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Missouri does just enough on offense to squeak by Murray State in series opener

Owen Krucoff • March 20, 2019

The pain in Mark Vierling’s elbow was becoming unbearable. After the Missouri sophomore took a pitch to his left arm in the second inning of Tuesday night’s game against Murray State, it had been difficult...

Missouri women headed to Iowa for opening rounds of NCAA Tournament

Owen Krucoff • March 19, 2019

The Tigers had been waiting for more than a week since the end of their SEC Tournament run, but the announcement of their spot in the NCAA women’s basketball Tournament still came earlier than expected. The...

Missouri defeats Georgia with walk-off to win series

Caroline Stiefbold • March 19, 2019

Missouri softball won its first series of the season with a walk-off win over No. 8 Georgia on Sunday. The Tigers headed into the bottom of the seventh down 6-7. Missouri loaded the bases with only one...

Eierman to train for Olympics, not compete for Missouri in 2020

Wilson Moore • March 19, 2019

Missouri’s starter at the 141 weight class, Jaydin Eierman, will spend the 2019-20 season training for the 2020 Olympics and won’t compete for MU, the wrestler confirmed during a press conference Monday...

Offense squanders opportunities, MU baseball swept by Arkansas in Fayetteville

Ben Ramirez, Wilson Moore • March 19, 2019

In its final game of a three-game series in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Missouri baseball came within striking distance of stealing a win from the No. 10 Razorbacks. Hit by a pitch in the top of the ninth...

MU softball sound in all facets, beats Bulldogs 7-3

Jerry Duggan • March 18, 2019

The crowd roared as a sharply hit ground ball scurried past the mound and into the glove of Missouri shortstop Jazmyn Rollin. She got up and fired a strike to first, redeeming herself for her error on...

Tennis earns fifth-straight SEC loss at hands of Razorbacks

March 17, 2019

After spending last weekend at home and losing two SEC matches to Florida and South Carolina, the Missouri Tigers (11-6, 0-5) were hoping to redeem themselves with an SEC win against Arkansas (8-8, 1-4)...

McDaniel providing steady backstop presence

Wilson Moore • March 16, 2019

When Missouri baseball took the field against the University of North Florida on Feb. 15, eight of the nine players between the lines were juniors or older. The only exception was sophomore catcher Chad...

Misner taking advantage of best pitches possible

Wilson Moore • March 16, 2019

Missouri senior center fielder Kameron Misner only saw four pitches in his second at-bat of Wednesday’s game against the Arkansas State Red Wolves. None of them were strikes. He jogged to first as “Walk...

Norman shines as lack of offense hurts MU softball in home opener

Max Baker • March 16, 2019

Despite a complete game from redshirt senior Madi Norman, Missouri’s (11-11, 0-4) bats went quiet in a 1-0 loss to No. 8 Georgia (25-4, 1-0), on Friday. Missouri and Georgia both left two runners on...

Situational hitting, starting pitching critical for Missouri baseball’s first SEC series

Ben Ramirez • March 15, 2019

Moving runners has been an emphasis for Missouri coach Steve Bieser since the beginning of the season. This holds particularly true with SEC games in mind, where situational hitting and not leaving runners...

Geist passes torch in season-ending loss

Emily Leiker • March 15, 2019

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On his last 3-point attempt as a Missouri Tiger, Jordan Geist took a step back from fellow senior Kevin Puryear and sent the ball over his head. The shot hit the rim and bounced left,...