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Youth movement consumes dominant Missouri softball program

Seth Boster • September 27, 2011

First baseman Kelsea Roth is walking through an empty field with three of her nine freshman teammates. It’s about 9 p.m., but clouds block the moon from illuminating the players' way. The women just...

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...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Josey burns Western Illinois en route to record books

Pat Iversen • September 20, 2011

Call sophomore Henry Josey the "forgotten man," if you will. Throughout the preseason, talk centered around Missouri’s four-headed running back. The Tigers boasted tremendous depth at the tailback position,...

Players shouldn’t ignore Father Time’s call

Michael Bracciano • September 20, 2011

Seemingly every offseason there is a huge story in every sport about who is going to retire. Depending on which player is contemplating whether or not to hang it up, the media goes crazy over the story....