@MizzouSoccer Hosts Texas A&M Thursday with SEC Title on the Line
10/28/2015 12:18:00 PM | Soccer
The Tigers will earn at least a share of the SEC regular season title with a win over the Aggies on Thursday
| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DATE // TIME | VIDEO | STATS |
| Texas A&M | Columbia, Mo. | Thursday, Oct. 29 // 8 p.m. | SEC Network | StatBroadcast |
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou soccer team plays for the SEC regular season title on Thursday, Oct. 29 in an 8 p.m. match against Texas A&M at Walton Stadium. A win over the Aggies will assure the Tigers at least a share of the league crown. The match will be televised live on SEC Network with Glenn Davis and Cat Whitehill on the call.
Thursday also marks Dog Night in the Park, where fans are encouraged to bring their dogs to the game. All fans must sign a waiver stating their dogs are up-to-date on all shots. There will be designated areas in the Stadium for those with dogs.
TIGER TIDBITS
- Mizzou plays for the SEC regular season crown on Thursday, as the Tigers currently sit atop the standings with Florida. A win over the Aggies will assure Mizzou at least a share of the title.
- The Tigers can finish no lower than third in the SEC standings and already secured a first round bye in next week's SEC Tournament.
- Mizzou has one regular season conference title to its name, the 2009 Big 12 crown. The Tigers went 7-1-2 in the Big 12 in 2009 to secure the title.
- Texas A&M leads the all-time series 15-5-1 but is just 6-3-0 in games played in Columbia and 8-5-1 since 2003.
- Mizzou won its third and fourth straight games last weekeneds with road victories at Alabama (2-1, OT) and Vanderbilt (1-0) to keep its SEC title hopes alive.
- Missouri has scored 15 goals in its last eight games for a 1.9 goals per match average over that span. The previous five games, the Tigers averaged only 0.4 goals per game.
- The Mizzou defense has allowed only 14 goals in 17 games this season, which is tied for the lowest goals allowed output over the first 17 games in program history.
- Additionally, Missouri allows only 0.78 goals per game to its opponents, a figure that ranks second in the SEC.
- Mizzou notched its fifth shutout of the season in a 1-0 road win at Vanderbilt on Sunday.
- Sophomore Savannah Trujillo leads the Tigers with four goals on the year, three of which have come in SEC play.
- Also with multiple goals this season are redshirt redshirt junior Jessica Herrman, seniors Lauren Flynn, Candace Johnson and Reagan Russell, and sophomores Jessica Johnson and Alli Magaletta. Herrman, Flynn, Jessica Johnson and Russell all have three goals, while FCandace Johnson and Magaletta have two.
- Redshirt sophomore keeper Kristen Rivers has started the last nine games in net for Mizzou and boasts a 0.98 GAA and a .767 save percentage.
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