JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Center Tennessee Ladies’s Soccer opened Convention USA play on the proper foot after Saachi Bureau and Hannah Murphy netted in fast succession to push the Blue Raiders previous Jax State on Sunday, 2-0.
With the victory, MTSU claims its first three factors of the convention slate and strikes to 8-2-2 on the season, rating the Murfreesboro outfit tied for first on the CUSA leaderboard after week one among play.
”I’m actually happy with the general efficiency of the group by way of what we executed on the sector and the help and power that our bench gave us,” MTSU head coach Aston Rhoden stated. ”It is nice for them to have the ability to come again, present some resiliency, and most significantly play to our identification and I feel that is what gave us that robust street win.”
Center Tennessee knocked on the door loads of occasions within the first half, with Ania Denham main the way in which with a single-game career-high 4 photographs in opposition to Gamecocks goalkeeper Camdyn Magrosky.
The Blue Raiders outshot Jax State 8-1 within the first half and by no means regarded like conceding, regardless of their lack of ability to interrupt the impasse.
In the course of the second half, Phillips got here inches away from an opener within the forty ninth minute when her shot appeared to greatest Magrosky, however a block on the closing second denied her group the lead.
The profitable second got here simply seven minutes later when Liza Miller despatched Phillips down the wing with a via ball in behind that she reached earlier than her defender may. The Sammamish, Wash., native delivered an correct first-time cross in the direction of the far submit for the oncoming Bureau, who smashed the ball into the roof of the online for her second aim of the season.
Our wingers mixed to place us forward 👏 pic.twitter.com/Uf025At1AU
— Center Tennessee Soccer (@MT_Soccer) September 27, 2026
Lower than three minutes later, MTSU capitalized on a Jax State giveaway to double the lead and put the competition out of attain for the house aspect. Bureau pressured a turnover from an errant Gamecocks move that she despatched to Luiza Junior dos Santos, who rapidly discovered Denham on the high of the field. Along with her again to aim, the ahead laid it off for Murphy, who made no mistake firing house previous Magrosky for her single-season career-best fourth aim and Center Tennessee’s second.
Hannah scores our second in three minutes and her career-high fourth aim of the season!💥 pic.twitter.com/QgAQRcORR9
— Center Tennessee Soccer (@MT_Soccer) September 27, 2026
Each of the afternoon’s objectives had been scored within the span of two:14, which marks the quickest MTSU has scored a number of objectives since Oct. 19, 2025, when Murphy and Emma Pettersen each netted in 37 seconds throughout a 4-0 thrashing of UTEP.
Denham’s help marks her fifth-straight sport with a aim contribution, the primary Blue Raider to take action since Peyton DePriest between Sept. 2 and Sept. 16, 2021 when she scored 5 objectives and supplied three assists spanning 5 consecutive contests.
Goalkeeper Ella Sellers made two tidy saves to keep up the shutout for the Blue and White as she totaled three on the day and prolonged her good report in aim to 447 minutes.
Center Tennessee’s eighth shutout of the season places it just one shy of final yr’s tally whereas holding tempo with the nation’s leaders, together with Saint Mary’s (CA), Auburn, Purdue, Inexperienced Bay and Stanford.
Because of this, Rhoden improves each his and this system’s report in CUSA openers to 8-6.
Up Subsequent
Center Tennessee will return house to host reigning CUSA event champion Liberty on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. earlier than turning its consideration to Sam Houston on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. in Murfreesboro.
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