Mizzou Soccer Opens 2019 Season
Opponent	Location	Day	Time (CT)	Watch	Stats
Southern Miss	Columbia, Mo.	Aug. 22	7 p.m.	SEC Network+	StatBroadcast
Ohio State (RV)	Columbus,Ohio	Aug. 25	Noon	BTN2Go	StatBroadcast

Mizzou Storylines

• Mizzou Soccer officially opens the 2019 season, hosting Southern Miss (Aug. 22) and hitting the road to face Ohio State (Aug. 25).
• This will be the first meeting between Mizzou and their southern foe. The series between the Tigers and Ohio State is locked at 2-2, with the winner on Sunday's match taking the all-time lead.
• Back for Mizzou this season is all but two players who made double-digit starts in 2018.
• All-SEC first teamer Sarah Luebbert is back alongside Julissa Cisneros, who was named to the conference's All-Freshman team a season ago. Back-liners Anna Frick and Peyton Joseph return, as do midfielders Madison Lewis and Zoe Cross. 
• The Tigers were picked to finish 10th in the Southeastern Conference in a preseason voting by the league's 14 head coaches.
• Three Tigers, seniors Peyton Joseph, Anna Frick and Sarah Luebbert, earned spots on the 2019 SEC Watch List. 

Scouting Southern Miss

• Southern Miss finished as the C-USA runner-ups a season ago, falling to North Texas in the championship game after compiling a record of 13-6-1 — catching fire in the conference tournament. 
• Junior forward Miah Zuazua led the Golden Eagles with 26 points in 2018, scoring 10 goals and adding six assists.
• Southern Miss also returns their primary goalkeeper, Kendell Mindnich, who registered 66 saves on the season.
• The Golden Eagles averaged 1.90 goals per game last season, getting an average of 12.7 shots off each game.

Scouting Ohio State

• The Buckeyes went 9-6-4 in 2018, and will open their 2019 season on Thursday, at home against Louisville.
• Ohio State was predicted to finish fourth in the Big Ten in the preseason coaches' poll, and garnered a point in the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll.
• Back for the Buckeyes are their top four point scorers from a year ago, led by junior Izzy Rodriguez. The junior tallied 10 points off four goals and a pair of assists in 2018.
• As a team, Ohio State averaged 1.16 goals per game, recording a shot-on-goal percentage of .477.

Defending Walton Stadium

• Despite opening the season with a split weekend, Mizzou will have plenty of chances to take advanatge of the friendly confines of Audrey J. Walton Stadium in 2019.
• Outside of the team's road trip to Ohio State this weekend, the Tigers will play 12 of their 18 games at Walton Stadium, including six-straight home games from Aug. 29-Sept. 15. 
• Since joining the SEC, beginning with the 2012 season, Mizzou has gone a combined 44-17-7 at home — a combined winning percentage of .699 over the last seven seasons.