Friday, September 29
Nashville, Tenn.
6 p.m. CT
University of Missouri
at
Vanderbilt
Road Contest at Vanderbilt Up Next for @MizzouSoccer
9/28/2017 2:07:00 PM | Soccer
| This Week: Thursday, Sept. 29 | |||||
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME | VIDEO | STATS |
| at Vanderbilt | Nashville, Tenn. | Friday | 6 p.m. | SEC Network + | Stats |
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou soccer team (5-6-1) hits the road this weekend for Southeastern Conference matchup against Vanderbilt on Friday, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. CT. The contest will be broadcast live on SEC Network +.
TIGER TIDBITS
- The Tigers own a 5-0-1 all-time record over the Commodores, including a 1-0-1 mark in Nashville
- Last season, Missouri recorded a 2-1 win over Vanderbilt in Columbia
- Last weekend, the Tigers suffered a pair of tough conference losses, a 3-1 defeat at Missouri State and a 5-1 home loss Texas A&M
- Against the Aggies, senior Kaitlyn Clark notched her first goal of the year in the second half
- The senior now has four points on one goal and two assists, all of which have come over the last four matches
- Freshman Tess Rellihan notched Mizzou's goal against the Bulldogs, her team-leading fifth of the season. She also paces Missouri with 11 points
- 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 scoring output in those games matched a season best, also recorded against Illinois in the season opener
- Additionally, redshirt sophomore Madison Lewis scored in each of Mizzou's games over Georgia and Albany
- Junior keeper Kelsey Dossey stopped a penalty kick and earned an assist in her 45 minutes of action against Georgia
- Nine different Tigers have found the back of the net this season: seniors Kaitlyn Clark, Allie Hess, Jessica Johnson and Savannah Trujillo, redshirt sophomore Lewis, sophomore Sarah Luebbert and freshmen Rellihan, Macy Trujillo and Lindsey Whitmore
LAST TIME OUT
- The Tigers suffered a pair of tough losses last weekend, a 3-1 road loss at Mississippi State on Sept. 21 and a 5-1 home defeat to Texas A&M on Sept. 24
- Freshman Tess Rellihan tallied her team-leading fifth goal of the year against the Bulldogs
- Against the Aggies on Sunday, senior Kaitlyn Clark notched her first goal of the year in the second half
- Clark now has four points on the year, all of which have come in the last four matches
RELLIHAN ON A SCORING SPREE
- Freshman Tess Rellihan currently leads the Tigers in both total points (11) and goals (five)
- In fact, all four of her goals have come over the last seven matches
- Rellihan tallied her first career goal at TCU on Sept. 7, added another against San Diego State, scored two on Sept. 17 in a win over Albany and notched Mizzou's lone goal at Mississippi State
- She also added an assist on a goal against Georgia on Sept. 15
OFFENSE PICKING UP
- Mizzou's offense has notched eight goals over the last four matches after accumulating only nine over the first eight matches of the year
- The three goals scored against both 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, led by freshman Tess Rellihan's five
- Also with multiple goals are senior Jessica Johnson and redshirt sophomore Madison Lewis, who each have three
- Other Tigers with goals include seniors Kaitlyn Clark, Allie Hess and Savannah Trujillo, sophomore Sarah Luebbert and freshmen Macy Trujillo and Lindsey Whitmore
DOSSEY DOES IT ALL AGAINST GEORGIA
- Junior keeper Kelsey Dossey made an impact all over the field in Mizzou's 3-1 win over Georgia on Sept. 15
- In 45 minutes of action in the first half, she stopped a potentially game-tying penalty kick, earned her first career assist on Mizzou's first shot, and held the Bulldogs scoreless in the first half
- With her assist, Dossey is the first Tiger keeper to earn an assist (while playing goal) since Mallory Forst against Texas A&M on Sept. 28, 2007
WHITMORE NABS MEMORABLE FIRST CAREER GOAL
- Freshman Lindsey Whitmore's first goal in a Tiger uniform was a memorable one, as she netted the game-winner in Mizzou's 2-1 comeback win over San Diego State on Sept. 10
- Missouri trailed 1-0 early in the first half and made it a 1-1 match by halftime
- With the score still tied in the 69th minute, Whitmore one-timed a loose ball in the box on the open net to propel the Tigers to the win and put her into the scoring column
- Whitmore became the seventh Tiger to score a goal so far this season, including the third freshman
LOOKING AT THE OPPONENT...VANDERBILT
- The Commodores enter this weekend 7-3-1 on the season, with wins over Tennessee Tech, Boston College, UMass, Western Kentucky, Lipscomb, LSU and Georgia, and losses to SLU, Indiana and Rhode Island. They played to a scoreless draw with Arkansas
- Vanderbilt averages 1.09 goals per contest but yields just 0.73 goals to its opponents
- Simone Charley and Rebecca Rossett both pace the squad with six points on two goals and two assists
- Overall, eight different players have tallied goals for the team in 2017
- Taiana Tolleson has started the last two matches in net and owns a 0.45 GAA and a .889 save percentage. Kaitlyn Farhner started the previous nine games and has a 0.75 GAA and a .875 save percentage
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