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The Maneater

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The Maneater

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The Maneater

MU volleyball’s success derives from its failures

MU volleyball’s success derives from its failures

Bennett Durando October 6, 2018

The 2018 Missouri volleyball team is a case study in success by trial and error, still agonizing for how far its talent potential could take it, still marveling at what it has accomplished so far from...

Missouri volleyball basks amid “bells and whistles” in Mizzou Arena debut

Missouri volleyball basks amid “bells and whistles” in Mizzou Arena debut

Ben Ramirez October 5, 2018

It was a familiar game in a not so familiar place for Missouri volleyball Friday night. Since the Tigers’ home Hearnes Center flooded in late September, their home games have been moved to Mizzou Arena...

Missouri volleyball sweeps South Carolina in first-ever match at Mizzou Arena

Missouri volleyball sweeps South Carolina in first-ever match at Mizzou Arena

Liad Lerner October 5, 2018

Missouri volleyball has never lost a match. At least not in its new, temporary home, Mizzou Arena. The basketball-turned-volleyball arena was the site of Missouri’s 3-0 sweep against South Carolina...

Missouri volleyball falls to No. 19 Kentucky in four sets

Missouri volleyball falls to No. 19 Kentucky in four sets

Ben Ramirez October 1, 2018

Missouri volleyball didn’t have the weekend road trip it hoped to have. After losing to Tennessee in Knoxville in a five set thriller on Friday, the team traveled to Lexington, Kentucky, to take on...

Missouri volleyball survives disappointing third set to defeat Arkansas 3-1

Missouri volleyball survives disappointing third set to defeat Arkansas 3-1

Liad Lerner September 26, 2018

Missouri volleyball made it two wins in two matches in Southeastern Conference play after defeating Arkansas 3-1 on Sunday in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Tigers were dominant in the sets that they won,...

MU volleyball practices moved this week following flooding at Hearnes

MU volleyball practices moved this week following flooding at Hearnes

Ben Ramirez September 26, 2018

Missouri volleyball returned home from Arkansas Sunday night to a damaged house. After a water main break caused the event floor at Hearnes Center to flood early Saturday morning, the MU volleyball team...

Young Missouri volleyball team looks to set tone for season with opening SEC victory

Young Missouri volleyball team looks to set tone for season with opening SEC victory

Caroline Stiefbold September 22, 2018

Alabama was not just Missouri’s first SEC opponent of the season, but also the first ranked opponent that the Tigers faced in 2018. The No. 25 Crimson Tide was 12-1 heading into Wednesday’s match against...

Missouri volleyball rolls over Tide for conference-opening sweep

Missouri volleyball rolls over Tide for conference-opening sweep

Ben Ramirez September 20, 2018

Missouri volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow talked extensively last week about doing the little things well — the things that don’t show up in the box score. So as his Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide...

Missouri volleyball defeats Drake 3-0, heads into SEC play with momentum

Missouri volleyball defeats Drake 3-0, heads into SEC play with momentum

Liad Lerner September 18, 2018

Missouri volleyball finished the Mizzou Invitational with a 3-0 sweep of Drake on Saturday at Hearnes Center. The Tigers started the match very sloppily, falling behind 9-3 and lacking any cohesion on...

Deberg has been the surprise star of Missouri the volleyball season, over Member-Meneh and Hollingsworth

Deberg has been the surprise star of Missouri the volleyball season, over Member-Meneh and Hollingsworth

Liad Lerner September 18, 2018

It seemed obvious. Outside hitter Leketor Member-Meneh, coming off a freshman season with 197 kills despite only appearing in 59 percent of Missouri volleyball sets in 2017, was supposed to be the headline...

Month of road tournaments finally culminates at home for Missouri volleyball

Month of road tournaments finally culminates at home for Missouri volleyball

Ben Ramirez September 17, 2018

Elementary school children from around Columbia filed into Hearnes Center, eager to be out of the classroom. The Missouri cheerleaders handed out yellow cardstock signs to each child which, in big block...

Missouri wins pair of matches on first day of Mizzou Invitational

Missouri wins pair of matches on first day of Mizzou Invitational

Caroline Stiefbold, Ben Ramirez September 15, 2018

##Game One After just under a month of away games, Missouri volleyball’s long road stint has come to a close. With boisterous children populating the seats for Elementary School Day, The Tigers opened...