COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri soccer will host Southeastern Conference opponent Ole Miss at 7 p.m. CT. on Thursday. The match will be available to be streamed live on SECN+.
Missouri (3-7-2, 1-3-1 SEC) is coming off a narrow 1-0 loss at Tennessee on Friday evening.
The Tigers attacked the Lady Vols throughout the contest with seven shots, including two from freshman forward Emily Derucki.
Kylee Simmons and Milena Fischer lead Missouri with a trio of scores this season.
In total, nine different Tigers have scored goals in Fischer (3), Simmons (3), Selm (2), Landis Canada, Bella Carillo, Monica Brauner, Brianna Buels, Keegan Good and Olivia Chianelli.
Sophomore goalkeeper Kate Phillips is poised to make her fifth consecutive start and sixth appearance on the season on Thursday.
Phillips made nine saves in the shutout victory over Florida on Sept. 29., marking the most by a Tigers’ keeper in a win since Oct. 26, 2017.
Freshman Landis Canada has started every game this season while Derucki has started five consecutive contests and has played 569 minutes on the year.
Ole Miss (5-9-0, 0-5-0 SEC) enters Thursday on the heel of six straight losses, most recently falling 4-1 to Texas A&M on Friday evening.
Freshman forward Kayla Keefer leads the team with four goals on the season as well as two assists.
The Rebels are coached by Molly Rouse. Rouse is in her second season with the team and is the third head coach in the program’s history. After three successful years at Utah Tech, Rouse’s first year in Oxford boded an impressive 6-1-2 home record.
Rouse started her career on the sidelines under Tigers’ head coach Stefanie Golan in Minnesota. Rouse and Golan were together in 2018 when the Golden Gophers won the Big Ten Tournament title over No. 15 Penn State and beat Auburn in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for their first postseason road win in program history.
Thursday will mark the 11th meeting between the two teams with Missouri holding a 5-3-2 series lead. Ole Miss won the last meeting 2-1 on October 5, 2023.
Admission is free to all Missouri home games this season.
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