Thursday, October 26
Columbia, Mo.
6:30 p.m. CT
University of Missouri
vs
LSU
@MizzouSoccer Hosts LSU Thursday on Senior Night
10/25/2017 9:54:00 AM | Soccer
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME | VIDEO | STATS |
| LSU | Columbia, Mo. | Thursday | 6:30 p.m. CT | SEC Network + | Stats |
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou soccer team (6-11-1) closes out the regular season on Thurday, Oct .26 as the Tigers host LSU at 6:30 p.m. at Walton Stadium. Thursday's match serves as Mizzou's Senior Night, as seniors Lizzy Akre, Kaitlyn Clark, Allie Hess, Jessica Johnson, Kristen Rivers and Savannah Trujillo will be honored before the game.
PROMOTIONS
Thursday vs. LSU
- Senior Night - Pregame senior recognition
TIGER TIDBITS
- LSU holds a 3-1 advantage in the all-time series
- To clinch a spot in the 2017 SEC Tournament, Mizzou needs to defeat LSU and have Kentucky beat Georgia and Texas A&M beat Mississppi State. Mizzou, Kentucky and Mississippi State would all be tied at that point, with Missouri winning the tiebreaker
- Missouri suffered a heartbreaking 3-2 overtime loss at Alabama on Oct .22
- The Tigers twice recovered from one-goal deficits in that match
- Sophomores Sarah Luebbert and Grace Kitts each netted goals against the Crimson Tide
- Luebbert's tally was her team-leading sixth of the season, five of which have come in SEC action
- Kitts notched her first career goal against Alabama
- Luebbert paces the squad with 17 points, on her six goals and five assists
- Three other Tiges all have five goals on the season: Johnson, redshirt sophomore Madison Lewis and freshman Tess Rellihan
- Mizzou has averaged 1.8 goals per match over the last 10 games after averaging 0.4 in the previous five games
- Mizzou goalkeepers have combined to save two penalty kicks this season
- Redshirt senior Kristen 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)
- 10 different Tigers have found the back of the net this season: seniors Kaitlyn Clark, Allie Hess, Johnson and Savannah Trujillo, redshirt sophomore Lewis, sophomores Kitts and 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
- Mizzou's non-conference schedule, which included games with seven power five opponents, was ranked as the 11th-toughest non-conference schedule nationally
- Additionally, the Tigers' slate was rated as both the toughest full and non-conference schedule among SEC teams
- Head Coach Bryan Blitz is in his 22nd season at the helm of the Tigers, and owns a 234-189-32 record with the progam
LOOKING AT THE OPPONENT...LSU
- The Tigers enter Thursday's matchup with an 8-6-3 overall record and a 1-5-3 mark in SEC play
- Last time out, LSU posted a 0-0 tie at Auburn
- The squad averages 1.35 goals per game and allows only 1.12 goals to its opponents
- Alex Thomas leads LSU with 18 points on eight goals and two assists
- Keeper Caroline Brockmeier boasts a 1.09 GAA and a .804 save percentage
LAST TIME OUT
- Mizzou suffered a heartbreaking 3-2 loss at Alabama on Oct. 22
- The Crimson Tide went up 1-0 only 25 seconds into the match
- Sophomore Sarah Luebbert knotted the match at 1-1 in the 28th minute with her sixth goal of the season
- Alabama retook the lead in the 38th minute but sophomore Grace Kitts responded with her first collegiate goal in the 45th minute to tie the match at 2-2
- The game remained tied until Alabama earned a penalty kick only 53 seconds into overtime
SEC TOURNAMENT SCENARIOS
- Mizzou enters Thursday's game still in contention to qualify for the 2017 SEC Soccer Tournament
- The top 10 teams make the Tournament and the Tigers currently sit tied for 11th
- For Missouri to qualify, the team must beat LSU, Kentucky must beat Georgia and Texas A&M must beat Mississippi State
- If those three scenarios pan out, the Mizzou, Kentucky and Mississippi State would all be tied for 10th with nine points, with the last Tournament spot going down to tiebreakers
- As all three teams went 1-1 against each other, you next move to points against common opponents (LSU, South Carolina, Texas A&M). Mizzou and Kentucky would have six points against those opponents and Mississippi State four points, eliminating the Bulldogs
- The Mizzou-Kentucky tiebreaker would go to head-to-head meeting, with Mizzou earning the spot for defeating the Wildcats during the season
OFFENSE PICKING UP
- Mizzou's offense has notched 20 goals over the last 11 matches after accumulating only two over the previous five games before that stretch
- 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
- 10 different Tigers have scored so far this season
- Sophomore Sarah Luebbert leads the way with six goals
- Three different Tigers, seniors Jessica Johnson, redshirt sophomore Madison Lewis and freshman Tess Rellihan, all have five goals
- Other Tigers with goals include seniors Kaitlyn Clark, Allie Hess and Savannah Trujillo, sophomore Grace Kitts and freshmen Macy Trujillo and Lindsey Whitmore
LUEBBERT HEATING UP
- Sophomore Sarah Luebbert has picked up her game the last few matches
- Over the last five matches, Luebbert has five goals and one assist to total 11 points
- She had two goals against Tennessee and added goals at Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Alabama
- She now leads the team with 17 points on six goals and five assists
- Luebbert also tallied a goal in Mizzou's second game of the season against Iowa State
- Her assist total of five is a single-season high
- The reigning SEC Freshman of the Year now has career totals of 41 points on 16 goals and nine assists
- She accumulated 24 points on 10 goals and four assists as a freshman in 2016
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