Sunday, October 29
Orange Beach, Ala.
1 p.m. CT
University of Missouri
vs
Alabama
@MizzouSoccer Opens SEC Tournament Action Sunday
10/28/2017 11:10:00 AM | Soccer
| SEC Tournament First Round: Sunday, Oct. 29 | |||||
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME | VIDEO | STATS |
| Alabama | Orange Beach, Ala. | Sunday | 1 p.m. CT | SEC Network | Stats |
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou soccer team (7-11-1, 3-7-0 SEC) enters the 2017 SEC Tournament as the No. 10 seed. The Tigers will face No. 7 seed Alabama in a first-round matchup on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. If Mizzou advances to the quarterfinals, the team will play No. 2 seed Texas A&M on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m.
TIGER TIDBITS
- The Tigers have qualified for every SEC Tournament since they joined the conference in 2012
- Missouri holds a 3-2 advantage in the series, though Alabama claimed a 3-2 overtime win on Oct. 22
- If Mizzou advances to the quarterfinals, the team will play No. 2 seed Texas A&M on Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m.
- The Tigers earned a 2-0 win over LSU in the regular season finale to clinch their spot in the SEC Tournament. Mizzou also needed wins by Kentucky and Texas A&M to earn the berth
- Junior keeper Kelsey Dossey claimed SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors for her play against the visiting Tigers, as she posted a shutout and turned away a career-best 10 shots
- Seniors Kaitlyn Clark and Savannah Trujillo tallied goals to help propel Missouri to the win over LSU
- The goals were the second of the season for both Clark and Trujillo
- Sophomore Sarah Luebbert leads the Tigers with 18 points on six goals and six assists
- Three other Tigers have five goals on the season: senior Jessica Johnson, redshirt sophomore Madison Lewis and freshman Tess Rellihan
- Mizzou has averaged 1.83 goals per match over the last 12 games after only 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 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 Clark, Allie Hess, Johnson and Savannah Trujillo, redshirt sophomore Lewis, sophomores Grace Kitts and Luebbert and freshmen Rellihan, Macy Trujillo and Lindsey Whitmore
LAST TIME OUT
- Mizzou claimed a 2-0 win over LSU in the regular season finale
- The match was a must-win for the Tigers to earn a spot in the SEC Tournament
- Senior Kaitlyn Clark tallied the game-winner on a penalty kick in the 13th minute
- Senior Savannah Trujillo added an insurance goal in the 59th minute
- Junior keeper Kelsey Dossey turned away a career-high 10 shots and earned her first solo shutout of the season in the game
LOOKING AT THE OPPONENT...ALABAMA
- Alabama enters the SEC Tournaemnt as the No. 7 seed after records of 12-6-1 (overall) and 4-5-1 (SEC)
- Last time out, the Crimson Tide posted a 1-0 double-overtime win over Ole Miss
- The team averages 1.63 goals per game, while allowing only 1.21 to its opponents
- Abbie Boswell leads the squad with eight goals and two assists for 18 points
- Keeper Kat Stratton has played all but one match in 2017 and owns a 1.25 GAA and a .720 save percentage
MIZZOU IN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
- Mizzou has a 13-18-2 all-time record in conference tournaments
- The Tigers are 1-5 all-time in the SEC Tournament and were 12-13-2 in Big 12 Tournament action from 1996-2011
- The Tigers own a 0-1 record in first round matches
- In 2013, No. 9 seed Missouri suffered a 4-0 loss to Arkansas in the first round
- The program has one conference tournament crown in its history after claiming in the 2008 Big 12 Tournament title
DOSSEY NAMED SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
- Junior goalkeeper Kelsey Dossey earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 27 for her play against LSU in the regular season finale
- She posted her first solo shutout of the season, playing all 90 minutes against the visiting Tigers and making a career-high 10 saves
- Dossey's previous single-game save best was seven, which she recorded against Florida in the SEC Tournament on Nov. 2, 2016
- The award was the fi rst for a Tiger player this season and the fi rst of Dossey's career
OFFENSE PICKING UP
- Mizzou's offense has notched 22 goals over the last 12 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 six matches, Luebbert has five goals and two assist to total 12 points
- She had two goals against Tennessee and added goals at Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Alabama
- She now leads the team with 18 points on six goals and six 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 42 points on 16 goals and 10 assists
- She accumulated 24 points on 10 goals and four assists as a freshman in 2016
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