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Soccer Travels to Baton Rouge to Take on LSU
10/1/2025 11:30:00 AM | Soccer
Mizzou soccer continues Southeastern Conference play back on the road against LSU on Thursday, October 2, at LSU Soccer Stadium at 5 p.m. The contest will be live streamed on SEC Network+.
PREGAME PRESS
-Missouri enters its 12th contest of the 2025 season after a 3-0 loss against No. 15 Mississippi State on Friday, September 26.
-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 ninth in the SEC in assists (4). 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 stands with a 2-8-1 record against LSU.
-This marks the 12th meeting between the programs and fifth in Baton Rouge, where MU is seeking its first win.
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 19th nationally in cumulative opponent win percentage.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-LSU enters the game against Mizzou with a 6-5-1 record, most recently topping Auburn, 3-1, on the road last Thursday.
-The contest marked its first SEC win of the season.
-LSU was picked to finish 11th in the SEC by the league's coaches heading into the season.
-Seven LSU Tigers made the SEC Preseason Watch List: Gabbi Ceballos, Sydney Cheesman, Makenna Dominguez, Jazmin Ferguson, Ava Galligan, Ida Hermannsdottir and Amy Smith.
-LSU returns 18 student-athletes from its 2024 team, which finished 9-9-3. The team made the SEC Tournament Quarterfinal and ended its season in the NCAA Tournament First Round against Texas Tech, falling 2-1.
LAST TIME OUT
-Missouri dropped its SEC home match to No. 15 Mississippi State, 3-0, on Friday night at Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium.
-The Bulldogs struck twice off corner kicks in the 5th and 32nd minutes to take control.
-Ava Lamothe nearly cut into the deficit in the 55th minute, firing a right-footed shot that grazed the crossbar.
-Shania Spriggs' corner set up a diving save on a Bella Carrillo attempt minutes later, with Carrillo and Mckenna Moran adding two more shots on target.
-Mississippi State added its third goal in the 73rd minute.
-Goalkeeper Kate Phillips recorded four saves, her eighth straight multi-save performance.
-Missouri finished with seven shots and held a 5-3 edge in corner kicks.
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 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 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 third in the SEC in saves (33) and saves per game (3.00).
-She also ranks tied for fifth in the conference in both shutouts (3) and in shutouts per game (0.273).
-Phillips has only given up multiple goals in a game four 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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