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Tigers ready for new beginning after hot start

Jack Witthaus • September 14, 2012

Finish. Prove it. That’s Missouri soccer’s motto this season as it enters its inaugural Southeastern Conference slate this weekend against Auburn on Friday and South Carolina on Sunday. The No. 21...

Calming captains lead Missouri in charge over Tennessee

Jacob Bogage • September 14, 2012

To Missouri volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow, it’s obvious who should lead a comeback for the Tigers. Junior hitter Lisa Henning and junior setter Molly Kreklow are the only two upperclassmen on MU’s...

Column: Soon they’ll be tall

Kalen Wagoner • September 14, 2012

In the building covered in gold a few hours earlier, you could only hear the people wearing red. They were Georgia fans in the upper corners of Faurot Field, chanting “grown-man football,” after their...

Missouri enters SEC with upset thriller over No. 17 Tennessee

Connor Casey • September 13, 2012

Electricity hung in the air Wednesday night when the Missouri volleyball team took to the Hearnes Center court. The opponent, the No. 17 Tennessee Volunteers, is the reigning Southeastern Conference champion...

Blitz: Diggs to return from injury in SEC opener

Joe Trezza • September 11, 2012

The good news for Missouri coach Brian Blitz: His team is 5-1 and nationally ranked going into its Southeastern Conference opener Friday at Auburn. The bad news: junior forward Alyssa Diggs, an All-Big...

McNulty, Missouri look to respond to next injury

Seth Boster • September 11, 2012

Brad McNulty’s roommate was limping back to him. “Brad, you’re up,” offensive line coach Brad Walker said to the redshirt freshman. “Get out there.” The last time McNulty had played in a...

Missouri looks to make new memory in SEC opener

Connor Casey • September 11, 2012

The 2005 season was a memorable one for the Missouri volleyball team. The Tigers were ranked No. 8 nationally with a 25-5 record, their most successful season in program history. After beating No. 6 Hawaii...

Remembering home run that conquered fear on anniversary of 9/11

Joe Trezza • September 11, 2012

I was 9 years old in September 2001, too young to fully comprehend the magnitude of the smoke surrounding what were my hometown’s largest buildings, suffocating my city in hate. I was too naive to process...

Missouri gets bitter taste in SEC-opening oust

Ryan Hood • September 8, 2012

Redshirt freshman center Brad McNulty called facing Georgia outside linebacker Jarvis Jones “an awakening.” The same description could be applied to Missouri’s first foray into the nation’s premier...

Longtime Georgia party bus lands in Missouri

Seth Boster • September 8, 2012

Bus rumbles with the groans of the many miles it has covered across the Southeastern Conference pride lands. It spews its exhaust into the league’s newest environment: Columbia, Mo. The scrappy, white-bearded...

Tigers set for first SEC competition

Ryan Hood • September 7, 2012

After eight months of anticipation, it didn’t take long after Georgia officially became Missouri’s next opponent for bulletin-board material to emerge. Asked by a reporter if he had watched any of...

Peltier earns stripes with break-out performance

Jacob Bogage • September 7, 2012

When the women’s volleyball team departed Columbia for Kansas City International Airport last week en route to Nashville for the Lipscomb Invitational, the pre-dawn awakening was especially rude to freshman...