Soccer

Soccer Continues Season with Two Games in Texas

Aug. 28, 2014


MatchLocationDay/Time (CT)Media
at TCU Fort Worth, Texas Friday // 7 p.m. Video (Fee) //
at SMU Dallas, Texas Sunday // 7 p.m. Video (Fee) //

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou soccer team continues its 2014 campaign with a pair of games in Texas this weekend. On Friday, Aug. 29, the Tigers face TCU at 7 p.m. in Fort Worth, Texas, followed by a match at SMU on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. in Dallas, Texas.

Tiger Tidbits
-Missouri opened the 2014 season with a scoreless 0-0 double overtime tie against Syracuse and a 3-2 loss to No. 10 West Virginia last weekend at the Penn State Invitational.
-Senior Taylor Grant scored both Mizzou goals against the Mountaineers on Aug. 24 to mark the second two-goal game of her Tiger career. She also tallied two against Pacific in the 2013 season opener.
-In its lone exhibition game of the year, Missouri recorded 2-1 win over No. 4 North Carolina on Aug. 15. Senior Taylor Grant and sophomore Rachel Hignett scored for the Tigers.
-Head Coach Bryan Blitz enters 2014 just four wins shy of 200 at Mizzou, and nine wins shy of 250 in his coaching career.
-Three Tigers were named to the SEC Coaches' Preseason Watch List earlier in the week: senior midfielder Kaysie Clark, junior defender Candace Johnson and sophomore midfielder Melanie Donaldson.
-Kaysie Clark earned All-SEC first team honors in 2013 after pacing the squad with 15 points on six goals and three assists. She enters her senior season with 35 points on 12 goals and 11 assists.
-The 2014 Tigers are a family affair, with two pairs of sisters suiting up for Mizzou. Senior Kaysie Clark is joined on the pitch by her sister, freshman Kaitlyn, while freshman Jessica Johnson joins her sister Jessica on the squad.

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