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Soccer Hosts Texas Longhorns to Open Conference Action on Friday
9/11/2025 2:00:00 PM | Soccer
The Tigers look to win their 10th SEC home opener in program history.
Mizzou soccer opens Southeastern Conference action against Texas on Friday at 7 p.m. at Audrey J. Walton Stadium. The contest will be live streamed on SEC Network+.
PREGAME PRESS
-Missouri enters its eighth contest of the 2025 season after a 1-0 win against Kansas City on Monday.
-Emily Derucki ranks tied for fifth in the SEC in assists (4) and tied for sixth in assists per game (0.57).
-The Tigers' lone goal against the Roos came in the fourth minute by Mia Yang, marking her second career goal.
-Olivia Chianelli recorded her first goal of the season to break the 0-0 tie in the 80th minute against Missouri State on Sunday, August 31.
-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 trails in the series, 4-14-2, including 1-6-1 at home.
-This marks the 21st meeting between the programs and the second time competing as SEC foes.
-Mizzou is looking to win its 10th SEC home opener since joining the conference in 2012, holding a 9-4-0 record, including seven in a row from 2012-2018.
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.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-Texas enters the game against Mizzou with a 2-4-1 record, most recently falling to Baylor on the Road on Thursday, September 4, 1-0.
-The Longhorns have played four power conference opponents - Arizona State, Houston, TCU and Baylor - and are 0-3-1 against them, with the lone tie coming against the Sun Devils.
-Texas was picked to finish second in the SEC by the league's coaches heading into the season.
-With 10 players on the SEC Preseason Watch List, Texas tied for the most in the conference.
-Texas returns 15 student-athletes from its 2024 team, which finished 17-4-2. The team won the SEC Tournament in its first year in the league and fell in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
LAST TIME OUT
-Yang scored the game-winner in the 3rd minute, her first goal of the season, finishing with three shots on goal.
-Kate Phillips tallied her third clean sheet of the year (fifth career), making one save on Kansas City's lone on-target attempt.
-Missouri outshot the Roos 12-1 in the second half, its most attempts in a half since posting 12 vs. SEMO on Sept. 9, 2024.
-Three Tigers (Yang, Keegan Good and Brianna Buels) each recorded four shots in the match.
-In total, Missouri soccer recorded 19 shots, tying for the third-most attempts in a single game during the last three seasons.
-Mizzou held a 12-0 advantage in corner kicks, its largest margin since a 16-4 edge vs. Mississippi State on Sept. 25, 2016.
TIGERS TAKEOVER PENGUINS
-Canada scored her first goal of the season in the 20th minute of Mizzou's recent home game against Youngstown State on Wednesday, August 20.
-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.
-Phillips' four saves mark the most by a goalie in a season opener since August 17, 2018, when 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.
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 tied for third in the conference in shutouts (3) and shutouts per game (0.43).
-She also ranks tied for fourth in the SEC in saves (17), tied for sixth in saves per game (2.43) and 10th in goals against average (0.86).
-Phillips has only given up multiple goals in a game twice this season.
ROSTER RUNDOWN
-Senior midfielder 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 -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 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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