The Missouri Tigers played the Florida Gators on Friday, September 15th. The Tigers won 3-2, led by Simmons. Simmons contributed to all three goals, assisting on the first goal and then scoring on the final two. Kylee was awarded for her top performance by winning the SEC Offensive Player of the Week, marking Simmons’s first weekly conference honor of her career.
This was Simmons’s second brace of the season and the first five-point match of her career. The Lakota West graduate has 16 points this season from 7 goals and two assists. She leads the SEC in points (16) and points per game (2.00) while tying for first in goals (7) and goals per game (.88). Her five points against the Gators are also tied for second in conference single-game point totals this season.
Simmons plays club soccer for FC Dayton of the WPSL, the top women’s semi-pro league in the USA, and the 2nd highest level for women’s soccer in the USA, only behind the NWSL. They finished third in the standings with a 6-1-1 record trailing first by only two points. Kylee totaled five goals and two assists in just five games, most notably scoring two goals in a 4-4 tie against Columbus Eagles FC.
Kylee and the Missouri Tigers play away in a tiger derby against Auburn on Thursday, September 21.
