Thursday, August 29
Houston, TX
6:05 p.m.
Rice University
vs
Lamar
Owls Welcome Two-Time Defending SLC Champ Lamar Thursday Night
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Rice Owls (3-1, 0-0 AAC) vs. Lamar Cardinals (0-2-1, 0-0 Southland)
Match 5 • Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 • 6:00 p.m. CT
Houston, Texas • Holloway Field
Video Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: Sidearm
Twitter Updates: @RiceSoccer
Home, Sweet Home
The Owls' homestand continues Thursday night against the two-time reigning Southland Conference champion Lamar. Rice will then welcome crosstown foe Texas Southern on Sunday.
Last Time Out
Rice is coming off a 1-0 shutout win over UTRGV last Sunday. After fending off numerous chances, Leah Chancey finally broke through for the Rice offense with a goal in the 65th minute to lift Rice past the Vaqueros.
Making Great First Impressions
Freshman Dayo Tennyson netted her first career goal in her first collegiate game against Texas State, becoming the 11th Rice athlete in program history to score a goal in their first Rice game. Graduate transfer Leah Chancey recorded the assist on Tennyson's goal, becoming the 10th athlete in program history to record an assist in their first Rice game. Through the season's first four matches, Rice's newcomers have tallied nine points with two goals and five assists.
Rice vs. Lamar
This is the fourth meeting in the series history, with the Owls holding a 3-0 series lead. This is the first meeting between the two since the 2014 season.
No Place Like Home
Rice will open the 2024 season with eight of the team's first nine matches being played at Holloway Field. The Owls hold a 132-58-22 all-time home record.
Conference Honors
The first week of play brought the first weekly honor for Rice as graduate goalie Faith Hutchins was named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (8-19, Week 1). Hutchins played all 180 minutes in goal during the week, earning wins against Texas State (2-1) and Navy (2-1). She had a 1.0 goals against average on the week, making seven saves on 23 shots faces. Hutchins posted a .778 save percentage on the week.
Killgore Returns Home
Bella Killgore, who played her college days with Rice from 2018-22, returns home for the 2024 season after being hired as the team's Goalkeeper Coach. During her five-year career, Rice captured two regular season titles and one CUSA tournament title (2020-21), where the Owls advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16. She was a two-time CUSA Goalkeeper of the Year, two-time All-CUSA First Team and a United Soccer Coaches First Team All-South Region honoree in 2021.
Preseason Honors
Three Owls were named to the 2024 AAC Preseason Watch List with Leah Chancey, Faith Hutchins and Carsyn Martz all earning honors. The Owls were selected 10th in the AAC Preseason Coaches Poll.
2024 Recruiting Class Tops AAC
The Owls had big-time commitments with four grad transfers and six freshmen for the 2024 recruiting class, the top-ranked recruiting class in the AAC and 32nd-ranked class in the nation according to TopDrawerSoccer.
Match 5 • Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 • 6:00 p.m. CT
Houston, Texas • Holloway Field
Video Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: Sidearm
Twitter Updates: @RiceSoccer
Home, Sweet Home
The Owls' homestand continues Thursday night against the two-time reigning Southland Conference champion Lamar. Rice will then welcome crosstown foe Texas Southern on Sunday.
Last Time Out
Rice is coming off a 1-0 shutout win over UTRGV last Sunday. After fending off numerous chances, Leah Chancey finally broke through for the Rice offense with a goal in the 65th minute to lift Rice past the Vaqueros.
Making Great First Impressions
Freshman Dayo Tennyson netted her first career goal in her first collegiate game against Texas State, becoming the 11th Rice athlete in program history to score a goal in their first Rice game. Graduate transfer Leah Chancey recorded the assist on Tennyson's goal, becoming the 10th athlete in program history to record an assist in their first Rice game. Through the season's first four matches, Rice's newcomers have tallied nine points with two goals and five assists.
Rice vs. Lamar
This is the fourth meeting in the series history, with the Owls holding a 3-0 series lead. This is the first meeting between the two since the 2014 season.
No Place Like Home
Rice will open the 2024 season with eight of the team's first nine matches being played at Holloway Field. The Owls hold a 132-58-22 all-time home record.
Conference Honors
The first week of play brought the first weekly honor for Rice as graduate goalie Faith Hutchins was named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (8-19, Week 1). Hutchins played all 180 minutes in goal during the week, earning wins against Texas State (2-1) and Navy (2-1). She had a 1.0 goals against average on the week, making seven saves on 23 shots faces. Hutchins posted a .778 save percentage on the week.
Killgore Returns Home
Bella Killgore, who played her college days with Rice from 2018-22, returns home for the 2024 season after being hired as the team's Goalkeeper Coach. During her five-year career, Rice captured two regular season titles and one CUSA tournament title (2020-21), where the Owls advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16. She was a two-time CUSA Goalkeeper of the Year, two-time All-CUSA First Team and a United Soccer Coaches First Team All-South Region honoree in 2021.
Preseason Honors
Three Owls were named to the 2024 AAC Preseason Watch List with Leah Chancey, Faith Hutchins and Carsyn Martz all earning honors. The Owls were selected 10th in the AAC Preseason Coaches Poll.
2024 Recruiting Class Tops AAC
The Owls had big-time commitments with four grad transfers and six freshmen for the 2024 recruiting class, the top-ranked recruiting class in the AAC and 32nd-ranked class in the nation according to TopDrawerSoccer.
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