Friday, October 18
Houston, TX
7 PM
Rice University
vs
Marshall
Soccer Hosts Marshall Friday, WKU Sunday
10/17/2019 10:06:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Two Big C-USA Home Matches This Weekend At Holloway Field
Marshall at Rice | Oct. 18 at 7 PM | Live Stats | Watch | Rice Tickets
WKU at Rice | Oct. 20 at 1 PM | Live Stats | Watch | Rice Tickets
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THIS WEEK: The Rice soccer team is back home at Holloway Field for a pair of Conference USA league games this weekend. The Owls host Marshall on Friday (Oct. 18) at 7 pm followed by Western Kentucky on Sunday (Oct. 20) at 1 pm.
FUN & GAMES AT HOLLOWAY FIELD: Check out some of the extra activities scheduled for Holloway Field this weekend!
QUICK ON THE OWLS: Rice is 6-4-2 overall but a closer look at the team's schedule is in order. The team's four losses have been to Alabama, Oregon State, South Florida and SMU – who entered this weekend with a combined record of 33-13-5. Rice had a gritty performance to begin C-USA action with a 1-0 victory over Charlotte. The Owls picked up four points in a pair of C-USA road games (Sept. 26-29) by rallying from a 2-0 deficit to tie Middle Tennessee 2-2, then turning right around and winning at UTSA 1-0. The Blue & Gray again used late heroics to defeat UAB at home 1-0. Last weekend the Owls picked up another C-USA road point with a draw at LA Tech.
STANDINGS WATCH: The Owls are unbeaten in C-USA league play (3-0-2) at the midpoint of the conference schedule. The Blue & Gray has 11 points in C-USA matches to hold sole possession of fifth place in the league standings, four points back of first place Charlotte (5-1-0, 15 points).
COACH'S CORNER: Rice soccer is under the direction of head coach Brian Lee, who is in his first season at the helm of the program. A 2018 finalist for National Coach of the Year and with 25 years of experience as a Division I head coach, Lee enters this week's game with a career record of 293-192-57. Lee's Rice coaching staff includes Megan Kinneman, Travis Curson and Allysha Chapman, all in their first year with the Owl program.
SERIES HISTORY VS. MARSHALL: Rice leads the soccer series with the Thundering Herd 5-4-1. A year ago the Owls secured a 2-1 win in West Virginia. Due to a quirk in the C-USA schedule Friday's match is the first time the C-USA foes will meet in Houston since 2013. That year the Herd tallied a 3-1 win over Rice in the opening round of the C-USA Tournament held at Holloway Field.
SERIES HISTORY VS. WKU: Rice leads the all-time series with Western Kentucky 4-1-2. Sunday's match is the Hilltoppers' first visit to Houston since 2016. The very first meeting between the teams was in 2011, a thrilling 3-2 Owl victory at home in double-overtime.
DID YOU KNOW: Both Rice & Western Kentucky started their respective soccer programs for the first time beginning with the 2001 season.
NEXT WEEK: After Sunday's home game the Owls are back out on the road next weekend for a crucial pair of C-USA matches. Rice plays at FIU Friday (Oct. 25) followed by a road game at FAU on Oct. 27 (Sun.).
WKU at Rice | Oct. 20 at 1 PM | Live Stats | Watch | Rice Tickets
(Some on-line features activate at game time)
THIS WEEK: The Rice soccer team is back home at Holloway Field for a pair of Conference USA league games this weekend. The Owls host Marshall on Friday (Oct. 18) at 7 pm followed by Western Kentucky on Sunday (Oct. 20) at 1 pm.
FUN & GAMES AT HOLLOWAY FIELD: Check out some of the extra activities scheduled for Holloway Field this weekend!
- Friday - The inaugural Soc'toberfest will include free craft beer samples (from Karbach, Saint Arnold's and Bells) for all fans 21+, free Bavarian pretzels to the first 100 students, and free Rice socks to the first 100 fans! It is also Rice Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night as all Rice faculty and staff can redeem four complimentary tickets to the match by visiting the ticket office Monday-Friday between 8:30 am - 5 pm.
- Sunday - Attend the annual Pink Game and bid on the shirts your Owls wear pregame! All proceeds will go to the Houston Methodist Center for Cancer Research. Additionally, the Houston Dash's Satara Murray and Kayla McCoy will be in attendance to sign free autographs from 12-1 pm, so come early and meet the Dash! After the match, the Owls will be sticking around to sign autographs as well.
QUICK ON THE OWLS: Rice is 6-4-2 overall but a closer look at the team's schedule is in order. The team's four losses have been to Alabama, Oregon State, South Florida and SMU – who entered this weekend with a combined record of 33-13-5. Rice had a gritty performance to begin C-USA action with a 1-0 victory over Charlotte. The Owls picked up four points in a pair of C-USA road games (Sept. 26-29) by rallying from a 2-0 deficit to tie Middle Tennessee 2-2, then turning right around and winning at UTSA 1-0. The Blue & Gray again used late heroics to defeat UAB at home 1-0. Last weekend the Owls picked up another C-USA road point with a draw at LA Tech.
STANDINGS WATCH: The Owls are unbeaten in C-USA league play (3-0-2) at the midpoint of the conference schedule. The Blue & Gray has 11 points in C-USA matches to hold sole possession of fifth place in the league standings, four points back of first place Charlotte (5-1-0, 15 points).
COACH'S CORNER: Rice soccer is under the direction of head coach Brian Lee, who is in his first season at the helm of the program. A 2018 finalist for National Coach of the Year and with 25 years of experience as a Division I head coach, Lee enters this week's game with a career record of 293-192-57. Lee's Rice coaching staff includes Megan Kinneman, Travis Curson and Allysha Chapman, all in their first year with the Owl program.
SERIES HISTORY VS. MARSHALL: Rice leads the soccer series with the Thundering Herd 5-4-1. A year ago the Owls secured a 2-1 win in West Virginia. Due to a quirk in the C-USA schedule Friday's match is the first time the C-USA foes will meet in Houston since 2013. That year the Herd tallied a 3-1 win over Rice in the opening round of the C-USA Tournament held at Holloway Field.
SERIES HISTORY VS. WKU: Rice leads the all-time series with Western Kentucky 4-1-2. Sunday's match is the Hilltoppers' first visit to Houston since 2016. The very first meeting between the teams was in 2011, a thrilling 3-2 Owl victory at home in double-overtime.
DID YOU KNOW: Both Rice & Western Kentucky started their respective soccer programs for the first time beginning with the 2001 season.
NEXT WEEK: After Sunday's home game the Owls are back out on the road next weekend for a crucial pair of C-USA matches. Rice plays at FIU Friday (Oct. 25) followed by a road game at FAU on Oct. 27 (Sun.).
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