COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou soccer is set to kick off the 2022 regular season with a pair of home contests Thursday, Aug. 18 against SEMO, and Sunday, Aug. 21 versus Ohio State.
The match against the Redhawks will be the first of the season for SEMO as well. Missouri welcomes the Buckeyes to Walton Stadium after they take on Kansas, Aug. 18.
2021 REVIEW
The Tigers closed out the 2021 campaign with an overall record of 7-10-0, having five of those seven wins come at home.
Sophomore Milena Fischer led the squad as a freshman in goals (five) and points (15), while former Tiger Julissa Cisneros topped the team with six assists.
Appearing in 11-of-17 games last season, McKenna Sheehan played 775+ minutes for Mizzou in net, making 42 total saves and posting a 2.09 goals against average.
PICKED AS THE UNDERDOG
Mizzou was picked to finish 13th in the Southeastern Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, after being selected 12th the previous two seasons.
Tennessee was picked to finish first in the league, followed by Arkansas and South Carolina, respectively. Additionally, the Tigers will take on three of the top five this season; Tennesee, South Carolina, and Auburn.
Preseason Coaches’ Poll
1. Tennessee
2. Arkansas
3. South Carolina
4. Auburn
5. Alabama
6t. Georgia
6t. Vanderbilt
8. Texas A&M
9. Ole Miss
10. LSU
11. Mississippi State
12. Kentucky
13. Missouri
14. Florida
COACHING STAFF ADDITIONS
This season Mizzou soccer fans will see two new faces on the bench in assistant coach Kelsey Wys and volunteer coach Mario Felix.
Wys was a goalkeeper and four-year starter at Florida State from 2010-2013. The former keeper joins the Tigers after serving as an assistant with Appalachian State for two seasons (2020-21). She also spent time in the NWSL from 2014-2018 with the Western New York Flash and the Washington Spirit.
Felix comes to Columbia after spending the past two seasons as the associate head coach at Southern Utah. He briefly served as the head coach at Chicago State before opting to be a part of the…
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