(10-16-2026 02:34 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(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?

It is something that I’ve kind of made an occasional personal style recently, but not anything standard or in broad usage.

I don’t know why I started it, but (when used consistently) potentially disambiguates a match score from a W-L record.

Of course in soccer it’s usually a W-L-D record, so the colon is superfluous even in that regard.

I do think it looks pretty.

(10-16-2026 07:58 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 02:34 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(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?

It is something that I’ve kind of made an occasional personal style recently, but not anything standard or in broad usage.

I don’t know why I started it, but (when used consistently) potentially disambiguates a match score from a W-L record.

Of course in soccer it’s usually a W-L-D record, so the colon is superfluous even in that regard.

I do think it looks pretty.

Thanks for the explanation. (Having been an S-E weanie, i was wondering what the ratios were indicating. )

(10-16-2026 10:46 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 07:58 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-16-2026 02:34 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(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?

It is something that I’ve kind of made an occasional personal style recently, but not anything standard or in broad usage.

I don’t know why I started it, but (when used consistently) potentially disambiguates a match score from a W-L record.

Of course in soccer it’s usually a W-L-D record, so the colon is superfluous even in that regard.

I do think it looks pretty.

Thanks for the explanation. (Having been an S-E weanie, i was wondering what the ratios were indicating. )

Well, I’d thought about mentioning the ratio interpretation (even though that wasn’t the original purpose).

We can call it the goal ratio.

Just don’t get shut out at home, that causes problems on multiple levels.

(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…

USF may have been last in the conference standings back then, but they whupped our Owls, 4-0, yesterday ... despite Rice's advantages on shots (17-12) and corner kicks (7-2).

https://riceowls.com/news/2026/10/22/wom...th-florida

Our defense this year has been really bad. And our offense is inconsistent. It's been a disappointing season to say the least.

Unfortunate that conference play has gone this way after a tie with Florida State and a competitive game with Vanderbilt. It’s probably 50/50 to even just make the conference tournament at this point. I think the team is just really young this year.

standings thru 10/22:
19 Memphis
15 UAB
13 CLT
12, FAU
11 Temple
10 ECU
8, Rice, UTSA
————
5 Tulsa, USF
4 UNT

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

3 rounds left, but Rice has a bye one of those rounds.
One more win in our last two games probably locks up a conference tourney bid.
A point or two is probably enough.

(10-23-2026 01:44 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  standings thru 10/22:
19 Memphis
15 UAB
13 CLT
12, FAU
11 Temple
10 ECU
8, Rice, UTSA
————
5 Tulsa, USF
4 UNT

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

3 rounds left, but Rice has a bye one of those rounds.
One more win in our last two games probably locks up a conference tourney bid.
A point or two is probably enough.

Rice kicks off at FAU at noon CT per web sources.

Tulsa plays USF at 1pm, I’d say the best result for us in that match would be a draw, since both teams are chasing us and UTSA for the last couple spots. And both those teams have h2h advantage vs Rice.

This is par for the course for the coaching staff. I hope the new AD makes a change here.

(10-23-2026 12:57 PM)sammyleadstheway Wrote:  Unfortunate that conference play has gone this way after a tie with Florida State and a competitive game with Vanderbilt. It’s probably 50/50 to even just make the conference tournament at this point. I think the team is just really young this year.

1-0 Rice leads FAU at the half a 3-1 shots advantage.

Looks like Rice is defending well today…

(10-25-2026 01:15 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  1-0 Rice leads FAU at the half a 3-1 shots advantage.

Looks like Rice is defending well today…

RICE up big now in the 72’ with a 3-0 lead!

(10-25-2026 01:46 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-25-2026 01:15 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  1-0 Rice leads FAU at the half a 3-1 shots advantage.

Looks like Rice is defending well today…

RICE up big now in the 72’ with a 3-0 lead!

3-0 Rice wins on the road to reach 11 points, just one point behind 4th place (coming in to today) FAU.

That doesn’t officially clinch us a tournament berth, but it does put us in very good shape for making the American postseason top 8.

(10-25-2026 11:06 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-23-2026 01:44 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  standings thru 10/22:
19 Memphis
15 UAB
13 CLT
12, FAU
11 Temple
10 ECU
8, Rice, UTSA
————
5 Tulsa, USF
4 UNT

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

3 rounds left, but Rice has a bye one of those rounds.
One more win in our last two games probably locks up a conference tourney bid.
A point or two is probably enough.

Rice kicks off at FAU at noon CT per web sources.

Tulsa plays USF at 1pm, I’d say the best result for us in that match would be a draw, since both teams are chasing us and UTSA for the last couple spots. And both those teams have h2h advantage vs Rice.

Your wish came true! They played to a 0-0 draw.

https://tulsahurricane.com/news/2026/10/...eless-draw

(UTSA beat Temple, 1-0: https://goutsa.com/news/2026/10/25/wsoc2...mple-recap )

(10-25-2026 06:53 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(10-25-2026 11:06 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(10-23-2026 01:44 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  standings thru 10/22:
19 Memphis
15 UAB
13 CLT
12, FAU
11 Temple
10 ECU
8, Rice, UTSA
————
5 Tulsa, USF
4 UNT

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

3 rounds left, but Rice has a bye one of those rounds.
One more win in our last two games probably locks up a conference tourney bid.
A point or two is probably enough.

Rice kicks off at FAU at noon CT per web sources.

Tulsa plays USF at 1pm, I’d say the best result for us in that match would be a draw, since both teams are chasing us and UTSA for the last couple spots. And both those teams have h2h advantage vs Rice.

Your wish came true! They played to a 0-0 draw.

https://tulsahurricane.com/news/2026/10/...eless-draw

(UTSA beat Temple, 1-0: https://goutsa.com/news/2026/10/25/wsoc2...mple-recap )

The Rice win and the Tulsa/USF draw was quite a good thing for the Owls!


Another interesting result today, #1 Memphis and #11 UNT also played to a draw (1-1).

And Charlotte’s back in 2nd after shutting out UAB 2-0.

Nice to have a little breathing room with only one game left (most other teams have two, we have a bye the final round)

standings thru 10/25:
20 Memphis
16 CLT
15 UAB
12 FAU
11 Temple Rice UTSA
10 ECU
————
6 Tulsa, USF
5 UNT

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

Regular Season finale is this afternoon (12:30) at Rice’s Holloway Field.

We can clinch a conference tournament berth with a win!
(Many other clinching scenarios exist as well, c’mom Owls save us the trouble of tracking all of those and just WIN this afternoon!)

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Regular Season Finale
Rice closes the regular season Friday against Charlotte, with a win guaranteeing the Owls a spot in the American Conference Championships.

Last Time Out
Rice blanked Florida Atlantic 3-0 Sunday afternoon at FAU Soccer Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. Allie Love, Samantha James and Jadyn Jaeger all scored their first goals of the season for Rice. Valentina Labuschagne picked up a pair of assists.

Record Breaker
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.

Dynamic Freshmen
Rice's freshmen rank among the best in the NCAA in several categories, led by Neerali Kapadia's 10 assists, ranking fourth in the nation. Kapadia is also second in the nation in assists per game, while Sloane Popov and Valentina Labuschagne rank in the top 50 in the nation in shot accuracy.

Rice vs. Charlotte
This is the 13th meeting between the two, with Rice holding an 8-3-1 series lead. The Owls are 4-1 at home against the 49ers, with Charlotte winning the latest Houston matchup during the 2024 season.

And conveniently, because all other games in the league are tonight (and next Tuesday) we won’t have to worry about “scoreboard watching” during this afternoon’s match!

Rice and Charlotte are scoreless in the 16’ this afternoon. CLT holds a 2-0 edge in shots and has the game’s only shot-on-goal.

(10-30-2026 12:52 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Rice and Charlotte are scoreless in the 16’ this afternoon. CLT holds a 2-0 edge in shots and has the game’s only shot-on-goal.

WOW!

Owls get two late in the 1H (Popov in 31’ and Foley in 37’) to take a big 2-0 lead at the half!

The stats link I posted earlier wasn’t working, but this one at ncaa is:

https://www.ncaa.com/game/6609682/scoring-summary

Still 2-0 with about 33 minutes left in 2H.

And then Charlotte scores to make it 2-1.

Owl goal off a corner kick makes it 3-1 with 18:51 to play.