University of Missouri
No. 23 Saint Louis
Tigers Soccer Travels Saint Louis to Battle No. 23 Billikens
8/23/2025 9:00:00 AM | Soccer
Mizzou looks to win its first of three on the road.
Mizzou soccer competes in its first road game of the 2025 season at No. 23 Saint Louis on Sunday at 5 p.m. at Robert R. Hermann Stadium. The contest will be live streamed on ESPN+.
SERIES BREAKDOWN
-Missouri soccer's game at No. 23 Saint Louis marks just the second time in history that the teams played at the Billekins home facility and first since November 2, 1997.
-The programs revived the series in 2024 after playing for three consecutive years from 1996-1998.
-The Tigers are looking for their first win on the road against Saint Louis.
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.
-MU's next three opponents - Saint Louis, Memphis and Missouri State – are all on the road. This is the first time the program has played in three consecutive non-conference road games since the 2018 campaign, where it competed at Iowa, Iowa State and Colorado to open the year.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-Saint Louis enters the game against Mizzou with a 1-1 mark, most recently falling at No. 14 Penn State on Thursday, 4-1.
-The Billikens finished 2024 with a 15-2-6 record, including an undefeated 7-0-3 mark in Atlantic 10 action and winning the conference tournament.
-The team finished in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, falling to USC, 4-3.
-SLU brings back 17 student-athletes to its team for 2025.
LAST TIME OUT
- Missouri enters its third contest of the 2025 season after finishing with a dominate 5-0 win over Youngstown State in the first meeting between the teams.
-The result marks the Tigers' largest win since also beating SEMO by a 5-0 margin on September 8, 2024.
-The Tigers six goals to open the season are their most through the first two games since 2023.
-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.
-With three assists thus far, Emily Derucki stands tied for first in assists in the Southeastern Conference.
-Mia Devrouax scored the first goal of her collegiate career during the 82nd minute against the Penguins on Wednesday.
-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.
TIGERS TAKEOVER PENGUINS
-Landis Canada scored her first goal of the season in the 20th minute.
-Brianna Buels added her first goal of the year and the fifth of her career in the 25th minute.
-Chambliss netted her first two goals at Mizzou in the 79th and 80th minutes, marking the first multi-goal game by a Tiger since 2024.
-Devrouax recorded the first goal of her career in the 81st minute, while Ava Lamothe picked up her first collegiate assist.
-Kate Phillips' four saves marks the most by a goalie in season opener since August 17, 2018, where Mizzou goalkeeper Mercedes Sapp posted seven in a double overtime tie against Iowa.
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.
ROSTER RUNDOWN
-Senior midfielder Keegan Good is the top returning scorer after netting three goals in 2024.
-The Tigers return eight individuals who contributed multiple points in a single game last season - Brianna Buels (vs. SEMO on 09/08/24), Bella Carrillo (vs. SEMO on 09/08/24), Monica Brauner (vs. SEMO on 09/08/24), Jessica Larson (vs. Ole Miss on 10/10/24), Derucki (vs. Ole Miss on 10/10/24), Landis Canada (at Miami on 08/29/24), Good and Olivia Chianelli (vs. Florida on 09/29/24).
-Junior Phillips recorded two games of seven or more saves in 2024 - against Texas A&M on September 19, 2024 (7) and versus Florida on September 29, 2024 (9).
WATCH LIST SZN
-Buels, Canada, Derucki, Good, Morgan Meador and Mia Yang were all named to the 2025 SEC Soccer Preseason Watchlist.
-Good notched her second recognition on the list while the other five Tigers are first-time honorees.
PURSUING GOOD DREAMS
-Good leads all returning Tigers with three goals in 2024 while preparing for medical school.
-Over the summer, Good played for Rochester FC in the USL W League while interning at the Mayo Clinic on Dr. Rafael Sierra's orthopedic research team.
-The rising senior split her spring between anchoring Mizzou's midfield and studying for the MCAT while taking advanced science courses.
-Good hopes to follow in her father's medical footsteps, with interests in art, science, and a potential career in plastic surgery.
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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