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Mizzou Soccer Back in Action Against Vanderbilt, Tennessee

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Mizzou Soccer seeks its first SEC win of the season as the Tigers take on Vanderbilt on the road, and Tennessee at home

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Tigers Seek First SEC Win
Opponent  Location Day Time (CT) Watch Stats
Vanderbilt            Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 10 7 p.m. SEC Network+ StatBroadcast
Tennessee    Columbia, Mo. Oct. 13 1 p.m. SEC Network+ StatBroadcast

ON TAP THIS WEEK

  • Seeking its first SEC win of the season, Mizzou Soccer is back in action for two games this week.
  • Mizzou will travel to Nashville, Tenn. for a mid-week game against Vanderbilt, Thursday Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. CT.
  • The Tigers will return home to host Tennessee on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m. CT.
  • Both matches will be streamed on SEC Network+

LAST TIME OUT

  • Mizzou played only once last week, battling No. 7 South Carolina to a 1-0 loss at home on Friday night.
  • The Tigers were short-handed with two starters missing Friday's game – as both Peyton Bauman (Flower Mound, Texas) and Madison Lewis (Zionsville, Ind.) sat out.
  • True freshman McKenna Sheehan (Cary, Ill.) made the first start of her career, tallying four saves in the loss.

LOOKING AT THE OPPONENT...VANDERBILT

  • The Commodores are off to a 2-2 start to the SEC season, and on the verge of being ranked in the United Soccer Coaches' poll.
  • Vanderbilt holds a goal differential of +18 (23-5), and are firing off 16.0 shots a game on the season.
  • Redshirt sophomore Haley Hopkins has seen the back of the net nine times in 2019 – a mark that leads the conference.

LOOING AT THE OPPONENT...TENNESSEE

  • Sunday's match offers an opportunity for Mizzou to regain its footing in the SEC race. The Lady Vols enter the week with a 1-3 mark in SEC play – a Tigers win, barring a loss from Tennessee on Thursday against Georgia, would move Mizzou ahead of the Lady Vols in the standings.
  • Senior Ma Vignola leads Tennessee with 15 points (6 goals, 3 assists) on the season, with Isabella Cook (8 points) and Alicia Donley (7 points) adding three goals apiece.
  • The Lady Vols have split time between Charli Pogany (484:06) and Lindsey Romig (649:53) in goal – with the latter making the most recent start.

SHEEHAN MAKES HER DEBUT

  • With Peyton Bauman sidelined with an illness for the foreseeable future, true freshman McKenna Sheehan made the first start of her career against No. 7 South Carolina (Oct. 4).
  • Sheehan held a clean sheet for 57 minutes before allowing a goal in the box in the 58' to give the Gamecocks the win.
  • The Illinois-native made four saves on the night, as Sheehan withstood 16 shots from South Carolina on the night.