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THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21,2005
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Soccer records first-ever win over SMU, hosts Iblane tonight
by Stephen Whitfield
THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF
The soccer team will try to estab-
lish its position among the elite teams
in Conference USA this weekend as
it hosts its final two regular-season
home games. Rice (7-5-1, 3-1-1 C-
USA) will play Tulane University,
a team that has struggled all year,
tonight at 7 p.m. at the Rice Track/
Soccer Stadium. The Owls will then
play perhaps their toughest home
game of the season against the Uni-
versity of Texas-El Paso, which has
the best record in the conference,
Sunday at 1 p.m.
Tulane (1-8,1-5) was not expected
to do well even before the season
began. Picked to finished ninth in the
C-USA preseason coaches' poll, the
Green Wave added eight freshmen to
a team that lost five of its last seven
games in 2004. Due to the effects of
Hurricane Katrina, T ulane cancelled
almost half the games on its original
schedule, going 26 days between
games at one point earlier in the
season. The Green Wave rt located
to Texas A&M University alter New
Orleans was evacuated.
Despite its record, Tulane has
been competitive in most of its games.
Five of the Green Wave's eight losses
were by two or fewer goals. On Sun-
day, Tulane lost to preseason-favorite
Southern Methodist University 2-0.
Head coach Chris Huston said
the Owls will not take the Green
Wave lightly.
"We haven't even (qualified for)
the conference tournament yet, so
every game for us is as important as
the next," Huston said. Tulane [has|
one win so far, but they're a decent
team ... and just like some games
haven't bounced our way, I could
only imagine that some of [Tulane's
losses] were just because the ball
didn't bounce their way."
UTEP (15-1-1, 4-1-1) figures to be
Rice's toughest opponent this year. The
Miners have breezed through their
season so far, although their schedule
has been relatively weak, including
such non-conference opponents as
Sam Houston State, Sacramento State,
Ijouisiana-Monroe, Utah Valley State
and West Texas A&M. Four of the
Miners' first six conference games have
been at home, and only one of its four
conference wins — a 3-0 victory over
the University of Tulsa Oct 16 — has
come by more than two goals.
Sophomore defender Beth Martin
said Rice will need to be confident
against the Miners.
"When you play tough teams like
that, if you come out cocky, it really helps
a lot," Martin said. "If we can come at
UTEP with the ... idea that we are as
good as we think we are, then... we're
going to get a win."
'Coming out to play
just one game per
weekend isn't going
to cut it. We could...
kick ourselves for some
of the mistakes we've
made or the letups
we've had.'
— Chris Huston
Head soccer coach
Rice is in good position to secure
a high seed for the C-USA tourna-
ment, which will be held Nov. 2-6
at the Rice Track/Soccer Stadium.
Rice currently trails UTEP, Memphis,
SMU and UCF in the conference
standings, and with games coming
up against two of those four teams
as well as against two of the worst
teams in the conference — Tulane
and Southern Mississippi—the Owls
have a chance to earn the top seed in
the tournament.
"We're in a unique situation going
into our last four games," Huston said.
"If we take care of business lagainst
Tulane and Southern Miss] and then
go out against the teams that are
ranked ahead of us, we can really
put ourselves in a better situation for
seeding going into the conference
tournament."
Two weeks ago, Rice embarked on
its third road trip of the year, losing to
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Tulsa 1-0 Oct. 7 and beating SMU 2-1
in double-overtime Oct. 9. The game
against the Golden Hurricane (7-7-2,
2-3-0) was particularly disheartening
because the Owls had seemingly tied
the game on a header from senior
defender Erin Droeger with four sec-
onds remaining. However, Rice was
called for a foul, nullifying the goal
and sealing the win for Tulsa.
The Owls rebounded from the
loss with a strong effort against
SMU (10-4-1, 4-1). Rice fell behind
early in the second half when the
Mustangs scored on a corner kick
but came back to tie the game in the
65th minute, when sophomore Clory
Martin scored her second goal of the
season. Neither team mounted an of-
fensive charge in the first overtime
period, but in the second overtime
sophomore midfielder Samantha
Conn broke the tie with her fifth goal
of the season, scoring on an assist
from Martin in the 109th minute.
The win was Rice's first victory in
seven games against SMU, including
the last two Western Athletic Confer-
ence Championship matches.
Huston said she was pleased to
beat the Mustangs for the first time
but that she was disappointed with the
split after playing Tulsa close.
"Beating SMU is a huge win (but)
it's just unfortunate that we did not
come out ready to play both games,"
Huston said. "Coming out to play just
one game per weekend isn't going to
cut it. We could ... kick ourselves for
some of the mistakes we've made or
the letups we've had."
Rice followed up its win with a 1-1
tie at home against the University of
Houston in front of the third-largest
crowd to attend a non-season opener
in Rice soccer history. The Cougars
(7-4-2,2-2-1) struck early with a goal
by forward Sarah Fisher in the fourth
minute, and Rice tied the game in the
30th minute when redshirt freshman
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Freshman midfielder Alexa Coralli looks to beat a UH player Friday. The teams
tied 1-1, and Rice continues its homestand tonight at 7 p.m. against Tulane.
forward Caitlin Robbins scored her
team-leading sixth goal of the year.
Despite controlling the game and
having numerous opportunities to
score during the second half and
the two overtimes, the Owls could
not muster another goal.
"It's frustrating for the girls,"
Huston said. "Houston did a good job
defensively — they were constantly
putting us under a lot of pressure.
There were far more opportunities
[for us] than shows on the stats. ...
There are times when we can create
more opportunities for ourselves than
we actually do, and then it's really
important to... have them converted
into results."
Although the Owls moved up in
the C-USA standings with the tie,
Beth Martin said she is not proud
of the result.
"The game against Houston ...
was a really unsuccessful game,"
Martin said. "We have the potential
to be a lot better team."
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