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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Is an NFL career in the cards for Drew Lock?

Is an NFL career in the cards for Drew Lock?

Theo DeRosa October 31, 2017

Drew Lock looks the part of an NFL quarterback, but will he be one? He’s tall. Well-built. Can throw a football quite far. But how does his actual play on the field, which is sometimes bypassed in favor...

Cunningham overcomes crash, breaks out for women’s cross-country

Cunningham overcomes crash, breaks out for women’s cross-country

Andy Kimball October 31, 2017

Megan Cunningham was sleeping in the back seat of the truck while her parents were driving. The redshirt senior runner had finished her sophomore track season at Missouri two months earlier and was riding...

Pair of newlyweds find success in marriage and volleyball at Mizzou

Pair of newlyweds find success in marriage and volleyball at Mizzou

Chelsea Roemer October 31, 2017

Missouri volleyball head coach Wayne and assistant coach Susan Kreklow are no strangers to partnership. They have been working to build a successful volleyball program at Mizzou since the 2000 season and...

Blocking proves to be difference maker as Mizzou volleyball defeats Georgia 3-1

Blocking proves to be difference maker as Mizzou volleyball defeats Georgia 3-1

Liad Lerner October 30, 2017

Missouri volleyball beat the Georgia Bulldogs 3-1 in Athens, Georgia, on Sunday afternoon. For the Tigers, the victory served as revenge for a 3-0 loss to the Bulldogs on Oct. 20. The first set went back...

Waffles, a position change and high school basketball: Albert Okwuegbunam’s unique journey to Missouri football

Waffles, a position change and high school basketball: Albert Okwuegbunam’s unique journey to Missouri football

Garrett Jones October 27, 2017

In Missouri football’s media guide, Albert Okwuegbunam’s last name is phonetically spelled out as O-kwoo-AYE-boo-nam. The redshirt freshman tight end’s last name is a mouthful. He’s grown used...

Cross-country prepares for SEC championship, looks toward national championship berth

Cross-country prepares for SEC championship, looks toward national championship berth

Andy Kimball October 26, 2017

The Missouri cross-country teams will kick off postseason racing at the Southeastern Conference championship in Athens, Georgia, on Friday. Senior Karissa Schweizer will look to repeat as the individual...

Mizzou volleyball back on track with win over Ole Miss

Mizzou volleyball back on track with win over Ole Miss

Chelsea Roemer October 26, 2017

Missouri volleyball worked its way back into the win column with a victory over the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford, Mississippi, Wednesday evening. The opening set went poorly for the home team as the Rebels...

Thomas George chases after twin brother, an SEC Champion, in postseason with lofty goals

Thomas George chases after twin brother, an SEC Champion, in postseason with lofty goals

Titus Wu October 25, 2017

When cross-country redshirt sophomore Thomas George first arrived in America from England two years ago, some things threw him off. He wasn’t used to cars being on the right side of the road, so whenever...

Missouri volleyball’s depth outside is proving to be a strength for the Tigers

Missouri volleyball’s depth outside is proving to be a strength for the Tigers

Liad Lerner October 25, 2017

Missouri volleyball head coach Wayne Kreklow has a problem: His outside hitters are too talented. His team’s trio of Melanie Crow, Sydney Deeken and Leketor Member-Meneh each have more than 100 kills...

Missouri football dominates Idaho Vandals on Homecoming

Missouri football dominates Idaho Vandals on Homecoming

Joe Noser October 21, 2017

Sometimes all you need to change the story of your season is a team that’s about to be relegated to the Football Championship Subdivision to come to town. At least, that’s what appeared to happen...

Lutzow looks to provide depth as women’s cross-country enters postseason

Andy Kimball October 19, 2017

Mizzou cross-country coach Marc Burns watched the 2016 Illinois State Cross Country Championships at Detweiller Park in Peoria, Illinois, and he knew he had found something. Burns saw freshman Jenna Lutzow...

Missouri football sees Homecoming as chance to overcome past

Missouri football sees Homecoming as chance to overcome past

Eli Lederman October 18, 2017

On all fronts, Barry Odom is ready for a fresh start. During his weekly press conference Monday ahead of his second Homecoming as the head coach of Missouri football, the former Tigers linebacker spoke...