LAKEWOOD RANCH, Florida – No. 4 seed Rice defeated No. 5 UAB, 2-0, in the third quarterfinal of the 2024 American Women’s Soccer Championship Monday, November 4 at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.
 
With the win, the Owls (12-5-2) will play the winner of Memphis and Tulsa in the semifinals on Thursday, November 7 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The Blazers fell to 7-5-5 on the season.
 
Rice scored twice in five minutes to break open the game. In the 71^st minute, a Rice cross bounced off Catarina Albuquerque and Allie Love in a scramble in front of the net before Sophie Zhang put the ball in the net to give the Owls the lead.
 
In the 76^th minute, Dayo Tennyson knocked a cross on and Love tapped it to Jules Johnston, who scored to double Rice’s lead.
 
UAB led in shots, 17-10, but Rice goalkeeper Faith Hutchins made eight saves to keep a clean sheet. Anika Toth recorded two saves for the Blazers.
 
2024 American Women's Soccer Championship
Premier Sports Campus (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.)
 
Monday, November 4
Quarterfinal 1 – No. 3 Seed East Carolina 1, No. 6 Seed Charlotte 0 (2OT) | Box Score | Video Highlights
Quarterfinal 2 - No. 2 Seed South Florida 1, No. 7 North Texas 0 | Box Score | Video Highlights
Quarterfinal 3 - No. 4 Seed Rice 2, No. 5 Seed UAB 0 | Box Score | Video Highlights
Quarterfinal 4 - No. 8 Seed Tulsa vs. No. 1 Seed Memphis | 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT | ESPN+
 
Thursday, November 7
Semifinal 1 – No. 3 East Carolina vs. No. 2 South Florida | 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT | ESPN+
Semifinal 2 – No. 4 Rice vs. QF4 Winner | 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT | ESPN+
 
Sunday, November 10
Championship Final - 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT | ESPNU