Missouri soccer fell to Ole Miss in their second road trip of SEC play, advancing their losing streak to four. Missouri’s record drops to 5-5-2 on the season and 1-4 in conference play, while Ole Miss’ record improves to 6-4-2 and 2-2-1. 

Ole Miss got a quick offensive start with the first offensive push of the game, penetrating  Missouri’s box within the first couple minutes. However, Missouri recovered and traded possessions with the Rebels for the rest of the half.  

Missouri took the lead early in the game with a penalty kick by sophomore Kylee Simmons that landed in the top left corner in the 14th minute. With this goal, Simmons padded her lead in the goals scored amongst SEC players to nine. Ole Miss’ freshman goalkeeper Addie Yelton came off of giving up four goals in their loss against Texas A&M. 

Missouri sophomore goalkeeper Bella Hollenbach took a handful of hits in the game. A yellow card was given to Ole Miss senior forward Meridith King after King inadvertently kicked Hollenbach in the head while she was trying to save a ball. In the 84th minute, another yellow card was given, this time to Ole Miss redshirt freshman forward Grace Freeman after she knocked Hollenbach down during a goal attempt.

However, the Rebels were at least able to play with 11 players the entire game; Missouri couldn’t say the same. Tiger senior defender Rachel Kutella received a red card in the 21st minute after tripping senior forward Kelly Brady just outside of Missouri’s box. Ole Miss’ wasn’t able to take advantage of the close foul kick, as Brady missed the net, but Missouri was forced to play the rest of the game with just 10 players on the field. 

Ole Miss’ Aubrey Mister was able to capitalize on Missouri being down a player, as she sent a shot into the top right of the goal in the 28th minute to tie the game at one. The Rebels kept their offensive push going in the second half and took the lead in the 69th minute after Brady drove her seventh goal of the year into the top left corner of the goal. 

This was Missouri’s fourth consecutive loss in SEC play, with their only win coming against the Florida Gators on Sept. 15. This is the first time the Tigers have lost to Ole Miss since 2003. 

Missouri will return home to face No. 13 South Carolina at 3 p.m. CT on Sunday, Oct. 8. Ole Miss heads back home to face in-state rival Mississippi State on Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. CDT.