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No. 15 Mississippi State
Soccer Battles No. 15 Mississippi State on Friday
9/25/2025 4:30:00 PM | Soccer
The Tigers take on their second ranked team in the last three matches.
Mizzou soccer continues Southeastern Conference play back at home against the 15th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs on Friday at Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium at 7 p.m. The contest will be live streamed on SEC Network+.
PREGAME PRESS
-Missouri enters its 11th contest of the 2025 season after a 1-0 loss against Kentucky on Sunday, September 21.
-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 eighth in the SEC in assists (4) and tied for eighth in assists per game (0.40). 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
-In the 11 matches, Mizzou has earned a 4-4-3 record against Mississippi State.
-This marks the 12th meeting between the programs and sixth in Columbia, where the Tigers are 3-1-1.
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 33th nationally in cumulative opponent win percentage.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-Mississippi State enters the game against Mizzou with a 7-1-1 record, most recently tying Auburn 1-1 on its home field on Sunday.
-The Bulldogs opened conference play with a 3-2 victory over No. 5 Tennessee.
-MU and MSU both played against Texas - Mississippi State on September 18 and Mizzou on September 12, with both teams scoring three goals against the Longhorns.
-Mississippi State was picked to finish 20th in the SEC by the league's coaches heading into the season.
-Six Bulldogs made the SEC Preseason Watch List: Alivia Buxton, Hannah Jibril, Zoe Main, Laila Murillo, Ally Perry and Adia Symmonds.
-Mississippi State returns nine student-athletes from its 2024 team, which finished 19-3-0. The team finished its season in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, where it fell 2-0 against Notre Dame.
LAST TIME OUT
-Missouri lost in its third home SEC contest, falling 1-0 to Kentucky.
-Goalkeeper Phillips recorded four saves, including three in the first half to keep the match scoreless.
-Devrouax fired a shot in the fifth minute from 15 yards that the Wildcats' keeper saved.
-The Tigers kept Kentucky scoreless until the last two minutes of play.
-Buels came close to scoring in the 65th minute with a corner shot that forced another Kentucky close save.
-Yang and Meador held strong, anchoring the Tiger's defense and keeping Kentucky scoreless.
-A Wildcats' penalty kick in the 89th minute proved to be the difference in the match.
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 Kate Phillips made a key second-half save, facing 12 total shots and stopping one of two on target.
PHANTASTIC PHILLIPS
-The Tigers' starting goalkeeper 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 (29) and saves per game (2.90).
-She also ranks tied for fifth in the conference in both shutouts (3) and in shutouts per game (0.300).
-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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