Fall Sports Archives - Page 143 of 149

Learning to fall: Elvis Fisher’s walk from disaster to recovery

Nate Atkins • November 11, 2011

At the sound of a whistle, a stampede of Missouri football players takes off down the field, around the goalpost and into lines for the daily stretch. In the distance limps a straggler. Clad in street...

Tigers show growth in loss to Iowa State

Seth Boster • November 10, 2011

The last time the freshmen of Missouri’s volleyball team met Iowa State, it was their first collegiate conference match and it was under the bright spotlight of ESPNU’s national broadcast. The nerves...

Kreklow notches 400th win

Lindsey Davison • November 8, 2011

After defeating Baylor 3-1 Saturday, coach Wayne Kreklow celebrated with his team after they stormed the court following their match point, yelling “sweet” into his team’s mid-court huddle. “I...

Kreklow reaches milestone, team earns 20th win over Baylor

Seth Boster • November 5, 2011

Missouri volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow’s 400th win came and went like any other victory. When his team prevailed over Baylor in a 3-1 decision and players celebrated their 20th win of the season, Kreklow...

Tigers feel confident against Jayhawks after sweeping the Sooners

Lindsey Davison • November 1, 2011

The Missouri volleyball team waited all season to celebrate the way they did in the locker room Saturday night. “We definitely went in there after the game and we all danced,” freshman middle blocker...

Volleyball tastes ‘sweet’ victory over No. 21 Oklahoma

Seth Boster • October 30, 2011

The Missouri volleyball bench stormed the court and celebrated after vanquishing No. 21 Oklahoma in a 3-0 sweep Saturday night at the Hearnes Center, and even coach Wayne Kreklow, who kept a steady look...

Missouri volleyball seeks to satisfy hunger against Sooners

Lindsey Davison • October 28, 2011

The Tigers are approaching the final stretch of their season with one feeling sweeping through the team: hunger. The Missouri volleyball team is gearing up for tomorrow’s annual "Can The Sooners" match...

Josey gives Tigers rushing power

Pat Iversen • October 25, 2011

The general requirements for playing running back in the highly physical Big 12 Conference are size, speed and strength. To survive with just two-thirds of the equation, you have to be a one-of-a-kind...

Road struggles, home victories continue for Tiger Volleyball

Lindsey Davison • October 25, 2011

The Mizzou volleyball team has fallen into a pattern in October. As the month closes, the Tigers haven’t won a match on the road in regular season play. At home, the team has won all but one match....

Oklahoma State passes through Missouri, 45-24

Pat Iversen • October 22, 2011

For just a fleeting moment in Missouri’s battle against No. 4 Oklahoma State on Saturday, the crowd at Faurot Field seemed to collectively think the same idea: This is within our grasp. The players on...

Rival high school foes become inseparable on volleyball court

Seth Boster • October 21, 2011

Growing up, MU volleyball players Lisa Henning and Priscilla Armendariz lived on opposite ends of town. They were never too far from one another, but attended rival high schools. That rivalry alone made...

World Series divides soccer team

Ryan Hood • October 21, 2011

With more than half of Missouri’s soccer team hailing from St. Louis and Texas, the locker room has been split by baseball. As the Cardinals-Rangers World Series got underway Wednesday night in St....