Women's Soccer Heads to Rice for Road Conference Match

GAME 11:
Tulsa (5-3-2) vs. Rice (3-4-3)
11:00 a.m. CT - Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026
Holloway Field • Houston, Texas

LIVE STATS: Statbroadcast
TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa

THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Jim Rhein (Northeastern State '93), 6^th year
Career Record: 39-43-21
School Record: Same

Rice: Brian Lee (Furman '93), 8^th year
Career Record: 360-237-76
School Record: 73-49-21

Notes on the Rice Owls

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane head to Houston to take on Rice at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27. The match marks Tulsa's first road test of conference play.
The Owls sit at 3-4-3 and 1-1-0 in conference play.
The series record is tilted in Rice's favor, with them leading 13-7 in previous meetings.
Through matches played as conference matchups, the record is closer, with Rice still holding the advantage at 9-7.
Last year, Tulsa and Rice met twice back-to-back. The Golden Hurricane closed out the regular season with a 4-0 win over Rice to earn the highest seed in program history for the American Championships, before the Owls eliminated TU in the first round of the American Championships in a 1-0 result.
In their last time out, the Owls bested Temple 5-1 in their highest scoring match of the season.

Last Time Out: Record-Setting 13 Goals Lift Tulsa Past Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Tulsa defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 13-0, on Sunday in a historic performance. The Golden Hurricane's 13 goals marked the most in a single match in program history and set a new program record for largest margin of victory.
Tulsa's 13 goals nearly doubled its goals on the season, sitting at 14 entering the match. Eight Tulsa players recorded points, including three who contributed both goals and assists. The match broke the program record for most points earned by the team for Tulsa with 37, smashing the previous count by eight points.
The Golden Hurricane recorded 34 shots, including 26 on goal, while holding Arkansas-Pine Bluff to one shot and none on goal. TU's 34 shots brought its season total to 142.
Schutte completed a hat trick at 9:29, giving Tulsa a 3-0 advantage. The junior from Eureka, Mo., scored all four of her goals in a span of less than eight minutes after adding another from Boyd shortly after.
Tulsa continued to pressure the Golden Lions, as Arkansas-Pine Bluff goalkeeper Arie Parker saved attempts from Boyd and Nolan before Nolan found the back of the net at 34:57 to make it 8-0 heading into halftime.
Curs scored 42 seconds into the second half to push Tulsa's lead to 9-0. McIntyre then hit the left post, while Katie Nguyen forced a save before Boyd scored off an assist from Curs at 55:01 to make it 10-0.
Boyd completed her hat trick at 66:05 off assists from Nolan and McIntyre. Boyd finished with nine points on three goals and three assists, moving into the team lead with four assists and 14 points this season.
With Schutte and Boyd each recording hat tricks, it marked the first time in program history that Tulsa had two players score three goals in the same match.

American and National Stat Rankings

Tulsa leads the American in total goals (27), total assists (25) and total points (79).
The Golden Hurricane also rank first in the American in goal differential at +15.
TU ranks among the top 10 nationally in shot accuracy (.563).
Presley Boyd leads the way individually, appearing across multiple American and NCAA stats leaderboards: Assists per game: 2nd in the American, 45th nationally (0.50), Goals per game: 4th in the American, 62nd nationally (0.63), Points per game: 3rd in the American, 35th nationally (1.75), Total assists: 2nd in the American (4), Total goals: 3rd in the American, 74th nationally (5), Total points: 3rd in the American, 51st nationally (14)

Boyd Breaks Out

Presley Boyd turned in a career-high week last week, recording 11 points across two matches.
The sophomore scored once against ECU before recording a hat trick against UAPB, totaling four goals on the week. Boyd also added three assists against UAPB, contributing to seven of Tulsa's 13 goals in the match.
Following her career week, Boyd appears on the American and NCAA leaderboards in assists per game, goals per game, points per game, total assists and total goals.

Shepherd Earns American Defensive Player of the Week Honors

Tulsa women's soccer defender Molly Shepherd was named the American Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 7 following a strong defensive performance across the Golden Hurricane's two matches the previous week.
Shepherd played all 90 minutes and helped lead Tulsa's backline to a 2-0 shutout victory over Abilene Christian.
The sophomore defender followed that performance by playing 88 minutes in Tulsa's 1-1 draw against East Texas A&M on Sunday. Her time spent on the field was the most of any Tulsa player in the match.
Tulsa goalkeeper Maddy Nigey also earned American Conference honorable mention honors Monday after recording shutouts in 135 minutes of action across the Golden Hurricane's two matches last week.

Schutte Named Among Hermann Trophy Forwards to Watch

University of Tulsa women's soccer junior Blaine Schutte has been named one of the 2026 IWSOC/United Soccer Coaches Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy Positional Players to Watch for Forwards.
Schutte was a key contributor for Tulsa during the 2025 season, scoring the game-winning goal in the Golden Hurricane's season opener at Central Arkansas. She later recorded a brace against East Texas A&M and scored in the final game of the regular season against Rice, helping Tulsa earn the No. 3 seed in the American Conference Championship, the highest seed in program history.
As a freshman, Schutte led the Golden Hurricane with nine goals, recording braces in two matches and Tulsa's first hat trick in two seasons. She was also ranked No. 96 among freshmen in the country by TopDrawerSoccer.

Three Golden Hurricane Named to American Preseason Watch List

Addison Castleberry, Blaine Schutte and Kaylyn Simmons have been named to the American Conference Women's Soccer Watch List, the league announced on July 31.
Three players from each program were selected for this year's watch list.
Castleberry returns from a promising freshman year with even more experience to boost her potential. In 2025, she scored three goals and recorded four assists. Her first career goal came against ORU in Sept. last year. She racked up three points against South Florida as well, with one goal and an assist. Across the season, the current sophomore fired 22 shots, with eight being on goal.
Schutte is coming off a strong sophomore season, earning 2025 American All-Conference Second Team honors and the 2025 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-South Region. In the 2025 season, the Eureka, Mo., native scored the opening goal of the season and assisted the game-winner against Central Arkansas. She tallied a brace and another game-winner by the end of the year. The current junior led the team in shots over 2025, firing off 50, with 23 on target.
Hailing from Norman, Okla., Simmons is set to continue growing her momentum after a major injury caused her to miss the first two games of 2025 and almost the entirety of the 2024 season. She has been listed on the preseason watchlist all of her years returning to the squad. In 2025, Simmons scored her first goal back from injury against SFA. She tallied another goal later in the season at East Texas A&M and multiple assists along the way.

2026 Preseason Coaches Poll

The Golden Hurricane women's soccer team was picked to finish fifth of 11 teams in the preseason coaches poll.
The Memphis Tigers were selected as the preseason favorite after collecting all 10 first-place votes and 100 total points. Memphis has won three of the last five American Championship titles, claiming conference crowns from 2021-23.
Reigning American Championship tournament champion UTSA was picked to finish second in the preseason poll with 80 points.
Behind UTSA are Rice and South Florida, earning 73 and 71 points, respectively.
Tulsa sits in fifth place, one slot higher than its preseason selection last season.
Following behind Tulsa is Charlotte, East Carolina, UAB, North Texas, Florida Atlantic and finally Temple.

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Players Mentioned

Presley Boyd

Addison Castleberry

Katie Nguyen

Maddy Nigey

Blaine Schutte

Molly Shepherd

Kaylyn Simmons