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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

Missouri volleyball opens NCAA tournament with 3-2 victory over No. 19 Kansas

Missouri volleyball opens NCAA tournament with 3-2 victory over No. 19 Kansas

Liad Lerner December 2, 2017

The 2017 edition of the Border War is now tied 1-1, although Missouri volleyball’s NCAA tournament victory Friday night is certainly worth more in bragging terms than Kansas men’s basketball’s preseason...

Wrestling notebook: Injury updates on Miklus, Eierman ahead of conference opener

Wrestling notebook: Injury updates on Miklus, Eierman ahead of conference opener

Bennett Durando December 1, 2017

The circumstances were all too familiar for Willie Miklus. Trying to clinch a crucial dual for Missouri at the 197-pound weight class last Saturday, the redshirt senior was struggling early on against...

DL Terry Beckner Jr. will return for the Tigers in 2018

DL Terry Beckner Jr. will return for the Tigers in 2018

Garrett Jones December 1, 2017

Missouri football junior defensive lineman Terry Beckner Jr. silenced rumors regarding his status for the upcoming NFL draft when he announced Friday that he will return to the team for the 2018 season. “We...

Amber Smith carries Mizzou women’s basketball to 73-59 win over Kansas State

Amber Smith carries Mizzou women’s basketball to 73-59 win over Kansas State

Adam Cole December 1, 2017

Thursday was a night of surprises for Missouri women’s basketball. Sophie Cunningham, who averages 17.8 points per game, didn’t put any points on the board until the fourth quarter, finishing with...

Missouri gets first true road win of the season in 62-59 victory over UCF

Missouri gets first true road win of the season in 62-59 victory over UCF

Joe Noser December 1, 2017

At times during Thursday night’s game between the Missouri Tigers and the University of Central Florida Knights, it looked as if the Tigers were destined to repeat the collapse they suffered against...

A fall from grace: The Chiefs have lost their magic touch

A fall from grace: The Chiefs have lost their magic touch

Adam Cole November 28, 2017

Going into week six of the NFL season, things were looking up for the Chiefs. Undefeated five weeks into the season, head coach Andy Reid had his team’s offense firing on all cylinders, beating opponents...

Identifying key points from Mizzou football’s season as postseason play approaches

Identifying key points from Mizzou football’s season as postseason play approaches

Garrett Jones November 28, 2017

The 2017 regular season for Missouri football (7-5, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) was a rollercoaster to say the least. The team looked like it could compete with the best that college football had to...

Poised and mature, Jontay Porter carves out big role with Tigers

Poised and mature, Jontay Porter carves out big role with Tigers

Eli Lederman November 28, 2017

Jontay Porter grabbed the rebound off a Jordan Geist miss and fired the ball into the corner. Waiting for it there was junior Kevin Puryear, who was squared up to shoot even before the ball arrived in...

Harrowing weekend in Virginia brings out elite character in Mizzou wrestling

Harrowing weekend in Virginia brings out elite character in Mizzou wrestling

Bennett Durando November 28, 2017

Amidst fireworks surrounding the triumphant return of 197-pound redshirt senior Willie Miklus at Mizzou wrestling’s season opener against Illinois, Grant Leeth humbly took care of business in his first...

Mizzou men’s and women’s golf head to spring after successful fall season

Mizzou men’s and women’s golf head to spring after successful fall season

Cole Bollinger, Kate Ahern November 28, 2017

Missouri’s men’s and women’s golf teams each finished off their fall seasons on high notes and will now look forward to the spring season and postseason play in May. Women’s golf wrapped up its...

Mizzou swim and dive breaks records halfway through inconsistent season

Mizzou swim and dive breaks records halfway through inconsistent season

Alex Gelabert November 27, 2017

Missouri swim and dive has much to be proud of halfway through a grueling seven-month season: 10 all-time school records broken, three individuals with “A” and “B” NCAA cuts and competitive meets...

Myers’ decision takes down Virginia, Mizzou wrestling stays unbeaten

Myers’ decision takes down Virginia, Mizzou wrestling stays unbeaten

Bennett Durando November 27, 2017

Austin Myers doesn’t get many chances to play the hero. A transfer from West Virginia at the heavyweight weight class, the redshirt sophomore closes out duals for Missouri, often competing in irrelevant...