University of Missouri
4-4-1, 1-1-0
No. 5 Tennessee
7-1-1, 1-1-0
Soccer Drops Match to No. 5 Tennessee, 2-0
9/18/2025 7:30:00 PM | Soccer
The Tigers’ look to Sunday for their first road conference match of the year.
Mizzou soccer fell to No. 5 Tennessee, 2-0, on Thursday evening at Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium.
Missouri (4-4-1) and Tennessee (7-7-1) move to 1-1-0 in Southeastern Conference action to tie in the standings with four points each.
Mizzou and Tennessee went back and forth throughout the first 30 minutes of action with both teams earning good scoring chances. In the final five minutes of the first half, the Lady Volunteers forced goalkeeper Kate Phillips (Fishers, Ind.) to make a collection of high-quality stops before Tennessee picked up the first goal of the evening.
Tennessee built its lead to 2-0 in the 56th minute.
With 26 minutes remaining, Emily Derucki (Wildwood, Mo.) took a left-footed shot from about 18-yards out, forcing the Tennessee keeper to make a diving stop for the Tigers' first scoring chance in the second frame.
Later in the half, Hailey Chambliss (Eureka, Mo.) forced a Lady Vols turnover in their own end and fired a shot on target for another MU scoring chance, also drawing the first corner for the Tigers.
Overall, Phillips stopped a season-high seven opposing shots in the game.
UP NEXT
Missouri travels to Lexington, Ky. to continue SEC play on Sunday at noon against Kentucky. The game will be live streamed on SEC Network+.
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Team Stats
Kate Runyon (3)
GOAL by TENN Runyon, Kate.
43:53
Kate Runyon (3)
Assisted By: Ally Brown
GOAL by TENN Runyon, Kate Assist by Brown, Ally.
55:49
