Oct. 1, 2003
Mizzou Opens Home Stand
The Mizzou soccer team welcomes a three-week home stand hosting #17 California and #24 Oklahoma to Columbia, Mo. The Tiger face the Bruins on Fri., Oct. 3 at 7:00 p.m., before resuming Big 12 Conference play against Oklahoma on Sun., Oct. 5 at 2:00 p.m.
Keeping up with the action, Missouri is scheduled to bring Kansas, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Texas to Audrey J. Walton Stadium in the following weeks.
Scouting #17 California
The Bruins are 4-1-3 on the year taking on three ranked opponents. California tied #19 ranked Santa Clara (0-0) and #21 Princeton (1-1) and suffered a loss to #10 Wake Forest (1-2).
California has a widespread scoring capability with eight athletes putting in goals for the Bruins. Kassie Doubrava and Liz Eisenberg lead the team with two goals apiece.
Sharing time in the goalbox, Ashley Sulprizio and Anna Key have each played four games. Sulprizio is 2-0-2 on the year making 19 saves, allowing two goals to own a 0.45 goals against average. Key is 2-1-1 making 15 saves, allowing three goals to own a 0.71 GAA.
California owns the MU-Cal series 1-0. In their last meeting, the Bruins defeated the Tigers 2-1 in overtime at the Wake Forest Invitational in 2000.
Scouting #24 Oklahoma
The Sooners made their way into the national rankings this week toting a 6-3-1 record with a 1-1 mark in the Big 12 Conference. Opening league play, Oklahoma defeated Texas 2-1.
Lauren MacIver leads the Sooners offensively with four goals and four assists (12 points). Following closely, senior Logan Womac owns four goals and two assists on the year for 10 points.
In the box, Catherine Wade has played in all 10 of Oklahoma's games to own a 6-3-1 record. She has made 63 saves, allowed 15 goals and owns a 1.52 goals against average. She has two shutout victories on the year against Tulsa (2-0) and ORU (2-0).
Missouri leads the MU-OU series 4-2. The Tigers have fallen to the Sooners in their last two outings. Oklahoma defeated Mizzou 2-0 last year and 2-1 in 2001.
Broadcast Information
Catch all the action of the 2003 Missouri soccer home season on KCOU. Each Mizzou home game is aired on KCOU 88.1 fm with a live webcast from the KCOU website at http:\\kcou.mu.org.
Eyeing the Tigers
Missouri joins the fray toting a 5-5-0 record and an 0-2 Big 12 Conference mark. Battling a range of injuries that have sidelined five of Mizzou's starters at various points during the season, The Tigers have lost their last three consecutive games to ranked opponents in #5 Florida (4-0), #17 Colorado (3-2) and #21 Nebraska (3-1).
Facing #12 California and #21 Oklahoma sets a Missouri record for consecutive games played against ranked opponents.
Missouri in the Big 12
? The Tiger goalkeeping staff is ranked second making 58 saves on the year to average 5.80 saves per game.
? During league play, Mizzou is ranked third with 10 saves in two games.
? Missouri is ranked seventh scoring 50 points and owning 16 assists.
Tiger Tidbits
? The Tigers remain undefeated at home taking four consecutive victories in Audrey J. Walton Stadium, including two games to win the 2003 Nike Tiger Invitational.
? Missouri opened the year with a 4-0 win streak marking just the second time in program history the Tigers have gone undefeated during its season introduction - Mizzou opened the 2000 season with five consecutive victories before taking a loss.
? Including California and Oklahoma, Missouri has faced seven ranked opponents during its first 12 games.
** To review the entire set of Missouri Soccer Game Notes, please link to the Weekly Release on the main soccer page.