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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Big 12 reform heals hearts, stops others

Nate Atkins September 27, 2011

You had to do it, Big 12. You had to stay together. You had to hush the super-conference movement. And you had to kill the Twitter account of Fake Dan Beebe. Just a week ago, everyone was sure the Big...

Missouri out-matched against Sooners

Missouri out-matched against Sooners

Nate Atkins September 27, 2011

Missouri approached its first series of Saturday’s 38-28 loss to No. 1 Oklahoma as if it was its last. Sophomore quarterback James Franklin took the first snap and hit junior receiver T.J. Moe for a...

License to kill: Henning breaks kill record in A&M match

License to kill: Henning breaks kill record in A&M match

Lindsey Davison September 27, 2011

If sophomore outside hitter Lisa Henning was exhausted after nearly doubling her teammates’ swing numbers heading into the fourth set Saturday night, it didn’t show. Henning broke her career kill...

Inconsistency plagues Tigers as Missouri falls at Oklahoma

Inconsistency plagues Tigers as Missouri falls at Oklahoma

Pat Iversen September 26, 2011

The old adage in sports is that it’s not how you start, but how you finish. The cliche has never rung truer than Saturday night in Norman for the Missouri football team. The No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners showed...

Sooners aren’t overlooking Tigers this time around

September 23, 2011

Last year, Oklahoma rolled into Columbia to face the Missouri Tigers as the newly anointed No. 1 in the BCS standings. The Sooners left with their tail between their legs, done in by turnovers and poor...

Missouri lacrosse team prepares for fall tournament

Missouri lacrosse team prepares for fall tournament

Hunter Woodall September 23, 2011

Coming off a season where his team won second in its division and was ranked in the Top 25 nationally, MU men’s lacrosse coach Keith Euker knew the team had high expectations this fall. “We’re really...

Groundbreaking ceremony symbolizes step forward for tennis

Groundbreaking ceremony symbolizes step forward for tennis

Brandon Grammer September 23, 2011

MU’s tennis program will undergo a drastic makeover this season. A groundbreaking ceremony for a newly renovated tennis facility, complete with six new courts, was held outside Green Tennis Center on...

Keeping score: A preview of Missouri's Big 12 path

Keeping score: A preview of Missouri’s Big 12 path

Jordan Kuehne, Ryan Hood September 23, 2011

**Sept. 23 at Texas Tech. (5-3, 0-0-0)** **Last Year:** Texas Tech. won 5-2 in Lubbock, Texas. **Opposing player to watch:** _Texas Tech. goalkeeper Victoria Esson_. The sophomore netminder is coming...

Deaton, Big 12 pledge commitment to stability

Deaton, Big 12 pledge commitment to stability

Pat Iversen September 23, 2011

MU plans to remain a member of the Big 12 Conference amid pledges by the remaining nine members of the league to seek reform for extended stability for the beleaguered conference. Chancellor Brady Deaton...

Growing pains characterize volleyball gauntlet

Seth Boster September 23, 2011

Volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow stops practice. He’s not the kind of coach that gets red-faced. He’s clearly frustrated as he folds his arms, but he’s calm when he says, “Sarah, what are you supposed...

Tough competition just part of plan for Missouri rugby

Ben Wilson September 23, 2011

In many cases, making the jump from Division II to Division I in any collegiate sport presents a daunting challenge, and it usually requires several years to build a team strong enough be competitive.
 However,...

Iowa State sends Missouri packing with sweep

Lindsey Davison September 21, 2011

The Missouri volleyball squad didn't start its first nationally televised game since 2005 the way it would have liked. Coming into Wednesday's match, The Tigers held a 13-3 record. They were tied for...