SPRINGFIELD - After dropping their first match in nearly a month, Missouri State women's soccer looks to get back in the win column, facing off against Missouri Valley Conference newcomer Belmont in Nashville, Tenn. Sunday at 1 p.m. The match can be viewed on ESPN3.
Match Details
The Missouri State women's soccer team (7-5-2) plays Belmont (4-2-5) on the road in Nashville, Tenn. Sunday at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN3.
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Scoring Summary
• Seven Bears have found the back of the net so far.
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Hailey Chambliss (Fr., M, Eureka, Mo.) has three goals. Chambliss scored twice in one match, netting goals in the 71st and 84th minutes at Southern Illinois (9/29/22). She then scored the following game, netting a game-winning, 52nd minute goal for the Bears at home against Valparaiso.
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Joey Fosnow (Fr., F, Lee's Summit, Mo.) has three goals. Fosnow scored the first goal of the year for MoState in the 54th minute vs. SEMO (8/25/22), netted her second in 24th minute at Drake (9/22/22) and scored in the fourth minute at Northern Iowa (9/25/22).
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Gracie English (Jr., F/M, Belleville, Ill, Saint Louis) has two goals, with both of her scores coming in the first half on Sept. 4 at Oral Roberts.
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Kaeli Benedict (So., M, Bridgton, Mo.) has two goals, scoring against SEMO (8/25/22) in the 67th minute and netting a game-winning penalty kick goal in the 16th minute against Kansas City (9/11/22).
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Grace O'Keefe (So., F, Overland Park, Kan.) has two goals. O'Keefe scored on a penalty kick in the 29th minute against Tulsa (8/28/22) and netted the game-winning goal in the 78th minute of the conference opener vs. Evansville (9/18/22).
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Riley Smith (Fr., F, Platte City, Mo.) has one goal, finding the back of the net in the 85th minute vs. Tulsa (8/28/22).
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Iraia Arrue (So., F, Caracas, Venezuela) has one goal, scoring in the 34th minute at Northern Iowa (9/25/22).
Quick Kicks
• Missouri State is 5-1-1 since a 1-0 loss at Arkansas State.
• Entering last Thursday's game at SIUC,
Hailey Chambliss (Fr., M, Eureka, Mo.) has no goals. In a two-game span, she netted three goals, scoring twice at SIUC (9/29/22) and once versus Valparaiso (10/2/22). Now, Chambliss is tied for 3rd in the MVC for goals (3, 0.23 Avg/G), tied for 2nd in the conference for points (8, 0.62 Avg/G). Her,
Grace O'Keefe (So., Overland Park, Kan.) and
Joey Fosnow (Fr., F, Lee's Summit, Mo.) lead the Bears in goals (3), making both players tied for 1st in goals on the team freshmen.
• O'Keefe is tied for 1st in points in the MVC (9, 0.64 Avg/G).
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Joey Fosnow leads the Bears in shots with 27, and in shots on goal with 18. Fosnow is also tied for 5th in points in The Valley (7, 0.50 Avg/G).
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Gracie English (Jr., F/M, Belleville, Ill, Saint Louis transfer) and Chambliss are two of five MVC players to score two goals in a single game. English scored twice at ORU (9/04/22), and Chambliss scored twice at Southern Illinois (9/29/22). They are alongside Drake's Emma Nagel (at Kansas City, 8/18/22), Northern Iowa's Allison Whitaker (vs. St. Ambrose, 8/28/22) and Illinois State's Allison Baker (vs. Lindenwood, 9/8/22).
• Through 14 games,
Kyli Jackson (Sr., D/M, Overland Park, Kan.) has logged the most minutes of any Bear at 1194.
Jenna Anderson (So., M, Overland Park, Kan.) and
Abby Couch (Jr., M, Kearney, Mo.) are the only other Bears with over 1100 minutes, with 1176 and 1109 respectively.
• Since the beginning of the 2021 season, Couch and
Carly Raunig (Jr., D, Olathe, Kan.) have started every match (31 total).
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Camielle Day (Jr., GK, Dardenne Prairie, Mo.) has a goals against average of 1.08. Day has also posted five shutouts, good for the 3rd most in the MVC and has a save percentage of .765.
• MoState has a shutout percentage of .500, tied for 45th in the nation (seven total shutouts).
• Fosnow has a shot accuracy of .654, tied for 9th highest in the nation.
• MSU has outshot every opponent since 9/8/22 (at Arkansas State). Since Sept. 1 vs. Saint Louis, the Bears are outscoring their opponents 11-5 and outshooting them 104-84.
• MoState already has already doubled its conference wins (four) from last year's total (two).
Head Coach Kirk Nelson
• Head coach
Kirk Nelson took the reins of the Bears on Jan. 1, 2022, after eight seasons as associate head coach. Nelson replaced former Bears' head coach and founder of the MSU women's program Rob Brewer, who retired last season after 26 years. Prior to joining the Missouri State staff, Nelson spent four seasons at the University of Nevada, including one as associate head coach. During his last two seasons in Nevada, Nelson led the Wolfpack to back-to-back Mountain West Conference Tournaments. Nelson also had success as a high school head coach near Phoenix, AZ, spending time at both Mountain Pointe High School and Chandler High School. Nelson racked up 175 wins and competed for a pair of 5A state championships during this time. Nelson is certified as a USSF National "A" License coach, one of the highest coaching certifications given out by the federation and holds both an NSCAA Premier Diploma and a Goalkeeping Diploma.
Bears From Abroad
• The Missouri State women's soccer features three international players on their roster this season.
Eydis Helgadottir is from Reykjavik, Iceland (Commercial College of Reykjavik) while
Iraia Arrue and
Ana Paula Fraiz are from Caracas, Venezuela (both from Colegio Jefferson). Helgadottir is the second player in Bears in program history from Iceland while Arrue and Fraiz are the first Missouri State players to hail from Venezuela.
Built Some Bears
• The Missouri State coaching staff has developed quite a pipeline from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Kansas in recent years as five alums are on the roster.
Bella Bryson,
Carly Raunig,
Kyli Jackson,
Grace O'Keefe and
Abby Hansen all played for the Saints. All-time, there have been nine Aquinas graduates to take the pitch for the Bears.
Series History
• MSU leads the all-time series versus Belmont, 3-1-0. The Bears hold a 3-0-0 record against the Bruins at home, with a 0-1-0 record at home.
• The teams last met on 10/20/00 in Springfield. Missouri State took the match, 1-0.
• This is the first meeting between the teams where both clubs are members of the MVC.
Looking Ahead
• After the game at Belmont, MoState returns home for a matchup with Indiana State Thursday at 7 p.m.
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