DENTON, Texas – It was a rough second half for Middle Tennessee (8-10-1) who fell to Rice (10-5-3) 4-2 in the Conference USA quarterfinals. The Blue Raiders two goals came from Peyton DePriest.
The first half went exactly as the Blue Raiders drew it up. DePriest takes a deflected shot and punched in her 41st goal of her career in the eighth minute. The Raiders outshot the Owls 7-4 with three coming on goal.
Quickly after the DePriest goal, the sky was lit up with lightning forcing an hour delay. Both team would pick things back up and found the pace of the game against but the half would end with a 1-0 MT lead.