University of Missouri
No. 15 Memphis
Mizzou Soccer Continues Road Swing at No. 15 Memphis
8/27/2025 11:45:00 AM | Soccer
Missouri takes on its second-consecutive ranked non-conference opponent.
Mizzou soccer's second of three-straight road games comes against 15th-ranked Memphis on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex. The contest will be live streamed on ESPN+.
PREGAME PRESS
-Missouri enters its fourth contest of the 2025 season after its first loss of the season against No. 23 Saint Louis on Sunday, 1-0.
-Emily Derucki stands tied for second in assists (3) and tied for first in assists per game (1.00) in the Southeastern Conference through the team's first three games.
-Mia Devrouax scored the first goal of her collegiate career during the 82nd minute against Youngstown State on Wednesday.
-Kate Phillips ranks third in the SEC in saves per game with 3.33. She's recorded 10 thus far.
-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
-This marks the second-consecutive year the programs faced off, with Memphis defeating Missouri in Columbia on August 18, 2024, 2-0. MU is 2-2 against Memphis all-time.
-Memphis hosts Missouri for just the second time as well, with MU falling on August 25, 2013, 2-1.
-Mizzou is looking to hand Memphis its first regular-season home loss since falling 1-0 in double overtime against South Florida on October 17, 2021.
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 current stretch of games - against No. 23 Saint Louis, No. 15 Memphis and Missouri State - all come 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
-Memphis enters the game against Mizzou with a 4-0 mark, most recently beating No. 11 Vanderbilt on Sunday, 1-0.
-UofM also topped Ole Miss, 3-2, on August 17.
-In total, Memphis will play four SEC teams this season: Ole Miss, No. 11 Vanderbilt, Missouri and No. 2 Tennessee. It also competed against Auburn in one of its exhibitions.
-Memphis returns 15 student-athletes from its 2024 team, which finished 13-2-4, falling in the American Conference Tournament Championship.
LAST TIME OUT
-Mizzou dropped its first road game of the season, falling 1-0 at No. 23 Saint Louis on Sunday.
-The Tigers outshot the Billikens in the second half and held a 5-4 edge in corner kicks.
-Junior goalkeeper Phillips tallied four saves, including three in the opening 31 minutes.
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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