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The Maneater

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The Maneater

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The Maneater

VB: Fuentes reflects the vitality of a great setter

VB: Fuentes reflects the vitality of a great setter

Caleb Logue October 23, 2020

The volleyball flies over the net, whirling with top spin into the arms of the digger waiting to stunt the speeding projectile. Locking her arms, the digger ricochets the ball high into the air towards...

Preview: MU tennis coach plans to ‘make a statement at the ITA regional’

Preview: MU tennis coach plans to ‘make a statement at the ITA regional’

Luca Vitale October 23, 2020

Frigid temperatures and increased wind speeds have arrived across the southern portion of the Midwest, which means the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Regional Tournament has arrived for the...

Kentucky matchup a true “measuring stick” for Missouri

Kentucky matchup a true “measuring stick” for Missouri

Kyle Pinnell October 22, 2020

As Missouri football players sat in a team meeting, beginning to prepare for their next game against the Kentucky Wildcats, coach Eli Drinkwitz asked his team a simple question. “Who here has beaten...

Scouting Kentucky: Offensive line and secondary have Wildcats riding high

Scouting Kentucky: Offensive line and secondary have Wildcats riding high

Jack Soble October 22, 2020

Missouri hasn’t beaten Kentucky in five years. And they know it. The Wildcats themselves offer some hope, however, because they just ended a streak of their own. They beat Tennessee in Knoxville for...

Missouri volleyball defeats Alabama in first match in 319 days

Missouri volleyball defeats Alabama in first match in 319 days

Zach Zeman October 22, 2020

After 319 offseason days, Missouri’s volleyball season finally began, and the No. 9 Tigers overcame sloppy play to defeat Alabama in four sets: 25-22, 25-19, 17-25 and 28-26. Possibly due to an abnormal...

Missouri soccer fights back, but can’t find the winner in 1-1 OT draw

Michael Howie October 18, 2020

Missouri rallied to overcome a first-half deficit and earned a 1-1 draw in an overtime thriller against LSU on Senior Night in Columbia. The home side scored in the 47th minute but couldn’t push another...

This Week in Mizzouting: Missouri baseball receives heralded 2022 commit

Mason Arneson October 17, 2020

On Week 6 of “This Week of Mizzouting,” an impromptu bye week opened up plans for football coach Eli Drinkwitz to hunker down on finishing the 2021 recruiting class and starting the 2022 class. “I’m...

Positional breakdown: Set-piece defense, missed opportunities cost Missouri soccer

Michael Howie October 15, 2020

Missouri soccer played well on Friday, but was unable to come away with points, losing a 2-1 thriller at the hands of Tennessee. Here’s how each positional group did against the Volunteers: ###Goalkeeper### At...

Roundtable: Have expectations changed for Missouri?

Roundtable: Have expectations changed for Missouri?

Jack Soble , Kyle Pinnell October 15, 2020

We’re already one-third through the Missouri Tigers’ 2020 season. With tough games against Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana State behind them, Missouri is going into an impromptu “bye week” at...

Missouri’s homecoming game postponed following Vanderbilt COVID-19 positives

Missouri’s homecoming game postponed following Vanderbilt COVID-19 positives

Anthony Kristensen October 12, 2020

Missouri’s homecoming football game against Vanderbilt has been postponed, the Southeastern Conference announced Monday afternoon. The announcement comes after Vanderbilt only fielded 56 scholarship...

Five Takeaways: Missouri shows strength in numbers in program-defining win over LSU

Five Takeaways: Missouri shows strength in numbers in program-defining win over LSU

Kyle Pinnell October 12, 2020

It’s been a while since the Missouri Tigers last upset a ranked opponent. After beating the No. 11-ranked Florida Gators 38-17 on the road in 2018, the Tigers went two seasons before picking up another...

Drinkwitz creativity key in 45-41 upset over LSU

Drinkwitz creativity key in 45-41 upset over LSU

Kyle Pinnell October 10, 2020

It takes something special to hang in a football game against the defending national champions. In week one, Mississippi State unleashed its new “air-raid offense,” which generated 632 total yards,...