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The Maneater

Missouri volleyball scrapes by Georgia, exposing its good, bad and ugly

Missouri volleyball scrapes by Georgia, exposing its good, bad and ugly

Ben Ramirez November 15, 2018

On paper, No. 24 Missouri volleyball was not the better team on Sunday at Mizzou Arena. Though Missouri (22-5) (12-3 SEC) ended the match victorious, it wasn’t pretty. The team hit just .121 for the...

Missouri volleyball pulls off a four-set victory against Georgia

Missouri volleyball pulls off a four-set victory against Georgia

Caroline Stiefbold November 15, 2018

Missouri volleyball battled back and forth against Georgia for four sets on Sunday. Despite slow starts in each, the Tigers found a way to win the match 3-1. Early in the first set, Missouri quickly found...

No. 7 Missouri wrestling dominates Old Dominion, stays undefeated

No. 7 Missouri wrestling dominates Old Dominion, stays undefeated

Ben Ramirez November 15, 2018

No. 7 Missouri wrestling wasn’t unlike the namesake of its opponent. It came, it saw and it conquered. Traveling to Old Dominion in Norfolk, Virginia, for their first Mid-American Conference dual meet...

Jemele Hill speaks to MU students about the relationship between politics and sports

Jemele Hill speaks to MU students about the relationship between politics and sports

Max Baker November 15, 2018

Some say sports are a form of escapism. Jemele Hill would say the opposite. Hill, currently of The Atlantic and formerly of ESPN, spoke to MU community members and students at Memorial Student Union Monday...

Inside the coaching mindset of Missouri volleyball’s winningest duo

Inside the coaching mindset of Missouri volleyball’s winningest duo

Ben Ramirez November 15, 2018

Wayne and Susan Kreklow didn’t just lead the Columbia College volleyball team. They were the program. The husband and wife were responsible for everything, from doing team laundry to driving the bus,...

Tigers win home-opener despite third quarter blunders

Tigers win home-opener despite third quarter blunders

November 14, 2018

It was a battle of Missouri in the Mizzou women’s basketball home-opener on Tuesday night, as the Missouri Tigers (2-0, 0-0) faced off against the Missouri State Lady Bears (0-2, 0-0). Missouri squeaked...

Cunningham’s late burst leads Missouri to tight win over Missouri State

Cunningham’s late burst leads Missouri to tight win over Missouri State

Owen Krucoff November 14, 2018

Sophie Cunningham was struggling. Early in the third quarter of Tuesday’s 65-61 home-opening victory against Missouri State, she picked up her fourth personal foul and was benched. Missouri held a...

No. 24 Missouri volleyball squeezes out a tight win against Auburn

Liad Lerner November 11, 2018

No. 24 Missouri volleyball (21-5, 11-3 SEC) defeated a stubborn Auburn side 3-0 on Wednesday in Auburn, Alabama. Both Tiger teams went tic-for-tac in the first two sets of the match, but Missouri squeezed...

Tigers rely on grit, execution for crucial stops in second half

Tigers rely on grit, execution for crucial stops in second half

Adam Cole November 10, 2018

Missouri was strolling from south to north after the clock hit zero in the third quarter on Saturday. It was something of a brief calm in the middle of a storm. The defensive performance up to that point...

Rountree and Crockett lead Missouri offense

Rountree and Crockett lead Missouri offense

Andy Kimball November 10, 2018

Larry Rountree III jogged off the sideline. In the midst of a game-winning 99-yard touchdown drive, Rountree was handing duties off to his running mate for the afternoon, Damarea Crockett. After Rountree...

Missouri becomes bowl eligible after fighting off Vanderbilt down to final play

Missouri becomes bowl eligible after fighting off Vanderbilt down to final play

Bennett Durando November 10, 2018

Perception can be a cruel and often random tool in measuring a coach’s performance, a scale left to the radically fluctuating opinions of fans and media and the eyes of whatever other beholders care...

Experienced Puryear is Martin’s fallback when Missouri gets in a hole

Experienced Puryear is Martin’s fallback when Missouri gets in a hole

Emily Leiker November 9, 2018

AMES, Iowa – Benched after 11 minutes with two personal fouls, Kevin Puryear scored 0 points for Missouri while the Tigers unraveled in the first half against Iowa State Friday night. When things got...