University of Missouri
Arkansas
@MizzouSoccer set for road battle with the Razorbacks
9/26/2018 10:29:00 AM | Soccer
Arkansas has not lost a game at home this season
| This Week: Thursday, Sept. 27 | |||||
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| OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME | VIDEO | STATS |
| at Arkansas | Fayetteville, Ark. | Thursday | 6 p.m. | SEC Network | Stats |
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Soccer (4-5-2, 1-1-1) faces a road test after a draw against Georgia in double overtime and a loss against Vanderbilt last week. Mizzou will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to battle Arkansas (7-2-2, 2-1) at 6 p.m. on Thursday at Razorback Field. The Tigers will try to prevent the Razorbacks from extending their two-game win streak, which includes a win over then-No. 2 Texas A&M.
Junior forward Sarah Luebbert (Jefferson City, Mo.) recorded the only goal in a 2-1 loss to Vanderbilt, making her the ninth player in Mizzou Soccer history to score 20 career goals. In the 21st minute, Luebbert headed the ball past the Vanderbilt goalkeeper and into the back of the net off of a bicycle kick assist from freshman forward Julissa Cisneros (Moreno Valley, Calif.), giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead. The Tigers held the lead going into halftime, but the Commodores battled back and tied the game in the 59th minute. In the 82nd minute, the Tigers made the costly mistake of an own goal, allowing Vanderbilt to take the lead and win the game. Luebbert recorded three shots and one shot on goal in the loss.
TALKING POINTS
- This will be the second game for the Tigers on SEC Network. Their other appearance came on September 13, when they beat Kentucky at home, 1-0.
- The Tigers most recently fell at home to Vanderbilt, 2-1.
- The Tigers led at the half against the Commodores, but conceded two second half goals, one on a PK and one on an own goal, to lose for the first time this season in SEC play.
- The Tigers lone goal in the game came from junior forward Sarah Luebbert, who headed the ball in after an attempted bicycle kick from freshman forward Julissa Cisneros hit the crossbar.
- With her goal on Sunday, Luebbert now has 20 in her career. She is just one of nine players in Mizzou Soccer history to score 20 career goals.
- She also leads the team in several major offensive categories this season, including goals (3), points (6) shots (23), and shots on goal (13).
- Cisneros' assist was the first of her career, and only the second for the Tigers all year. The Tigers have scored eight goals, six of which have been unassisted.
- Both of Mizzou's assists this year have come from freshmen. Freshman forward Blythe Beldner registered Mizzou's only other assist against Iowa State.
- Senior goalkeeper Kelsey Dossey registered her third shutout of the season against Georgia. She had a couple of difficult saves in the second OT period to keep the clean sheet.
- Dossey has now blanked the opponent in three of her last five games. She also now has 10 shutouts in her career.
LOOKING AT THE OPPONENT… ARKANSAS
- Arkansas enters the game against the Tigers with an overall record of 7-2-2, defeating Duquesne, Nebraska-Omaha, Baylor, Florida Atlantic, UConn, Texas A&M and Alabama.
- The Razorbacks have not lost a game at home this year. Their current record is 5-0-1 in Fayetteville.
- Arkansas knocked off then-No. 2 Texas A&M 3-2 last Thursday, snapping a 25-game losing streak to the Aggies that dates back to 1993.
- The winner of this game will take the lead in the all-time series, as the Razorbacks and Tigers are currently tied with four wins apiece.
