Skip to Main Content
The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Tigers bash opponents en route to weekend sweeps

Seth Boster September 4, 2011

After going undefeated at its own Tiger Invitational the weekend before, the Missouri volleyball team felt confident upon landing in Tennessee to play in the Middle Tennessee Blue Raider Bash. The Tigers’...

Tigers embark on Franklin era with victory over Redhawks

Tigers embark on Franklin era with victory over Redhawks

Pat Iversen September 3, 2011

As far as non-conference games go, Missouri has seen its fair share of romps thoughout the years. Just ask Miami (Ohio), a team the Tigers beat by 38 points last season. Saturday’s rematch against the...

Tigers travel south for Blue Raider Bash

Seth Boster September 2, 2011

Before the sun showed its face over Columbia on Wednesday, the volleyball team was already up and going. Players rose at about 5:30 a.m. and were bussed out to take an early flight to Tennessee. A day...

Steckel fuels the fire for MU defense

Steckel fuels the fire for MU defense

Nate Atkins September 2, 2011

When Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel thinks about the progress his defense has made throughout the years, he returns to his first year. After accepting the position in 2001, Pinkel received a call...

Meet James Franklin: The smile, the laugh, the persona

Meet James Franklin: The smile, the laugh, the persona

Pat Iversen September 2, 2011

Football is a nasty, vicious sport. The bone-crushing collisions and the fierce determination put into every play are enough to make any man give into his anger and say words he might regret off the field,...

Competition thrives in Tiger backfield

Competition thrives in Tiger backfield

Nate Atkins September 2, 2011

When it comes to the Missouri running back position, competition marks the spot. Missouri’s top four rushers from last season all return in 2011. After one major injury, three talented rushers in senior...

Invitational breeds camaraderie for Tigers

Invitational breeds camaraderie for Tigers

Lindsey Davison August 30, 2011

The crisp reverberation of sophomore outside hitter Lisa Henning’s palm hitting the ball, followed by an echoing sound of the ball socking the playing court, was a common occurrence this weekend at the...

Tigers bring out the brooms for Tiger Invitational

Tigers bring out the brooms for Tiger Invitational

Seth Boster August 30, 2011

Entering the 2011 season, volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow said he wanted to see “resiliency,” — a word he used often leading up to this weekend’s annual Tiger Invitational. He would get a chance...

Missouri sweeps away competition at Tiger Invitational

Lindsey Davison August 28, 2011

The Tigers brought out the brooms for a couple more sweeps during the annual Tiger Invitational on Saturday at the Hearnes Center. In toughing out a competitive volley against Tulane University for the...

Wilson shines as Tigers sweep opening day

Seth Boster August 27, 2011

After the program’s most successful decade in history, the Missouri volleyball team began the 2011 season last night at the Hearnes Center with the annual Tiger Invitational. And by the end of the first...

Injury-plagued Tigers push through preseason

Injury-plagued Tigers push through preseason

Pat Iversen August 26, 2011

Even after a month of two-a-days in the vicious Missouri heat and humidity, a two-day break from practice still made senior Missouri defensive end Jacquies Smith antsy. So when the team doctors deemed...

The time has come to ‘Put in Franklin’

Nate Atkins August 26, 2011

All it took last year was a bobbled snap, an interception or an occasional incompletion for someone in the student section of Faurot Field to shout the fan-favorite line, “Put in Franklin!” I’m...