After securing a 2-1 win in the Border War last season at home, the Missouri Tigers were hungry for another win in enemy territory this season, after suffering a brutal 5-0 defeat at the hands of rivals Nebraska in their game prior. To get out the dirty taste of rivalry defeat, the Tigers hoped to get a victory in Lawrence on Sunday.
The game started off just the way the Tigers had hoped, as Leah Selm chipped an errant ball of a free kick towards the net, which proceeded to bounce off the post, then off the kU goalkeeper and into the net, giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead nine minutes into the game.