Georgia Tops Missouri, 2-0, in Regular Season Home Finale

Sunday, October 18

Athens, Ga.

5 p.m.

University of Georgia

6-4-5, 3-2-3

Missouri

4-9-2, 1-6-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Missouri	0	0	0
Georgia	0	2	2

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Georgia Tops Missouri, 2-0, in Regular Season Home Finale

October 18, 2026 | Soccer

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ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia soccer team defeated Missouri, 2-0, Sunday evening before 1,005 spectators at the Turner Soccer Complex, closing out the regular season home slate with three consecutive victories.

Fast Facts:

Georgia (6-4-5, 3-2-3 SEC) secured its third straight win at home by taking down Missouri (4-9-2, 1-6-1 SEC) while extending its win streak against the Tigers to five straight. The Bulldogs also improved to 6-5-1 all-time against the Tigers.
Neither team was able to find a breakthrough in the first half of the match, but Georgia outshot Missouri, 10-1, in the first period.
Graduate forward Emma Petterson put the home team in front in the 67^th minute on a solo effort from just outside the 18-yard box. Petterson collected a pass, took the ball into space, shrugged off a Tiger defender and rifled a shot into the top of the goal.
In the 82^nd minute, sophomore forward Mya Townes drove into the 18-yard box with the ball and played a low-driven cross into fifth-year midfielder Sage Glover's feet. Glover redirected the ball towards a Missouri defender who turned the ball into their own net to double the Bulldog advantage.
The Bulldogs dominated the Tigers with a 17-9 edge in shots, as well as leading 7-2 in shots on goal and by a 12-3 margin on corners.
In her final regular season match in Athens, graduate goalkeeper Jordan Brown made two saves and numerous interceptions on crosses to ensure the clean sheet. Coincidentally, her first career match was also a 2-0 shutout of Missouri on Oct. 14, 2022, at Turner.
Petterson had a season-high three shots and senior midfielder Honoka Hamano tied her season-high in shots on goal with two in the win.

Key Quotes:
Georgia Head Coach Keidane McAlpine
On the victory over Missouri…
"Tonight was about how we played, and the energy and effort that we needed to start the game with to try to stylistically impose what we wanted to do on them. I thought they were on a nice little run into our game, and so we knew we had to come out and be assertive."

#1 Jordan Brown | Gr. | GK
On posting a clean sheet in her final home regular season match...
"It was definitely sweet. I think that we had a really good team performance today and you couldn't ask for a better day with two goals. We had a lot of opportunities, and we could have gotten more, but the shutout is always nice. Sweet day, awesome, no complaints."

#33 Emma Pettersen | Gr. | F
On the transition coming out of halftime...
"I felt like we did decently in the first half. Of course, not perfect, still 0-0, but I guess it was just going back to what we've done in practice. I think we're working really well using those principles and that gave us the success we had."

Up Next:
Georgia is back in action on Friday, October 23 at No. 6 South Carolina. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. EDT and will stream live on the SEC Network+. The Bulldogs will then conclude their regular season at Florida on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. EDT.