Owls Fall to UAB

Thursday, October 8

Houston, Texas

6 p.m.

Rice University

4-6-3, 2-3-0

UAB

7-5-1, 4-1-0

Team	1	2	Final F
UAB	1	2	3
Rice	0	0	0

10/8/2026 8:57:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: Anthony Roberts (ar186@rice.edu)

HOUSTON – The Rice soccer team dropped a 3-0 decision to UAB Thursday night at Holloway Field. The Owls fall to 4-6-3 (2-3 American), while the Blazers improve to 7-5-1 (4-1 American).

How It Happened
Early shots from Eileen Albers and Sloane Popov tried to get the Rice offense going, but the UAB defense held to keep things scoreless. With under 20 minutes to go in the half, the Blazers struck for the game's opening goal. Rice trailed 1-0 at the half.

Eight minutes into the second half, a penalty kick doubled the UAB lead. With 18 minutes remaining, a chance by Neerali Kapadia was just saved in the low corner of the goal. The Blazers sealed the game with one final goal with nine minutes to go.

Scoring Summary
27:30 – UAB – Goal by Lailah Stewart, assisted by Mia Leath
53:17 – UAB – Goal by Lailah Stewart, penalty kick
81:04 – UAB – Goal by Mia Leath

Quick Hits
Rice outshot UAB 12-7, while the Blazers had a 6-2 shots on goal edge.

Up Next
The Owls head to the East Coast to face off against ECU on Sunday.