Women’s Soccer Bears Head to Kansas City

On the Pitch

• Missouri State’s women’s soccer team is heading on the road for the rest of the non-conference season, starting with a trip to Kansas City to face the Roos on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 6:00 p.m.
• The Bears lead the series 8-3-2 all-time with a record of 3-2-1 when visiting KC. in 2022, the Bears defeated the Roos 1-0 in Springfield. MoState hosted Kansas City for a preseason exhibition last season. The last time the Bears made the trip north, the Roos won 2-1.
• Five games in, the Bears have outshot their opponents 94-55 and have 54 shots on-goal to their opponents’ 30. With a shot accuracy of .547, the Bears are ranked 23rd in the country.
• Nationally, the Bears are ranked 30th in shots per game with an average of 18.8 and 11th in shots on goal per game with an average of 10.80.
• The Bears picked up their 250th program win when they beat UCA 3-0 on Sept. 1.
• In that match, Kaeli Benedict made an assist on all three goals to land second in total assists in the MVC. Benedict is tied for 34th nationally. Three assists ties the match record for most assists in a game (Jamie Hautzinger, vs. Tennessee Tech, 11/2/1996).
• Grace O’Keefe leads the Bears in shooting with 13 attempts so far. Eleven of those shots have been ongoal for a shot accuracy percentage of .846 which ties her for seventh in the nation. G. O’Keefe is first in the MVC for shots on-goal and tied for third in shots overall. Maggie O’Keefe is right behind her with six out of 11 shots on-goal to tie for fourth in the MVC.
• Goalkeeper Camielle Day made three saves against Tulsa and SIUE for her 20th and 21st career shutouts. She moves into third in school history behind Alexis Stormo (2001-04) with 24 and Jackie Jasper (2005-08) with 27. Day is second in the MVC and tied for 40th in the country with two shutouts.
• In her first start, goalkeeper Ella Becker faced three shots on-goal from UCA to record a shutout.