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Missouri volleyball defeats itself against Kansas State

Lindsey Davison • September 30, 2011

By the time they've reached collegiate-level athletics, every athlete has heard the phrase, "You practice like you play." This mentality seemed to be the case for the Missouri volleyball team Wednesday...

Emotions swing as volleyball falls to Kansas State

Seth Boster • September 29, 2011

Volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow stood in the tunnel leading to the locker rooms at the Hearnes Center on Wednesday night. Four days earlier, his team triumphed over Texas A&M and he spoke afterwards a happy...

Missouri out-matched against Sooners

Nate Atkins • September 27, 2011

Missouri approached its first series of Saturday’s 38-28 loss to No. 1 Oklahoma as if it was its last. Sophomore quarterback James Franklin took the first snap and hit junior receiver T.J. Moe for a...

License to kill: Henning breaks kill record in A&M match

Lindsey Davison • September 27, 2011

If sophomore outside hitter Lisa Henning was exhausted after nearly doubling her teammates’ swing numbers heading into the fourth set Saturday night, it didn’t show. Henning broke her career kill...

Inconsistency plagues Tigers as Missouri falls at Oklahoma

Pat Iversen • September 26, 2011

The old adage in sports is that it’s not how you start, but how you finish. The cliche has never rung truer than Saturday night in Norman for the Missouri football team. The No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners showed...

Sooners aren’t overlooking Tigers this time around

September 23, 2011

Last year, Oklahoma rolled into Columbia to face the Missouri Tigers as the newly anointed No. 1 in the BCS standings. The Sooners left with their tail between their legs, done in by turnovers and poor...

Growing pains characterize volleyball gauntlet

Seth Boster • September 23, 2011

Volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow stops practice. He’s not the kind of coach that gets red-faced. He’s clearly frustrated as he folds his arms, but he’s calm when he says, “Sarah, what are you supposed...

Iowa State sends Missouri packing with sweep

Lindsey Davison • September 21, 2011

The Missouri volleyball squad didn't start its first nationally televised game since 2005 the way it would have liked. Coming into Wednesday's match, The Tigers held a 13-3 record. They were tied for...

Josey burns Western Illinois en route to record books

Pat Iversen • September 20, 2011

Call sophomore Henry Josey the "forgotten man," if you will. Throughout the preseason, talk centered around Missouri’s four-headed running back. The Tigers boasted tremendous depth at the tailback position,...

Memories of Oklahoma defeats still sting for Missouri players

Nate Atkins • September 20, 2011

After a win like Missouri recorded over then-No. 1 Oklahoma during last year’s Homecoming, many changes take effect. Pain and embarrassment from previous losses subside. A new-found confidence settles...

Missouri runs all over Western Illinois in record-setting victory

Nate Atkins • September 17, 2011

In a 69-0 victory over Western Illinois on Saturday at Faurot Field, Missouri set program single-game records for points and yards (744) while testing a few more historic marks. And for the most part,...

A coming of age: Franklin excites in Tempe

Nate Atkins • September 16, 2011

Missouri quarterback James Franklin chose a big night to host his coming-out party. With the roar of the opposing blackout crowd making the primetime road challenge more daunting, Franklin rose up, answered...