No. 8 Men's Soccer to Face Tulsa at Home

Missouri State (9-0-2, 3-0-1) vs. Tulsa (3-4-4, 1-1-2)
Location	Springfield, Mo.
Site	Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium
Game Info	Sunday, Oct. 11, 6:00 p.m. vs. Tulsa Live Stats \| Watch
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Tulsa	Men's Soccer Home Page
Promotions	Free Admission \| Sporting KC & Sporting Springfield Night \| $5 Kid's Meal
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On The Pitch
• The 8th-ranked Missouri State Bears are home again to face the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in an American Conference matchup on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 6:00 p.m. (CT).
• The Golden Hurricane lead the series against the Bears 29-14-4. The latest meeting was a 0-0 draw on 10/29/25 on the road.
• Mo State is ranked eighth in the United Soccer Coaches poll, marking the ninth consecutive season the Bears have been ranked inside the top 25. The Bears have been ranked as high as No. 7 this season, their highest ranking in any poll since being ranked fifth in the College Soccer News poll on 11/14/21, and their highest ranking in the United Soccer poll since 9/11/00, when a No. 3 ranking represented Missouri State's highest ever spot.
• The Bears sit in first place in the American Conference standings, whilst Tulsa sits in fourth.
• The Bears are unbeaten through 11 matches for the first time since the 2019 team opened the season with 17 consecutive wins. Mo State's 11-match unbeaten streak is the team's longest at any point in a season since a 13-match stretch from from 9/6/24 until 11/6/24.
• The Bears are third in the nation with a .909 winning percentage and lead the American Conference while ranking in the top 10 nationally in shot accuracy (4th – .533), shots on goal per game (4th – 8.00), goal differential (8th – plus-18), total goals (9th – 28) and goals per game (11th – 2.55).
• The Bears have come back from a one-goal deficit to win on three occasions this season (vs. Penn State, at UC Irvine, and vs. FIU).
• Diego Real is tied with seven other players for the national lead in game-winning goals (4), and sits in the top 10 in total points (3rd – 22), total goals (3rd – 9), points per game (5th – 2.00), and shot accuracy (9th – 0.679).
• Fernando Alves Schmelz is ranked 3rd in the nation in goals against average (0.364), 14th in save pct. (0.833), and 22nd in shutouts (4).
• Diego Real was named the American Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 5.
• Diego Real was named a part of the 2026 Men's Hermann Trophy Midseason Watch List on Oct. 2.
• The Bears are looking to add a fifth conference tournament championship trophy to their cabinet (1999, 2020-21, 2021, 2022) and their first as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Bears have an all-time record of 24-22-8 in the conference tournament play.
• Since the beginning of the 2019 season, Missouri State holds the best Division I overall record of 98-21-16 (.785), second-best conference record of 51-6-7 (.852) and fourth-best home record of 56-9-8 (.822).
• The Bears are in their second season in the American Conference in 2026 after spending 34 seasons in the Missouri Valley. Mo State enjoyed plenty of success in the MVC, with the program's 12 regular season championships, four conference tournament crowns and nine NCAA Tournament appearances all coming since 1997.

No. 8 Men's Soccer to Face Tulsa at Home

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Players Mentioned

Fernando Alves Schmelz

Diego Real

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