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Photo by: Zach Del Bello / Mean Green Sports
Mean Green Fall at No. 8 Memphis
10/9/2025 9:35:00 PM | Women's Soccer
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The UNT soccer team could not have asked for a better start to their match on Thursday night against the nation's eighth-ranked team, the Memphis Tigers.
After withstanding an early barrage of Memphis' attack, UNT's Claire Niedermeier was able to corral a loose ball from the Memphis goalkeeper and turn and fire from a sharp angle along the goal line to open the night's scoring in UNT's favor before Memphis roared back to win 4-1 and extend its 35-match home unbeaten streak.
Niedermeier's goal in the 14th minute was the first for UNT (5-9-1, 1-4-0) against a ranked team on the road since Sept. 20, 2015, when the Mean Green lost 2-1 at No. 5 Texas A&M. It was her fourth goal of the year.
After Niedermeier scored, junior goalkeeper Alina Arneth had a couple of more highlight reel saves to keep the Mean Green in front before Memphis (11-0-2, 5-0-1) equalized in the 30th minute and then took the lead one minute later on a converted penalty kick to send the game to half with a 2-1 Memphis advantage. Arneth finished the night with a career-high six saves.
The Tigers, who outshot UNT 20-8 on the night, found the back of the net two more times in the second half, in the 70th and 74th minutes, for the final margin.
"I'm proud of my starters tonight," head coach John Hedlund said. "They battled with basically 20 minutes left in the game down 2-1, and that's counting a very questionable penalty kick given by the referee. Unfortunately, we just ran out of gas at the end. But I'm proud of the effort and fight tonight against the No. 8 team in the country."
UNT will now return home for its next two with a 1 p.m. kickoff slated for Sunday against Tulsa (7-4-4, 2-2-2), who is coming off a 1-0 win over UAB on Thursday night.
For more information on UNT Soccer tickets, contact the Mean Green Ticket Office at 940-565-2527 or at ticketoffice@unt.edu. Fans can visit the UNT Athletics Ticket Office located at Gate 2 of DATCU Stadium between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
After withstanding an early barrage of Memphis' attack, UNT's Claire Niedermeier was able to corral a loose ball from the Memphis goalkeeper and turn and fire from a sharp angle along the goal line to open the night's scoring in UNT's favor before Memphis roared back to win 4-1 and extend its 35-match home unbeaten streak.
Niedermeier's goal in the 14th minute was the first for UNT (5-9-1, 1-4-0) against a ranked team on the road since Sept. 20, 2015, when the Mean Green lost 2-1 at No. 5 Texas A&M. It was her fourth goal of the year.
After Niedermeier scored, junior goalkeeper Alina Arneth had a couple of more highlight reel saves to keep the Mean Green in front before Memphis (11-0-2, 5-0-1) equalized in the 30th minute and then took the lead one minute later on a converted penalty kick to send the game to half with a 2-1 Memphis advantage. Arneth finished the night with a career-high six saves.
The Tigers, who outshot UNT 20-8 on the night, found the back of the net two more times in the second half, in the 70th and 74th minutes, for the final margin.
"I'm proud of my starters tonight," head coach John Hedlund said. "They battled with basically 20 minutes left in the game down 2-1, and that's counting a very questionable penalty kick given by the referee. Unfortunately, we just ran out of gas at the end. But I'm proud of the effort and fight tonight against the No. 8 team in the country."
UNT will now return home for its next two with a 1 p.m. kickoff slated for Sunday against Tulsa (7-4-4, 2-2-2), who is coming off a 1-0 win over UAB on Thursday night.
For more information on UNT Soccer tickets, contact the Mean Green Ticket Office at 940-565-2527 or at ticketoffice@unt.edu. Fans can visit the UNT Athletics Ticket Office located at Gate 2 of DATCU Stadium between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Team Stats
UNT
MEM
Goals
1
4
Shots
8
20
Shots on Goal
3
10
Saves
6
2
Corners
2
9
Fouls
10
7
Scoring Plays
Claire Niedermeier (4)
GOAL by UNT Niedermeier, Claire.
13:11
Elise Perron (4)
Assisted By: Mihiro Furuya
GOAL by MEM Perron, Elise Assist by Furuya, Mihiro.
29:05
Ashley Henderson (4)
MEM Ashley Henderson PENALTY KICK GOAL.
30:50
Ai Kitagawa (6)
Assisted By: Ashley Henderson , Mihiro Furuya
GOAL by MEM Kitagawa, Ai Assist by Henderson, Ashley and Furuya, Mihiro.
69:21
Flavie Dube (4)
GOAL by MEM Dube, Flavie.
73:26
Game Leaders
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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