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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Cunningham overcomes crash, breaks out for women’s cross-country

Cunningham overcomes crash, breaks out for women’s cross-country

Andy Kimball October 31, 2017

Megan Cunningham was sleeping in the back seat of the truck while her parents were driving. The redshirt senior runner had finished her sophomore track season at Missouri two months earlier and was riding...

Five takeaways from Missouri wrestling’s Black and Gold Dual

Five takeaways from Missouri wrestling’s Black and Gold Dual

Hannah Hoffmeister October 31, 2017

The Missouri wrestling team went head to head with itself Friday night in the annual Black and Gold Dual at Hearnes Center. The squad split into two and wrestled someone in the same or similar weight class...

Pair of newlyweds find success in marriage and volleyball at Mizzou

Pair of newlyweds find success in marriage and volleyball at Mizzou

Chelsea Roemer October 31, 2017

Missouri volleyball head coach Wayne and assistant coach Susan Kreklow are no strangers to partnership. They have been working to build a successful volleyball program at Mizzou since the 2000 season and...

Is an NFL career in the cards for Drew Lock?

Is an NFL career in the cards for Drew Lock?

Theo DeRosa October 31, 2017

Drew Lock looks the part of an NFL quarterback, but will he be one? He’s tall. Well-built. Can throw a football quite far. But how does his actual play on the field, which is sometimes bypassed in favor...

Missouri soccer tops Crimson Tide to advance in SEC tournament

Missouri soccer tops Crimson Tide to advance in SEC tournament

October 30, 2017

Missouri soccer jumped ahead early and didn’t look back in its 3-1 victory over Alabama in the first round of the 2017 Southeastern Conference Championship tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama, on Sunday. When...

Blocking proves to be difference maker as Mizzou volleyball defeats Georgia 3-1

Blocking proves to be difference maker as Mizzou volleyball defeats Georgia 3-1

Liad Lerner October 30, 2017

Missouri volleyball beat the Georgia Bulldogs 3-1 in Athens, Georgia, on Sunday afternoon. For the Tigers, the victory served as revenge for a 3-0 loss to the Bulldogs on Oct. 20. The first set went back...

Lock, Moore, Johnson lead the way in Missouri’s commanding victory over UConn

Lock, Moore, Johnson lead the way in Missouri’s commanding victory over UConn

Joe Noser October 29, 2017

In practice this week, junior quarterback Drew Lock said he wasn’t thinking about the potential for a monster game in his team’s contest against the University of Connecticut Huskies. Sure, UConn entered...

Waffles, a position change and high school basketball: Albert Okwuegbunam’s unique journey to Missouri football

Waffles, a position change and high school basketball: Albert Okwuegbunam’s unique journey to Missouri football

Garrett Jones October 27, 2017

In Missouri football’s media guide, Albert Okwuegbunam’s last name is phonetically spelled out as O-kwoo-AYE-boo-nam. The redshirt freshman tight end’s last name is a mouthful. He’s grown used...

Schweizer defends conference title, leads women to fourth-place finish at SEC championship

Schweizer defends conference title, leads women to fourth-place finish at SEC championship

Anderson Kimball October 27, 2017

Senior Karissa Schweizer crossed the finish line at the SEC Championship in Athens, Georgia, on Friday. Then she waited. And she waited some more. Over 30 seconds later, the second place finisher, Taylor...

Mizzou soccer sneaks into SEC tournament

Mizzou soccer sneaks into SEC tournament

Langston Newsome October 27, 2017

Despite a disappointing Southeastern Conference season for Missouri soccer, the Tigers headed into Thursday’s match with a chance at slipping into postseason play. The Tigers needed three things to...

Cross-country prepares for SEC championship, looks toward national championship berth

Cross-country prepares for SEC championship, looks toward national championship berth

Andy Kimball October 26, 2017

The Missouri cross-country teams will kick off postseason racing at the Southeastern Conference championship in Athens, Georgia, on Friday. Senior Karissa Schweizer will look to repeat as the individual...

Mizzou volleyball back on track with win over Ole Miss

Mizzou volleyball back on track with win over Ole Miss

Chelsea Roemer October 26, 2017

Missouri volleyball worked its way back into the win column with a victory over the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford, Mississippi, Wednesday evening. The opening set went poorly for the home team as the Rebels...