The Missouri Southern women's soccer team welcomes in Harding University for the first home game of the 2018 season inside Fred G. Hughes Stadium tomorrow at 11:00 am
The Lions improved to 2-0-1 after freshman Bailey Belcher scored the game winner at East Central with 2:30 left in regulation on Sunday. Sophomore Sarah Tatum recorded the first goal in the 24th minute of the match to tie it up heading into the second period. Five players have registered goals through the team's opening three road matches alongside a shutdown defense who has held opponents to two goals in 290 minutes.
The Rundown
Tuesday: Harding - Fred G. Hughes Stadium- 11:00 am - Free Admission!!!
TV/Stream:
HU - http://themiaanetwork.com/mssulions/Live Stats:
HU - http://www.mssulions.com/sidearmstats/wsoc/summary
What the Opponents are Bringing to the Battle!
Harding (0-3)
Series: MSSU leads 2-0-1
Great American Conference ... Third (7-9-3 overall / 6-5-1 GAC) ... picked third in their conference pre-season poll ... retained two All-Region honorees in seniors Bethany Sutherland and Sierra Phillips; Sutherland also earned D2CCA All-America to become the only three-time All-American honoree in program history ... seven other join them as starters with eight or more starts during the 2017 season ... took the Lions to a 1-1 draw in last season's meeting ... the Lions won 4-1 back in 2007 with four unanswered goals after the Lady Bison recorded the first one in the team's last meeting in Joplin ... are 0-3 against the MIAA thus far (Emporia 3-1, Missouri Western 2-1, and Northeastern State 3-2); all at home with the opponent scoring first ... head coach Dr. Greg Harris enters his 18th season at the helm of the Lady Bison with a .474 winnings percentage (133-149-25) and a five GAC coach of the year awards.
Next Stretch
Southern hits the road for a pair of non-conference matches beginning at Northeastern State on Friday, Sept. 14 at 7:30 pm, followed by a meeting with Southwest Baptist on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 2 pm.
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