@MizzouSoccer travels to South Carolina before hosting Florida for Senior Day

GAME NOTES

This Week: Thursday, Oct. 18 // Sunday, Oct. 21
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME	VIDEO	STATS
at South Carolina	Columbia, S.C.	Thursday	5:30 p.m.	SEC N+	Stats
vs. Florida	Gainesville, Fla.	Sunday	12:30 p.m.	SEC N+	Stats

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Soccer (5-8-2, 2-4-1) plays its last doubleheader of the regular season this weekend, traveling to South Carolina (11-2-1, 5-1-1) before playing Florida (4-8-3, 2-3-2) at home on Senior Day. The Tigers are currently tied for 10^th place in the SEC with Mississippi State with seven points. While South Carolina is further up the table in second place, the game against Florida could have serious postseason consequences, as the Gators sit just one place above the Tigers with eight points. Only the top 10 teams in the conference qualify for the SEC Tournament.

The Tigers most recently fell at home to Auburn, 0-1. The Black & Gold were once again stout on defense, but allowed the game winning goal in the 69^th minute. It was the eighth time this season Mizzou was shutout in a game.

TALKING POINTS

Over her last five games, freshman forward Julissa Cisneros has collected seven points.
For her efforts last week, Cisneros was named the SEC's Freshman of the Week.
In the Tigers' game against Vanderbilt at home, Cisneros assisted a goal with a bicycle kick that went off the crossbar. It was the first assist of her career.
Against Ole Miss, Cisneros was the hero for the Tigers, scoring both of the Black & Gold's goals in its 2-1 victory over the Rebels.
The first goal came off of a header. Junior defender Anna Frick played the ball into the box, Junior forward Sarah Luebbert headed it back to the near post, and Cisneros was waiting in the center of the box to head it in. She put it in the left corner off the bounce.
The second goal was a true stunner from Cisneros. In the 86th minute, Cisneros hit a ball off of a one-touch pass from Luebbert, and it sailed directly into the far corner. She shot it from about 18 yards out and from a tight angle, but it looked like it was going in from the second it left her foot.
Against Ole Miss, Luebbert and Frick both had two assists.
Luebbert had multiple assists in the same game for the first time since she accomplished the feat against Illinois in last year's season opener.
The assists for Frick were the first of her career.
Frick and Luebbert both had multiple assists against Ole Miss. The last time two different Tigers had multiple assists in the same game came in 2007 against Eastern Illinois, when Katya Hessel and Michelle Collins each had two (9/9/07).
The last time the Tigers had four assists in one game came last season against Georgia. Kaitlyn Clark had two, Tess Rellihan had one and senior goalkeeper Kelsey Dossey had one.
In the Tigers' loss at LSU, Cisneros was again the lone goal scorer for the Black & Gold, scoring an easy tap-in goal in the 87th minute.
In the team's loss to LSU, redshirt junior midfielder Madison Lewis and junior defender Peyton Joseph both registered their first assists of the season. It was the second game in a row for the Tigers with multiple assists, the first time that has happened this season.
The Tigers came into the games against Ole Miss and LSU with just two assists. They registered six in those two games alone.

LOOKING AT THE OPPONENT … SOUTH CAROLINA

South Carolina has an overall record of 11-2-1, defeating Fordham, Charleston, Clemson, Purdue, Wake Forest, Coastal Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Auburn, Georgia and Florida.
South Carolina's defense has been stout, as the team is currently ranked No. 1 in the SEC in shutouts with 11.
Junior goalkeeper Mikayla Krzeczowski has been crucial to the Gamecocks success on defense this season as she is ranked No. 2 in the SEC in goals against with an average of 0.38 per game.
The Gamecocks have yet to lose at home this season, standing at a perfect 9-0-0 in games played at Stone Stadium.

LOOKING AT THE OPPONENT … FLORIDA

Florida enters the game with an overall record of 4-8-3, defeating Washington, Florida Atlantic, Kentucky and LSU.
Florida has never had a losing season under head coach Becky Burleigh. Even if the Gators win out, they will not get above the .500 mark before the close of the regular season.
Senior midfielder Lais Araujo leads the Gators' offense, totaling 13 points so far this season on five goals and three assists. She is currently second in the SEC in points, third in goals and fourth in assists.
Senior goalkeeper Kaylan Marckese has played in 14 of the Gators 15 games this season, registering 54 saves and four shutouts.

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