Soccer loses Sunday 3-0 to Muts

NT80 · October 31, 2005

The Mean Green's 15-game unbeaten streak comes to an end

Courtesy: University of North Texas

Release: 10/30/2005

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (10/30/05) – The North Texas women’s soccer team had their 15-game unbeaten streak come to an end as Middle Tennessee defeated the Mean Green 3-0 in the regular season finale for both teams.

The loss is the first for North Texas (13-3-2, 8-1) since August 27 and only the third of the season. North Texas had already clinched the regular season Sun Belt Conference Championship and the top seed in the upcoming tournament heading into the game.

The two teams battled to a scoreless tie in the first half as the Blue Raiders out-shot the Mean Green 9-2 in the first half.

Middle Tennessee was able to break through three minutes into the second half as Holly Grogan beat Kandice Ellis on a one-on-one breakaway.

Rachel Holmes extended the Blue Raider lead in the 72nd minute of play to 2-0 on another breakaway. The Blue Raiders closed out the scoring with 13 seconds remaining in the game as Rebecca Rodriguez notched her 12th goal of the season.

Ellis made eight saves on the day for North Texas as Middle Tennessee out-shot the Mean Green 16-6 for the game.

North Texas will be the top seed in the Sun Belt Conference tournament which begins on Wednesday, Nov. 2 in Mobile, Ala.

The Mean Green are going after their second straight conference tournament title and NCAA tournament appearance.

untbowler · October 31, 2005

seems like this is a bad loss for the girls, not upto date on NCAA selections, but I would hope they may have been on the bubble for an at large if they lost in the conference tourney, this may have burst their bubble hopes.