COLUMBIA – The unbeaten Mississippi State soccer program hits the road again Friday night for a matchup with the Missouri Tigers (4-5-1, 1-2 SEC). The contest will kick off at 7 p.m. CT on SECN+.
“We are looking forward to playing a very physical, aggressive and organized Missouri team,” head coach James Armstrong said. “Right now, we’re focusing on fine-tuning some of the finer details on both sides of the ball in order to be better than we were against LSU.”
MSU hits the road for the second time in conference play. Eleven matches in, the Bulldogs are off to their best start in program history. Additionally, State sits at 3-0-0 to start the SEC portion of the schedule with all nine points coming from a divisional opponent.
Missouri enters the match having dropped a 2-0 contest to Vanderbilt. For 86 minutes, the Tigers were able to keep the Commodores off the scoreboard. However, with three minutes left in the game, Vandy put two past the Mizzou keeper to steal all three points from the conference table.
W, 3-2 vs. LSU
The Dawgs pushed their unbeaten streak out to 11-straight matches after outlasting the LSU Tigers, 3-2. The 9-0-2 start is the best through 11 matches in program history for Mississippi State. For the third time in 2022, State recorded three or more goals – its first of the night being the second-fastest goal scored all season. Gwen Mummert, Maggie Wadsworth and Haley McWhirter all scored for the Bulldogs.
Unbeaten through 11 total and three conference matches, MSU has landed in the United Soccer Coaches’ Top 25, coming in at No. 21 – the highest ranking in program history. The Bulldogs also achieved its highest-ever ranking for Top Drawer Soccer, coming in at No. 15 on their weekly poll. State’s schedule also sits at No. 21 in the National RPI entering Friday.
State’s backline, containing mostly upperclassmen, have recorded eight shutouts thus far, the second most in a season for State. GK Maddy Anderson ranks third nationally in Goals Against Average (0.36). Up top, 16 of State’s goals have been scored by either a freshman or sophomore. Wadsworth and McWhirter lead the way with 11 goals, six assists and six game-winners combined between the pair.
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