Aug. 20, 2011

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri Tigers open their home schedule at Walton Stadium Sunday against Eastern Illinois Panthers at 6:30. The non-conference match is the beginning of a four-game home stand for the Tigers including Ohio State, Purdue and Northern Arizona.

Mizzou Head Football Coach Gary Pinkel will be present to participate in the ceremonial first kick.

Eastern Illinois was picked to finish seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference and come to Columbia off a season-opening loss to Northern Iowa.

The Tigers continue the home stand with Big Ten opponent Ohio State next Friday at 6:30 pm.

The game will be streamed live on mutigers.com. Fans can also follow the match and receive updates about the tigers on twitter (www.twitter,com/mizzousoccer) and on facebook (www.facebook.com/mizzousoccer).