{"id":466442,"date":"2026-10-15T04:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T04:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466442\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T04:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T04:36:10","slug":"rice-hosts-north-texas-for-senior-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/466442\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice Hosts North Texas for Senior Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rice Owls (4-6-4,\u00a02-3-1\u00a0American)\u00a0vs.\u00a0North Texas Mean Green (4-6-3,\u00a00-3-2\u00a0American)

\nMatch\u00a015\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Thursday,\u00a0Oct.\u00a015, 2026 \u2022\u00a06:00\u00a0p.m. CT

\nHouston, Texas\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Holloway Field

\nVideo Stream:\u00a0Click Here\u00a0<\/a>

\nLive Stats:\u00a0Click Here<\/a>

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Senior Night

\nThe Owls are back at Holloway Field Thursday night for Senior Night against the Mean Green. Rice will honor Eileen Albers<\/a>, Mia Brumlow<\/a>, Isabelle Kent<\/a>, Jordyn Mariam<\/a>, Lauren Pickup<\/a>, Kirsten Ruf<\/a>, Kenzie Solomon<\/a>, Elizabet Velkova<\/a> and Sophie Zhang<\/a>\u00a0during the pregame ceremony starting at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Last Time Out

\nRice rallied for a 2-2 draw last Sunday afternoon at East Carolina. Sloane Popov<\/a> scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season, while Elliana Ramirez<\/a> scored her first goal of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last Time Out

\nDuring Rice’s 2-2 draw at East Carolina, Neerali Kapadia<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Dynamic Freshmen

\nRice’s freshmen rank among the best in the NCAA in several categories, led by Neerali Kapadia’s<\/a>\u00a010\u00a0assists, ranking\u00a0second\u00a0in the nation. Kapadia is also\u00a0second\u00a0in the nation in assists per game, while Sloane Popov<\/a> and Valentina Labuschagne<\/a> rank in the top 50 in the nation in shot accuracy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

250 in the Books

\nDuring\u00a0Rice’s 3-0 win over UL-Monroe, the Owls secured the program’s 250th win,\u00a0which began with a 3-2 win over Army in the team’s inaugural game on Aug. 31, 2001.<\/p>\n

Rice vs.\u00a0North Texas

\nThis is\u00a0the\u00a020th\u00a0meeting between the two, with the Mean Green holding a 9-5-5 series lead. The Owls are 2-1-1 in the last four matchups with North Texas, including a win in the last game played at Holloway Field.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Historic Tie

\nRice earned a historic 1-1 draw at the reigning\u00a0national champion, No. 15 Florida State on Sept. 6. Rice became the first non-Power 4 team to earn a result against FSU since Santa Clara during the 2020-21 season. Florida State is now 33-1-5 in non-conference games since the middle of the 2019 non-conference season.\u00a0This marked Rice’s first result against a ranked opponent since a 1-0 win at No. 5 West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament (March 1, 2021).<\/p>\n

Preseason Honors

\nThree Owls represented Rice on the American Conference Preseason Watch List, with Jadyn Jaeger<\/a>, Lilly Reuscher<\/a> and Dayo Tennyson<\/a> all receiving honors. The Owls were picked third in the preseason coaches poll.<\/p>\n

Welcome to *OUR* House

\nThe Owls have defended Holloway Field fiercely as of late, going 17-6-4\u00a0at home over the last\u00a0three\u00a0seasons. Rice has a 148-64-25<\/a>\u00a0all-time home record.<\/p>\n

National Recognition

\nLilly Reuscher<\/a> was named to the 2026 United Soccer Coaches Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Watch List.\u00a0Reuscher was an All-Conference Third Team selection last year, contributing to five shutouts by the Owl defense, and also earned\u00a0Second Team All-Region honors.<\/p>\n

25 Years of Rice Soccer

\nThis season, the Owls honor 25 years of Rice soccer, recognizing the tremendous success the program has seen since its inaugural season in 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rice Owls (4-6-4,\u00a02-3-1\u00a0American)\u00a0vs.\u00a0North Texas Mean Green (4-6-3,\u00a00-3-2\u00a0American) Match\u00a015\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Thursday,\u00a0Oct.\u00a015, 2026 \u2022\u00a06:00\u00a0p.m. CT Houston, Texas\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Holloway Field Video Stream:\u00a0Click Here\u00a0 Live…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-466442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}