Oct. 15, 2003
Mizzou Hosts Final Home Series
The Mizzou soccer rounds out its home season hosting the Texas Longhorns and the #4 ranked Texas A&M Aggies this weekend in Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium.
The Tigers are scheduled to face Texas on Fri., Oct. 17 at 7:00 p.m. Mizzou plans to take on #4 Texas A&M on Sun., Oct. 12 at 1:00 p.m.
With five games remaining in the 2003 regular season, Missouri finishes up the year on the road against Baylor, Texas Tech and Iowa State.
Scouting Texas The Longhorns are 8-6 on the year with a 3-2 record in the Big 12 Conference. Playing a strong schedule including four top-25 non-conference opponents, Texas came up with wins over then #20 Clemson (1-0) and Louisiana State 4-3 in overtime. The Longhorns also forced #1 North Carolina into double overtime before falling 1-0 to the Tarheels.
In Big 12 action, Texas has defeated Kansas (1-0), Baylor (4-0) and Texas Tech (7-0). The Longhorns two losses came at the hands of Oklahoma (2-1) and Oklahoma State (1-3). In comparison, Mizzou fell to OU in overtime 2-1 and tied the Cowgirls 1-1.
Leading the Longhorn scoring column, Texas has three players scoring in double figures. Kelly McDonald leads the team scoring 12 goals and four assists for 28 points. Kelly Wilson is second owning seven goals and four assists (18) and Nikki Thaden is third with four goals, four assists and 12 points.
In their last meeting, the Tigers forced Texas into overtime before falling to the Longhorns 2-1. Texas owns the MU-UT series 6-1-1. Mizzou's only victory over Texas was a 1-0 win during the 1996 inaugural season.
Special Promotions
The Missouri-Texas game is Student Spirit Night at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. Admission for Mizzou students presenting a valid student ID is just $2. To help fans show their school spirit cheering for your Tigers, the first 500 spectators entering the game will receive a free Mizzou megaphone.
Scouting #4 Texas A&M
The Aggies are 10-1-2 toting a 3-0-2 Big 12 mark as they head into the weekend against Iowa State and Mizzou. Texas A&M opened the 2003 season with an impressive 8-1 record taking its only loss to #1 North Carolina in a 1-0 overtime fall. The Aggies two ties on the year came during league play as they deadlocked Oklahoma (0-0) and Kansas (1-1).
Outplaying their opponents, the Aggies are averaging 2.64 goals per game (36) while keeping their opponents to just five goals during the season (0.37 gpg). Leading Texas A&M with 10 of its 36 goals, Kristen Strutz tops the team with 25 points, including five assists. Four additional athletes join Strutz scoring double figures in, Emma Smith (17), Amanda Burke (11), Laura Probst (11) and Katherine Krambeer (10).
Texas A&M leads the MU-TAMU series 6-1, including a 5-3 win over the Tigers last season. Mizzou's only victory over the Aggies was a 1-0 win in 1997.
Special Promotions
The Mizzou-Texas A&M game is Senior Day. Come watch Adriene Davis, Megan Duncan, Stephanie Krawczyk and Melissa McLellan play their final game in Walton Stadium and help the Tigers send off their senior class in style with a pre-game presentation.
In addition, Sunday is also Family Day with Missouri soccer. Purchase a family four pack including four tickets, four sodas and four hot dogs for just $20.
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.
Eying the Tigers
Missouri joins the fray this weekend toting a 6-7-1 record and an 0-4-1 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 continued their streak of bad luck into league play.
Keeping a close match against #24 Oklahoma, Missouri led 1-0 for the majority of the game before giving up the game-tying goal late in the second period. The Tigers fell to the Sooners on a controversial goal scored in overtime.
Facing #21 Oklahoma State and Kansas last weekend, the Tigers gave up a goal to the Cowgirls during the first period, but came back to hold OSU to a tied 1-1 game. The Mizzou upswing faltered however as ill fortune struck the Tigers in a 2-0 loss to Kansas. Two of Missouri's starters were sidelined by injury while the team lost an additional player to a red card.
Tiger Tidbits
* The Tigers are 5-2-1 on their home field this season. Mizzou opened 2003 with a five-game home win streak--its longest opening streak in history-before falling to Oklahoma.
* 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 #4 Texas A&M, Missouri has faced eight opponents ranked in the top-25 at the time of play, including seven of their last eight consecutive games. In addition, the Tigers have three additional teams on their schedule toted in the top-25 at sometime during the season including:
#14 Purdue -- NSCAA (10-13-03) -- Mizzou defeated the Boilermakers 2-1
#19 Kansas -- SoccerBuzz (9-22-03) -- KU defeated MU 2-0
#7 Texas -- NSCAA (9-15-03)
Missouri in the Big 12
The Tiger goalkeeping staff is ranked fourth in the league making 71 saves on the year to average 5.07 saves per game.