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Soccer Travels to Kentucky for First Road SEC Match
9/20/2025 9:30:00 AM | Soccer
The Tigers take on the Wildcats for their lone road contest in September.
Mizzou soccer continues Southeastern Conference action as it visits Kentucky's Wendell and Vickie Bell Soccer Complex on Sunday, Sept. 21, in Lexington. The contest will be live streamed on SEC Network+.
PREGAME PRESS
-Missouri enters its 10th contest of the 2025 season after a 2-0 loss against Tennessee on Thursday, September 18.
-With the result against Texas on September 12, Mizzou won its 10th SEC home opener since joining the conference in 2012.
-Emily Derucki ranks tied for seventh in the SEC in assists (4) and tied for eighth in assists per game (0.44). She scored her first goal of the year to cap off Mizzou's 3-1 win over Texas.
-Olivia Chianelli recorded her second goal of the season to break the 0-0 tie in the 27th minute against the Longhorns.
-Mia Yang scored her first career goal in the team's game at No. 15 Memphis on Thursday, August 28, in the 41st minute to tie the score at 1-1. She was assisted by Landis Canada, who recorded the second dime of her career.
-Mia Devrouax scored the first goal of her collegiate career during the 82nd minute against Youngstown State on Wednesday, August 20.
-Senior Hailey Chambliss recorded her first goal in the Black & Gold in the 79th minute versus Youngstown State and followed it up with a second just 48 seconds later, marking the first multi-goal game by a Tiger since Leah Selm tallied two against Oklahoma on October 18, 2024.
-Missouri added 11 shots in the second period against YSU to close the game in a total of 20, the most recorded in a game since posting 26 against SEMO on September 9, 2024.
SERIES BREAKDOWN
-Mizzou leads in the series, 9-4-2, including 3-3-1 on the road.
-This marks the 16th meeting between the programs and the eighth in Lexington, where the Tigers are 3-3-1.
-Sunday's contest marks the Tigers' first SEC road match of the year.
TAKING THE PITCH
-Missouri enters its 30th season of competition in 2025.
-Missouri will play host to nine games in 2025, including five Southeastern Conference matches. -Five of the team's nine home games will come in September.
-Mizzou's 2025 slate features a competitive schedule, ranking 36th nationally in cumulative opponent win percentage.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-Kentucky enters the game against Mizzou with a 7-3-0 record, most recently falling to Georgia in Athens on Thursday, 1-0.
-The Wildcats opened conference play withg a 2-1 victory over No. 20 Oklahoma.
-MU and UK both played against Illinois - Kentucky on August 31 and Mizzou on September 4, with the Fighting Illini putting up two goals in both contests.
-Kentucky was picked to finish 10th in the SEC by the league's coaches heading into the season.
-Five Cats made the SEC Preseason Watch List: Grace Hoytink, Skye Leach, Catherine Rapp, Sophie Harlan, Alexis Tylenda and Tanner Strickland.
-Kentucky returns 14 student-athletes from its 2024 team, which finished 11-5-5. The team finished its season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where it fell 3-1 against Notre Dame.
LAST TIME OUT
-Missouri lost in its second home SEC contest, falling 2-0 to No. 5 Tennessee.
-Goalkeeper Phillips recorded a season-high seven saves, including several in the first half to keep the match close.
-Derucki and Chambliss each generated second-half scoring chances, with Chambliss also drawing Mizzou's first corner kick.
-The Tigers and Lady Vols traded quality opportunities early before Tennessee struck late in the first half and added its second goal in the 56th minute.
CHAMBLIS' NEW SUPPORT SYSTEM
-Chamblis scored her first goals as a Tiger against Youngstown State.
-She redshirted in the 2024 season due to the birth of her daughter, Oakley.
-The junior returned to the team for the spring exhibitions. Her two goals ranks tied as the second-most scored in a single game in the conference this season.
-Chambliss recorded the first multi-assist game of her career in the Tigers' 3-1 victory over Texas on Friday, September 12, leading to goals from Chianelli and Derucki.
TIGERS TOP TEXAS
-Mizzou opened SEC play with a 3-1 win over Texas, earning the program's 10th SEC home-opening victory.
-After winning by a pair of goals, Mizzou notched its sixth SEC opening-victory by multiple goals and first since 2017.
-Goals came from Brianna Buels, Chianelli and Derucki, with assists credited to Chambliss (2) and Bella Carrillo.
-Chianelli scored in the 27th minute, Buels doubled the lead in the 56th, and Derucki sealed the result in the 84th after Texas pulled one back.
-Senior goalkeeper Phillips made a key second-half save, facing 12 total shots and stopping one of two on target.
PHANTASTIC PHILLIPS
-The Tigers' starting goalkeeper Kate Phillips is off to the best start of her career in 2025, ranking among the top-10 goalies in the SEC in multiple categories.
-The Fishers, Indiana, native ranks fourth in the SEC in saves (25) and saves per game (2.78).
-She also ranks tied for fifth in the conference in shutouts (3), sixth in shutouts per game (0.33) and ninth in goals against average (1.00).
-Phillips has only given up multiple goals in a game three times this season.
SIDELINE STAFF
-Golan made two staff additions this offseason, bringing in associate head coach Renee Horton from West Georgia and Austen Parker from North Texas to coach goalkeepers.
-Horton joins Mizzou Soccer as associate head coach after serving in the same role at West Georgia, with prior stops at Georgia, USC, Xavier, Lander and South Florida.
-Horton has guided teams to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances, a Big East title, and coached All-Americans and conference award winners.
-Parker joins Mizzou after one season at North Texas, with previous coaching stops at Central Oklahoma, Southwestern Christian and in Oklahoma club soccer.
-Former NAIA All-American at Mid-America Christian, Parker led his team to a 20-3-1 record and the 2019 NCCAA National Championship while setting single-season program records in wins, shutouts and goals-against average.
FACILITY FACELIFT
-The University of Missouri Department of Athletics received a generous philanthropic gift from Audrey J. Walton to fund enhancements to Mizzou's Audrey J. Walton Track and Field and Soccer Stadium, it was announced on Jan. 29, 2025.
-Walton's gift is one of the 10 largest in Mizzou Athletics history and the largest ever dedicated to support Olympic sports.
-The facility has carried Walton's name since it opened in 1996 and has served as a cornerstone for Mizzou Athletics, hosting countless events for track & field and women's soccer.
-The project includes a new natural grass soccer playing field and field subsurface improvements.
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