Blue Raiders Deliver Shutout on the Road
Middle Tennessee's women's soccer squad traveled to face Southern Indiana on a warm Sunday evening, ultimately walking away with a 2-0 victory that underscored the team's early-season momentum.
The scoring opened in the 55th minute when Hailey Phillips redirected Saachi Bureau's cross, set up by a precise pass from Megan Carroll, slipping the ball past the opposition's keeper.
Carroll doubled the lead ten minutes later, meeting a corner delivery with a well‑timed header that nestled into the net, sealing the win.
Goalkeeper Ella Sellers was a wall in the second half, logging five saves — including four in the latter period — to preserve the clean sheet and hand the Blue Raiders their second straight shutout.
Head Coach Aston Rhoden praised the collective effort, highlighting the team's cohesion and finishing sharpness as key factors in the performance.
The win marks the program's first meeting with Southern Indiana, improving the all‑time series record to 1‑0‑0 and extending an unbeaten run against Division I opponents that dates back to 2015, when the team last began a season without conceding a goal.
Despite the heat, match officials inserted four water breaks, briefly delaying kickoff to 5 p.m., but the conditions did little to dampen the Raiders' intensity.