Mizzou Soccer Returns Home to Host LSU

SoccerOctober 14, 2020

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou Soccer will host LSU on Friday night at 7 p.m., at Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium.

Mizzou Hosts LSU on Friday Night
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
vs. LSU	Columbia, Mo.	Friday, Oct. 16	7 p.m.	SEC+	StatBroadcast

Mizzou Soccer will go for its second-straight win at home on Friday night, hosting LSU.
The match will kick off at 7 p.m. (Central) and stream on SEC Network+, with Nate Gatter and Simon Rose handling play-by-play and analyst duties, respectively.

Mizzou lost on the road to Tennessee, 2-1, in a match that came down to the final minutes at Regal Soccer Stadium.
The Vols went up 2-0 in the second half, but a goal from Zoe Cross – the first of her career – in the 79th minute brought the Tigers back to life.
Mizzou fired off a season-high 20 shots to constantly put Tennessee on its heels, but they were unable to find the equalizer in the final 10 minutes.
The loss continues a streak of 13-straight winless matches on the road in SEC play for Mizzou. The last time Mizzou won a conference match on the road was a 2-1 victory at Kentucky, on Oct. 8, 2017.

In the first year under head coach Sian Hudson, LSU has opened the season 0-3, falling to Arkansas, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.
The visiting Tigers have been shutout twice, with their lone goal coming against Mississippi State this past Sunday. LSU has registered only 36 shots on the season – 13 on goal.
In between the sticks, LSU has rotated between the pair of Mollee Swift and Bella Zanotelli. Both have registered a save-percentage above 69 percent, as LSU has faced 50 shots on the season.
Mizzou is looking for its first win over LSU since a 2-0 victory on Oct. 26, 2017 in Columbia, Mo.
The last meeting between the two programs was a 3-2, double-overtime thriller in the opening round of the SEC Tournament in 2018. Julissa Cisneros posted a brace for Mizzou, including a goal in the 85th minute to send the match to overtime. A hat-trick from LSU's Alex Thomas proved to be too much for the Black and Gold, as her goal in the 104th minute eliminated Mizzou.

Mizzou head coach Bryan Blitz, the lone head coach in program history, is one-win shy of 250 wins in his career roaming the sidelines in Mid-Missouri.
The 2015 SEC Coach of the Year, Blitz owns a record of 249-212-36 at Mizzou.
Florida's Becky Burleigh, Texas A&M's G Guerrieri and South Carolina's Shelley Smith are the only coaches in the league to win 250 games at their current institution.
Auburn's Karen Hoppa is approaching the milestone with 244 wins with the Tigers.
Blitz is also fifth amongst his SEC colleagues in career wins with 294, trailing Smith (297), Hoppa (308), Guerrueri (473) and Burleigh (508).

Since the start of the 2017 season, Mizzou has gone 2-7-3 in Friday night matches, with both wins coming during the 2017 season.
The last time Mizzou won on a Friday was a 3-1 victory over Georgia, on Sept. 15, 2017.

A win over LSU on Friday night would be the first time Mizzou has won back-to-back home matches in SEC play since the 2016 season.
Mizzou, on its way to a first-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament, defeated Alabama (Oct. 9, 2-0) and Vanderbilt (Oct. 14, 2-1) to enter the final three weeks of the season.
Since the start of the 2017 season, Mizzou has gone 7-9 at Walton Stadium during SEC play.