour after our game, and I don’t see a Charlotte USF final yet…

It’s good we didn’t allow UNT a win to get back in to it. But I think your point that we will need a couple more results down the stretch still stands.

CLT d. USF 2-1, but Tulsa is leading the Roadrunners now 1-0 in the 68’

If that score holds… Rice’s margin over 9th place could shrink tonight from 3 points to just one point…

(10-15-2026 08:47 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 08:43 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 08:29 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Reminder, only 8 teams make it to the conference tournament. Before tonight's match Rice was at the 8th spot. With the point, Rice remains on the good side.

Only 3 matches remain.

@ USF, who is currently last in the conference.
@ 4th place FAU
home vs 2nd place Charlotte

Actually we came into tonight tied for 6th, with a 3-point lead on 9th place Tulsa.

standings thru 10/11:
13 Memphis
12 UAB, FAU
10 CLT
8 Temple
7 Rice , UTSA
6 ECU
————
4 Tulsa
2 USF, UNT

Top 8 qualify for conference tournament
Win=3 points, Draw=1 point.

Since then, Memphis d. Temple which allows Rice to tie Temple (8 points), but ECU d. FAU so the Pirates pass us.
Tulsa and UTSA started an hour after our game, and I don’t see a Charlotte USF final yet…

It’s good we didn’t allow UNT a win to get back in to it. But I think your point that we will need a couple more results down the stretch still stands.

CLT d. USF 2-1, but Tulsa is leading the Roadrunners now 1-0 in the 68’

If that score holds… Rice’s margin over 9th place could shrink tonight from 3 points to just one point…

I must have looked at the standing when only tonight's ECU result had already been added.

(10-15-2026 09:21 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 08:47 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 08:43 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-15-2026 08:29 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Reminder, only 8 teams make it to the conference tournament. Before tonight's match Rice was at the 8th spot. With the point, Rice remains on the good side.

Only 3 matches remain.

@ USF, who is currently last in the conference.
@ 4th place FAU
home vs 2nd place Charlotte

Actually we came into tonight tied for 6th, with a 3-point lead on 9th place Tulsa.

standings thru 10/11:
13 Memphis
12 UAB, FAU
10 CLT
8 Temple
7 Rice , UTSA
6 ECU
————
4 Tulsa
2 USF, UNT

Top 8 qualify for conference tournament
Win=3 points, Draw=1 point.

Since then, Memphis d. Temple which allows Rice to tie Temple (8 points), but ECU d. FAU so the Pirates pass us.
Tulsa and UTSA started an hour after our game, and I don’t see a Charlotte USF final yet…

It’s good we didn’t allow UNT a win to get back in to it. But I think your point that we will need a couple more results down the stretch still stands.

CLT d. USF 2-1, but Tulsa is leading the Roadrunners now 1-0 in the 68’

If that score holds… Rice’s margin over 9th place could shrink tonight from 3 points to just one point…

I must have looked at the standing when only tonight's ECU result had already been added.

I do like that they are pretty prompt with updating the standings “live”…

#1 Memphis opens a gap, CLT #2

Memphis 2:0 Temple
USF 1:2 CLT
ECU 1:0 FAU
UNT 3:3 Rice
Tulsa 1:1 UNT

Memphis and CLT were the only teams in the top 7 to win a game tonight. ECU moves up from 8th to 5th.

standings thru 10/15:
16 Memphis
13 CLT
12 UAB, FAU
9 ECU
8 Temple, Rice, UTSA
————
5 Tulsa
3 UNT
2 USF

Top 8 qualify for conference tournament
Win=3 points, Draw=1 point.


RPI through yesterday’s games:
37 Memphis
43 CLT
69 UAB
127 Rice

Tulsa played the final 22 minutes down one player at UTSA but (despite giving up the equalizer on a late PK (sounds familiar)) hung tough to salvage the result and at least tread water in the standings.

(10-15-2026 09:26 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Memphis 2:0 Temple
USF 1:2 CLT
ECU 1:0 FAU
UNT 3:3 Rice
Tulsa 1:1 UNT

Is showing soccer scores with a colon (:) instead of a hyphen (-) standard practice? Or something new?