Down 3-1 in a deciding set tiebreaker, senior Cierra Gaytan-Leach needed help from her audience. Her teammates answered the call with a slow-clap. That encouragement became a microcosm of Missouri’s...

Sophomore slump? Forget about it. With a roster comprised of nearly 70 percent underclassmen, the No. 15 Missouri softball team’s sophomore class has emerged as the Tigers’ offensive force this season,...

Coaching is the hardest job to master in all of sports. If a coach is able to churn out wins and championships, fans love him and praise all the wonderful things he’s accomplished. If he fails to...

At the age of 4, J’den Cox set his sights high for his career as a wrestler: He told Missouri coach Brian Smith that he wanted to win four national titles. Cox put himself in a position to achieve his...

Once Missouri ended its regular season with a 28-point loss at Tennessee, it became apparent the Tigers would be on the outside of the bubble. ESPN’s bracket expert Joe Lunardi placed Missouri in...

Missouri made an innumerable amount of mistakes Sunday, coach Tim Jamieson said. Most of them you couldn’t count on the box score. “Everything that happened in that game was mental,” he said. “It...

Brett Graves wasn’t upset. Southern Mississippi shortstop Michael Sterling was the second batter Graves faced on Friday night. Sterling hit a grounder towards freshman shortstop Ryan Howard that seemed...

The first batter Missouri sophomore reliever Breckin Williams faced made it look like the Tigers could’ve been in trouble in the sixth inning. As a run crossed the plate, junior rightfielder Jake Ivory...

Assistant coach Pete D’Amour described softball as a sport of “peaks and valleys,” and No. 15 Missouri’s 5-0 weekend at the Citrus Classic was definitely a peak. The Tigers (12-3) were led offensively...