Thursday, October 19
Columbia, Mo.
6:30 p.m. CT
University of Missouri
vs
South Carolina
@MizzouSoccer Hosts No. 3 South Carolina Thursday in Kickin' for a Cure Match
10/18/2017 2:13:00 PM | Soccer
| This Week: Thursday, Oct. 19 // Sunday, Oct. 22 | |||||
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME | VIDEO | STATS |
| No. 3 South Carolina | Columbia, Mo. | Thursday | 6:30 p.m. | SEC Network + | Stats |
| at Alabama | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Sunday | 6 p.m. | SEC Network + | Stats |
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou soccer team (5-9-1) is set for a pair of conference matches this weekend. First, fhe Tigers host No. 3 South Carolina on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Walton Stadium. The team then travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to face Alabama on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. Both matches will air live on SEC Network +.
PROMOTIONS
Thursday vs. South Carolina - Kickin' for a Cure
- Help us wear cancer awareness
- Wear pink
- Free pink ribbons
TIGER TIDBITS
- The Tigers hold a 3-2 advantage in the all-time series with the Gamecocks
- Mizzou also owns a 3-1 edge in the series against Alabama, including a 2-0 lead in Tuscaloosa
- Missouri recorded a 2-1 road win over Kentucky on Oct. 12
- Sophomore Sarah Luebbert and senior Jessica Johnson each netted a goal and an assist in the win over the Wildcats
- Johnson tallied the game-winner in the 83rd minute to lead the Tigers to the victory
- Luebbert now paces Mizzou with 15 points on five goals and five assists
- Her five goals also tie for the team lead, as Johnson, redshirt sophomore Madison Lewis and freshman Tess Rellihan each have five as well
- In fact, nine of Luebbert's 15 points have come over the last four games
- Redshirt senior keeper Kristen Rivers has played every minute of the last three matches, which included two ranked foes
- Rivers made 20 saves over that three-game span
- Mizzou goalkeepers have combined to save two penalty kicks this season
- Rivers stopped an attempt against Florida and junior Kelsey Dossey turned away a PK against Georgia
- The Tigers have tallied a season-high three goals four times in 2017: at Vanderbilt (Sept. 29), vs. Albany (Sept. 17) and vs. Georgia (Sept. 15) and at Illinois (Aug. 18)
- Nine different Tigers have found the back of the net this season: seniors Kaitlyn Clark, Allie Hess, Johnson and Savannah Trujillo, redshirt sophomore Lewis, sophomore Luebbert and freshmen Rellihan, Macy Trujillo and Lindsey Whitmore
- Macy Trujillo became the first true freshman to score Missouri's first goal of the season since Candace Johnson against Memphis on Aug. 17, 2012
- Four Tigers, seniors Clark and Johnson, and sophomores Anna Frick and Luebbert, earned spots on the 2016 SEC Watch List
LAST TIME OUT
- Mizzou posted an important 2-1 road win at Kentucky on Oct. 12
- Sophomore Sarah Luebbert put the Tigers ahead 1-0 in the first half as she headed in a goal off assists from seniors Jessica Johnson and Savannah Trujillo
- Kentucky tied the match in the 53rd minute
- The Tigers broke the deadlock when Johnson tapped in a pass from Luebbert in the 83rd minute
- Both Johnson and Luebbert tallied a goal and an assist in the contest
- The Tigers improved to 6-0 against the Wildcats since Mizzou joined the SEC
LOOKING AT THE OPPONENT...SOUTH CAROLINA
- The Gamecocks enter Thursday's matchup ranked No. 3 nationally with a 13-1 overall mark and a 7-0 record in SEC play
- South Carolina averages 1.86 goals per match and allow only 0.50 goals to its opponents
- Savannah McCaskill paces the squad with 20 points on six goals and eight assists, while Elexa Bahr also has six goals
- Mikayla Krzeczowski owns a 0.50 goals against average and a .837 save percentage in net
LOOKING AT THE OPPONENT...ALABAMA
- The Crimson Tide are 9-6-1 overall and 1-5-1 in conference games in 2017
- The squad averages 1.63 goals per game and allows 1.31 to its opponents
- Abbie Boswell leads Alabama with 14 points on six goals and two assists
- Kat Stratton has played every minute in net in 2017 andd owns a 1.28 GAA and a .708 save percentage
LUEBBERT HEATING UP
- Sophomore Sarah Luebbert has picked up her game the last few matches
- Over the last four matches, Luebbert has four goals and one assist to total nine points
- She had two goals against Tennessee and added goals at Vanderbilt and Kentucky
- She now leads the team with 15 points on five goals and two assists
- Luebbert also tallied a goal in Mizzou's second game of the season against Iowa State
- Her assist total of six is a single-season high
- The reigning SEC Freshman of the Year now has career totals of 39 points on 15 goals and nine assists
- She accumulated 24 points on 10 goals and four assists as a freshman in 2016
OFFENSE PICKING UP
- Mizzou's offense has notched 16 goals over the last eight matches after accumulating only nine over the first eight matches of the year
- The three goals scored against Vanderbilt (Sept. 29), Georgia (Sept. 15) and Albany (Sept. 17) matched the team's season high, as they also netted three at Illinois in the season opener
- Nine different Tigers have scored so far this season
- Four different Tigers, seniors Jessica Johnson, edshirt sophomore Madison Lewis, sophomore Sarah Luebbert and freshman Tess Rellihan all lead the team with five goals apiece
- Other Tigers with goals include seniors Kaitlyn Clark, Allie Hess and Savannah Trujillo and freshmen Macy Trujillo and Lindsey Whitmore
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