Thursday, October 5
Gainesville, Fla.
6 p.m. ET
University of Missouri
at
Florida
@MizzouSoccer Set For Pair of Ranked Foes
10/4/2017 2:30:00 PM | Soccer
| This Week: Thursday, Oct. 5 // Sunday, Oct. 8 | |||||
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME | VIDEO | STATS |
| at No. 9 Florida | Gainesville, Fla. | Thursday | 5 p.m. | SEC Network + | Stats |
| No. 21 Tennessee | Columbia, Mo. | Sunday | 1 p.m. | SEC Network + | Stats |
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou soccer team (5-7-1) returns to the pitch this weekend for a pair of Southeastern Conference matches. On Thursday, Oct. 5, the Tigers travel to Gainesville, Fla., to take on No. 9 Florida at 5 p.m. CT. Missouri then hosts No. 21 Tennessee on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. CT.
PROMOTIONS
Sunday vs. Tennessee - Youth Sports Day
- Children who wear a jersey receive free admission (eighth grade and under)
- Postgame kids' clinic
TIGER TIDBITS
- The Gators lead to all-time series 6-1-2 and hold a 3-0-0 mark in Gainesville
- Tennessee holds a 3-1-1 lead in the series with Mizzou, however the Tigers lead 1-0-1 in Columbia
- The Tigers comeback fell short as the squad suffered a 5-3 loss at Vanderbilt on Sept. 29
- Mizzou used goals from senior Jessica Johnson and sophomore Sarah Luebbert to recover from a 3-1 halftime deficit to knot the match at 3-3. However, The Commodores scored twice more in the second half to take the win
- Redshirt sophomore Madison Lewis also put the Tigers on the board early in the match with her fourth goal of the year
- Lewis now ranks second on the squad with 10 points on four goals and two assists
- Johnson and Luebbert both have eight points this season, Johnson on four goals and Luebbert on two goals and a team-high four assists
- Senior Kaitlyn Clark notched an assist on Johnson's goal against Vanderbilt
- The senior now has five points on one goal and three assists, all of which have come over the last five matches
- Mizzou scored six total goals in games Sept. 15 and 17, with a 3-1 win over Georgia in the SEC opener and a 3-0 shutout over Albany
- The Tigers have tallied a season-high three goals three times in 2017: at Vanderbilt (Sept. 29), vs. Albany (Sept. 17) and vs. Georgia (Sept. 15)
- Nine different Tigers have found the back of the net this season: seniors Clark, Allie Hess, Johnson and Savannah Trujillo, redshirt sophomore Lewis, sophomore Luebbert and freshmen Tess 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
- 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
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