SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri State men's soccer team continues the 2017 home season Sunday afternoon against Memphis at 2 p.m.
 

Missouri State vs Memphis
Dates	Sunday, Sept. 10
Location	Springfield, Mo.
Site	Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium
Sunday, Sept. 10	Missouri State vs Memphis- 2 p.m.
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Know the Bears

• The Bears return 10 letter winners – four seniors, five juniors and five sophomores – from the 2016 and welcome a strong class of 13 incoming freshmen.
• Head coach Jon Leamy heads into the 2017 season with 245 career wins. Leamy has headed the Bears for 26 seasons making him the program's longest tenured men's soccer coach.
• MSU was picked to finish third in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll. The Bears picked up one first place vote and 34 points in the poll.
• The Bears 'bend, but don't break' defense has given up 48 shots through three games, but only surrendered one goal. MSU's goals against average is the lowest in the MVC.
• Senior goal keeper Liam Priestley has held up two shutouts this season and recorded 16 saves, including a career high eight against Air Force.
• Priestley recorded six saves in the double overtime contest against UAB. The timely saves by Priestley kept the Blazers out of goal and gave the Bears in the game.
• Junior Harry Lewis has recorded six shots in three games and scored one goal. Lewis recorded the first goal of the season for the Bears that ended up being the game winner over Tulsa.
• The Bears broke an eight game losing streak against Tulsa last Friday in the season's home opener. The streak dated back to 2004. The 2-0 victory marked the first shutout victory against Tulsa since 2002.
• The Bears went 3-0 in preseason play after taking wins over Missouri Valley College (1-0), Missouri S&T (1-0) and Belmont (3-1).
• The squad will have its first set of twins in program history. Rylan and Reese Lavery join the team from Woodstock, Ga.

The Opponent
Memphis

• Started the season off 0-3-1 with their next four matches being on the road.
• Finished the 2016 season with a 8-8-1 overall record and 2-4-1 conference record
• Memphis will take on UMKC Friday night before making the trip to Springfield.

Series History
Memphis
Memphis holds a 7-5-2 all-time series lead over the Bears. The last meeting between the two teams took place on Sept. 4, 2016, where Memphis shut out the Bears, 2-0 in Memphis. MSU and Tulsa last faced off at Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium in 2012 where the Bears came away with the 1-0 win. The Bears hold a 3-0-1 record over Memphis inside Allison South Stadium. The series dates back to 1982 where MSU lost to Memphis 4-3 at the Missouri-Saint Louis Classic.
 
Final Details
Sunday's match against Memphis is slated for 2 p.m. Live stats and a live stream will be available for the match, well as live updates. For all of the latest information on the Missouri State men's soccer team, visit missouristatebears.com or follow @MSUBearsMSoccer on Twitter and Instagram.