Mizzou Soccer Opens Season With a Tie: The Buzz

Missouri soccer officially began its season with a game against South Dakota State on Thursday. The Tigers tied with the Jackrabbits 1-1.

At 78:32, South Dakota State's Hailee Christensen scored to even the game at 1-1. Mia Bosch had the assist.

Missouri marked the scoreboard first after 41:21 minutes of game time. Sophomore Ava Vetter scored the goal, and sophomore Emily Derucki was credited with the assist. The score gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead.

The Tigers had previously competed in an exhibition game against Kansas State on Aug. 6. The result of that game was a tie, 1-1, but it didn't count for Missouri's record.

Missouri currently sits at 0-0-1, and the team will look to pick up a win against Youngstown State. The Tigers and Penguins will face off at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Columbia.

Here's the Buzz for Friday, August 15, 2025:

Mizzou Results

Soccer: Missouri 1, South Dakota State 1 (tie).

Friday's Schedule

No games scheduled.

SEC News

SEC Daily: Conference Sets New Record as Preseason Top 25 Released

Did you notice?

Ehren Earleywine was hired as an assistant coach of the Texas Longhorns softball team. He coached at MU from 2007 to 2018.

Texas has hired Ehren Earleywine as an assistant coach.

He spent the 2025 season on staff at Ole Miss and was previously the head coach at Missouri.https://t.co/PnrtXl8yeA
— D1Softball (@D1Softball) August 14, 2025

Missouri athletic director Laird Veatch had a look at Faurot Field, which is undergoing construction. The renovations make up a $250 million project.

AD Laird Veatch and the Mizzou Senior Leadership Team put on their hard hats this week to get an up-close view of the incredible progress taking place at the Memorial Stadium Centennial Project. 🏗️🚧🦺

🔗: https://t.co/jtgEvgzMnb #MIZ 🐯 pic.twitter.com/3ecWa5xTtu
— Mizzou Athletics (@MizzouAthletics) August 14, 2025

Missouri cross country is hosting the NCAA National Championships on Nov. 22. The official Twitter/X for Mizzou Athletics promoted the event, which will occur at Gans Creek.

⏳ The countdown begins! ⏳

We are officially 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 from hosting the 𝙉𝘾𝘼𝘼 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨!🏃‍♀️🏃

Will we see you at Gans Creek on November 22nd?#MIZ 🐯 pic.twitter.com/bi0VdBsqlS
— Mizzou Athletics (@MizzouAthletics) August 14, 2025

Mizzou Quote of the Day

“In 1972, the Tigers’ football field was officially named for him – and that probably rates as his greatest personal honor. As a graduate student in agriculture in 1926, [Don] Faurot helped lay the sod on the field, prior to the opening of Memorial Stadium, that fall. In ’95, he placed the final square of sod as MU successfully converted the stadium’s field back to natural grass."
University of Missouri website

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