Women's Soccer Opens Conference Play in Iowa

Thursday, September 19

Des Moines, Iowa

1:00 p.m.

Missouri State University

Drake

September 17, 2024 | Women's Soccer

Missouri State (2-4-2, 0-0-0 MVC) at Drake (1-4-4, 0-0-0) / UNI (5-2-1, 0-0-0)
Date	Thursday, Sept. 19 \| 1:00 p.m. / Sunday, Sept. 22 \| Noon
Location	Des Moines, Iowa / Cedar Falls, Iowa
Site	Mediacom Stadium / UNI Soccer Field
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On the Pitch

Missouri State will begin its final season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference with a weekend spent in the Hawkeye State. The Bears will face Drake on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 1:00 p.m. before heading to UNI on Sunday, Sept. 22 for a noon match.
Drake leads the series 12-6-6 all-time against the Bears. Last season the two teams dueled in Springfield where neither team was able to score a goal through 90 minutes.
MoState leads UNI 25-6-0 all-time. Last season, the Bears beat the Panthers 1-0 at home.
Missouri State is coming off of a loss to Oral Roberts where sophomore Reilly Heman made her third career goal. In 2023, she made her first career goal against Oral Roberts.
Heman leads the Bears in shooting. The sophomore has 17 total shots with eight on-goal. Heman is tied for fifth in the conference for total shots and 10th for shots on-goal.
Grace O'Keefe leads the Bears in shots on-goal with a 11 out of 13 being on-target. G. O'Keefe is tied for second in the conference for shots on-goal.
MoState was picked to finish first in the MVC preseason poll for the second year in a row with seven first place votes and 116 points.
The Bears' had six players give MVC preseason honors. Carly Raunig, Camielle Day, Jenna Anderson and Grace O'Keefe were all named to the preseason All-MVC team. Kaeli Benedict and Gabbi Schlapper received honorable mentions.