FRISCO, TX— Seattle Reign FC scored an important away win on Sunday night against the Houston Dash in a match that was moved to near Dallas in light of the recent flooding.

Merritt Matthias scored a line drive strike in the 50th minute and Seattle’s defense made it stand up.

The match also saw the return to the pitch of Megan Rapinoe. She’s back after ligament surgery last month.

New Reign FC goalkeeper Lydia Williams came over to Seattle from Houston last week. She started in goal for Seattle and earned the shutout.

The Reign moved up to 5th place in the NWPL table with the result.

With the win, Reign FC (8-7-6, 30 pts) ends their current two-game losing streak. It was Seattle’s second shutout of the season against the Dash, and their third shutout overall. This was goalkeeper Lydia Williams first match with Reign FC, who made three saves in her shutout debut. The win also marks head coach and general manager Laura Harvey’s 50th all-time win in the NWSL.

“The most important thing for us tonight was three points and we got there in the end,” said Harvey. “I think we made harder work of it than it should’ve been, but we created more chances than we have done recently. For us, getting a clean sheet and winning 1-nil is something we have to take away. Credit to Houston, to put the game on and to turn up and play the way they did, credit to Omar, the players, a phenomenal effort by them.”