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The Maneater

Mizzou women’s soccer looks to start SEC play strong

Mizzou women’s soccer looks to start SEC play strong

Langston Newsome September 8, 2016

Beginning the season with five straight home games gave the Missouri women’s soccer team irreplaceable experience in the safe confines of Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium. The Tigers went 4-1, enduring...

Bailey looks to fill Boehm’s shoes at center

Bailey looks to fill Boehm’s shoes at center

Tyler Kraft September 7, 2016

Coming into the 2016 season, Missouri’s offensive line was a faceless enigma. The group only had three combined starts, all of which came from right guard Alec Abeln. The line was also missing the player...

Joey Burkett tasked with replacing nation’s leading tackler in starting lineup

Joey Burkett tasked with replacing nation’s leading tackler in starting lineup

Nick Kelly September 7, 2016

Joey Burkett’s truck is a morning mainstay near the Starbucks on the corner of Ninth and Elm streets. Burkett, a junior linebacker, makes a coffee stop almost every morning in order to become energized...

Column: Five thoughts on this week’s AP Top 25 Poll

Cole Bollinger September 7, 2016

_The first weekend of college football lived up to the hype with both thrilling comebacks and beatdowns of epic proportions. Where do teams stand after the first weekend in the AP Top 25 Poll, and what...

Double Coverage: Maneater analysts on Eastern Michigan game

Double Coverage: Maneater analysts on Eastern Michigan game

Nick Kelly , Tyler Kraft September 5, 2016

_The Maneater’s football writers, Tyler Kraft and Nick Kelly, discuss the West Virginia loss, changes that will need to be made and what to expect in the Eastern Michigan game._

A weekend no one could predict: A look around the hype in the SEC

Matthew Moskovitz September 4, 2016

It has been about eight months since Alabama squeaked by Clemson to win the College Football Playoff. Sure, a lot has changed since then, but one thing has remained the same: hype. Every year, we hear...

Missouri volleyball drops home opener to Utah in five set loss

Missouri volleyball drops home opener to Utah in five set loss

Anne Rogers September 3, 2016

Missouri needed to take one more set to win its home opener against Utah Friday night. The Tigers dominated their first two sets, winning 25–17 and 25–22 behind 23 kills, nine of which came from junior...

Mizzou volleyball splits Saturday doubleheader

Mizzou volleyball splits Saturday doubleheader

Chelsea Roemer September 3, 2016

The Missouri volleyball team took the court Saturday at the Tiger Invitational after losing its first match of the season Friday. The Tigers played two matches, losing to Miami of Ohio and beating Rice. In...

Halftime report: Pleasant surprises marred by missed opportunities

Peter Baugh September 3, 2016

The Missouri football season did not get off to an ideal start on Saturday. The Tigers are down 13-3 after the first half of their opening game against West Virginia, though Missouri held the Mountaineers...

Six winners and losers in Missouri’s loss to West Virginia

Six winners and losers in Missouri’s loss to West Virginia

Nick Kelly September 3, 2016

_Missouri opened the Barry Odom era with a 26-11 loss to West Virginia in Morgantown, West Virginia, on Saturday. Here is a list of three winners and three losers on the Tigers’ team._ **Winners** _Cornerback...

Takeaways: Missouri falls to West Virginia in first game of the season

Takeaways: Missouri falls to West Virginia in first game of the season

Tyler Kraft September 3, 2016

Despite a late comeback attempt, the Missouri football team (0–1) fell in its first game of the season to West Virginia (1–0). For the majority of the game, the Tigers struggled to move the football,...

Cross-country season starts at Hawkeye Invitational

Titus Wu September 2, 2016

The Missouri cross-country team placed sixth for men’s and seventh for women’s at the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa, the home team, won the women’s race, and Iowa State dominated...