Delaney Schultz’s Header Hands Rice Double-Overtime Win on Senior Night

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HOUSTON — Junior Delaney Schultz headed in a corner kick in the 102^nd minute to give Rice a 2-1, double-overtime victory over Middle Tennessee on Senior Night at Holloway Field.

The Details
Rice came out firing from the opening kick. Junior Madison Kent had three great chances in the first 12 minutes, sending two wide and one over the net. In the next 10 minutes, Schultz made a move to split the defense and get an open look, but her shot went wide right. Four minutes later, junior Serena Pham had a chance from just outside the net, but her attempt was high. But in the 18^th minute, second-year freshman Natalie Gorji finally made one count as sophomore Shiloh Miller headed a perfect pass to her and she buried it into the right corner to give the Owls a 1-0 lead. Bella Killgore almost gave Rice a two-goal advantage in the 41^st minute when she rang her free kick off the crossbar and it went into halftime with the advantage.

But in the second half, Middle Tennessee turned the tables on the Owls. The Blue Raiders got four shots in the first 10 minutes with Killgore making a pair of saves. In the 60^th minute, Rice finally recorded a shot when Schultz's header went wide. Ten minutes later, Rice was called for a foul and Middle Tennessee was awarded a penalty kick. However, Killgore was up to the task, diving to her right to make the save. But just four minutes later, the Blue Raiders tied things up when Cambell Kivisto worked her way toward the middle and put one just inside the right post. Rice had one final chance in regulation, but Killgore's free kick was high and the teams went to overtime.

The teams battled in the first overtime with Schultz getting the only chance, sending a header left of the net. Two minutes into the second overtime, Rice was awarded a corner kick. Pham's attempt sailed toward the left corner to a waiting Schultz who headed it into the back of the net and sending the Owls home with the victory.

Up Next
Rice closes its regular season schedule next Thursday, Oct. 28, when it travels to Denton to face North Texas. Match time is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be livestreamed on CUSAtv.

Notes
• Rice improved to 10-5-1 on the season and 4-3-0 in Conference USA.
• Rice improved to 3-3-1 in overtime matches this year.
• Rice's seven overtime matches are the most since 2014 (8).
• Rice has played four straight overtime matches for the first time in school history.
• Rice improved to 4-2-2 all-time against Middle Tennessee and 2-1-1 in matches played in Houston.
• The Owls outshot Middle Tennessee 19-to-16 but were outshot in shots on goal, 8-to-3.
• D Allison Padron made her first career start.
• D Shiloh Miller made her first start of the season, playing a season-high 72 minutes.
• F Natalie Gorji opened with scoring with her third goal of the year and sixth of her career.
• Miller picked up her first career assist on the goal.
• D Caleigh Page recorded her career-best fifth assist of the year and sixth of her career.
• MF Delaney Schultz scored her ninth goal of the year, tying Shelley Wong (2008), Lauren Hughes (2012 and 2013) and Holly Hargreaves (2013) for sixth on Rice's single-season list.
• Schultz now has 21 goals in her career, passing Clory Martin (2004-07) and Kate Edwards for fifth-place on Rice's career list.
• Schultz has 25 points on the year, passing Hargreaves (2012 and 2014), Hughes (2015) and Nia Stallings (2017) for fourth on Rice's single-season list.
• Schultz has 62 career points, tying Erin Scott (2006-09) for fourth on Rice's all-time list.
• The goal was Schultz's fourth game-winning goal of the year, tying seven others for fourth-place in a single-season.
• It was also her eighth career game-winning goal, tying Martin for fourth-place.
• Schultz led all players and tied a career-high with seven shots.
• MF Serena Pham recorded her fifth assist of the year and 11^th of her career.
• GK Bella Killgore made seven saves in the match, her fifth match of the year with at least seven saves.
• Killgore has 81 saves on the year, moving into seventh-place on the school single-season list.
• Killgore won her 10^th match of the year, becoming just the fourth goalkeeper with at least 10 wins in multiple seasons.
• Killgore tied a season-high with four shots.

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