GAME PREVIEW
Missouri Western (4-2-1, 0-1-1) vs. Missouri Southern (2-6-0, 0-2-0)
Friday, October 2nd – 4 p.m. – St. Joseph, Missouri
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Missouri Western (4-2-1, 0-1-1) vs. Southwest Baptist (4-4-0, 1-1-0)
Friday, October 4th – 12 p.m. – St. Joseph, Missouri
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MIAA StandingsST.JOSEPH, Mo. - Women's Soccer returns home for their first home MIAA games of the 2015 season. The Griffons will take on Missouri Southern on Friday at 4 p.m. and Southwest Baptist on Sunday at 12 p.m.
Previewing Missouri Western- The Griffons are off to a 4-2-1 start on the season
- MWSU went 0-1-1 this past weekend in their first conference action. The Griffons tied UCO on Friday and lost to NSU on Sunday.
- MWSU earned its first goal and tie with UCO in program history
- The Griffons have allowed just six goals (3rd in the MIAA)
- Offensively, Missouri Western has tallied 98 shots for an average of 14 shots per game
- Bridget Blessie remains fourth in the MIAA in shots per game (3.14 per game)
- Goalie Sarah Lyle has a save percentage of .857 (3rd in the MIAA)
- Lyle averages 5.14 saves per game and has tallied 36 saves
- The Griffons are currently 3-0 when they score two goals in a game
- Missouri Western has a record of 4-0 when posting at least 17 shots during the game
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Previewing Missouri Southern - The Lions are currently 2-6 on the season and have a conference record of 0-2
- Missouri Southern suffered losses to Nebraska-Kearney and Fort Hays State in the opening weekend of MIAA competition
- MSSU has lost four straight matches coming into the weekend
- Missouri Southern's last win came against Newman on September 12th in double overtime
- MSSU is currently averaging 9.63 shots per game (9th in the MIAA)
- Missouri Southern is currently averaging 1.37 goals per game (5th in the MIAA)
- Four Lions have at least four goals on the season
- Hannah Bomar has three goals and one assist on the year
- Shawnee Phillips has played every minute in goal for the Lions
Previewing Southwest Baptist- The Bearcats are currently 4-4 overall and sport a conference record of 1-1
- Southwest Baptist has won four of their last five matches
- SBU averages 1.87 goals per game (4th in the MIAA)
- Southwest Baptist has allowed 2.49 goals per game (11th in the MIAA)
- Whitney Snow averages 4.43 shots per game (1st in the MIAA), Karla Jamison averages 3.63 shots per game (2nd in the MIAA)
- Karla Jamison has seven goals this season (3rd in the MIAA)
- Defensively, the Bearcats have not yet shut out an opponent
- Cheyenne Forshey has tallied 20 saves on the season and currently has a record of 4-1
Last Meetings- The Griffons won the last meeting against Missouri Southern in 2014 in double overtime when Tara Russell scored off a pass from Katie Kempf
- The Griffons won 1-0 last season against Southwest Baptist when K.C. Ramsell scored off a header on a pass from Sydney Cluck.
