A pair of University of Missouri soccer players earned weekly honors for their defensive play in No. 16 Mizzou's shutout wins over No. 15 Colorado and Texas Tech last weekend. Junior defender Crystal Wagner earned a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer.com Women's College Team of the Week and junior goalkeeper Tasha Dittamore was selected the Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
Junior goalkeeper Tasha Dittamore posted her sixth shutout of the season as the No. 24 Missouri soccer team blanked Texas Tech 2-0 Sunday afternoon at Walton Stadium. With the shutout, Dittamore set a new single-season record, besting the old mark of five she held with three other former Tigers.
The No. 24 University of Missouri soccer team used a goal in the second minute by junior Kristin Andrighetto to earn a 1-0 upset of No. 15 Colorado Friday night at Walton Stadium. With the win, Mizzou improves to 7-3-0 overall and 2-1-0 in Big 12 Conference play while the Buffaloes fall to 8-2-2 and 2-1-1.
The No. 24 University of Missouri soccer team returns home to Walton Stadium with a pair of Big 12 Conference matchups. The Tigers (6-3, 1-1) face No. 21 Colorado (8-0-1, 2-0-1) on Friday at 6:30 p.m. before a 1 p.m. contest on Sunday against Texas Tech (6-3-1, 1-2).
The University of Missouri women's soccer team lost 3-2 in double-overtime at Nebraska on Sunday in a hard fought conference match-up. The Tigers (6-3-0, 1-1-0 Big 12) twice took the lead from goals by freshman midfielder Mallory Stipetich and sophomore striker Alysha Bonnick but Nebraska (6-4-1, 2-0-0 Big 12) equalized both times before winning the game in the 107th minute.
Mizzou (5-1, 1-1) travels to Austin, Texas, where they'll take on the nation's #1-ranked Texas Longhorns (6-0, 2-0) Saturday night at 7 p.m. The game will be shown nationally on ABC.
Mizzou Basketball hosted its inaugural Douglass Park Basketball Clinic on Saturday Oct. 11 and better than 40 area youths turned out for the two-hour camp.
Missouri opened play in the Price's Give `em Five on Monday in Las Cruces, N.M. and stands in a tie for 10th place. Junior Julia Potter had the best round of the day for the Tigers, carding a one-over-par 73 on Monday to put her in a tie for fifth place.