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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee welcomes Conference USA foe Rice (15-9, 5-1 C-USA) to Reese Smith Jr. Field as they the Blue Raiders look to get back on track and back in the mix in the C-USA standings.
Right-hander Nate Hoffmann (0-3, 6.21) will toe the rubber for the Blue Raiders making his seventh Friday night start of the season. The lefty duo of Tyler Troutt (1-4, 4.26) and Jake Wyrick (2-2, 3.68) are expected to fill out the weekend rotation against the Owls.
Middle Tennessee and Rice are tied at four games apiece all-time in a series that is in just its third year of existence.