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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Missouri softball finishes 1-3 in Mary Nutter Classic

Coming off a dominant performance last weekend that saw the Tigers collect five wins and out-score their opponents 39-1, the softball team headed west again this weekend to compete in the Mary Nutter Classic...

Wert’s power leads Missouri to 5-0 record in Citrus Blossom Classic

Missouri followed up a 3-2 opening weekend with a perfect 5-0 record against the likes of Troy, Villanova, UMass, Iowa and Kansas in the Citrus Blossom Classic. Missouri started the weekend against Troy...

Pitching propels Tigers to 3-2 start to the season

Pitching propels Tigers to 3-2 start to the season

Missouri softball has had a tumultuous last calendar year. Just days before the start of the 2018 season, athletic director Jim Sterk fired longtime coach Ehren Earleywine. The program made the NCAA Tournament...

MU baseball stomps softball to even series in annual charity scrimmage

MU baseball stomps softball to even series in annual charity scrimmage

October 1, 2018

Softball and baseball have many similarities. Three strikes to an out. Three outs to an inning. There’s a first, second, third and home. Yet for all those similarities, it was the differences between...

The Anderson ascension: Chronicling Larissa Anderson’s journey to helm of Missouri softball

The Anderson ascension: Chronicling Larissa Anderson’s journey to helm of Missouri softball

Adam Cole July 21, 2018

“You better hire me because if you don’t, I’m going to come back and beat you.” Those were the only words former Hofstra softball coach Bill Edwards needed to hear to make up his mind on bringing...

Larissa Anderson introduced as Missouri softball head coach

Larissa Anderson introduced as Missouri softball head coach

Adam Cole June 8, 2018

With rain clouds overhead and a reported thunderstorm warning, Missouri softball fans and media members were moved from the Mizzou Softball Complex mezzanine to a packed press box on Thursday afternoon,...

Missouri softball begins search for coach

Missouri softball begins search for coach

Hannah Hoffmeister May 24, 2018

The Missouri softball team is looking for a new head coach, MU Athletic Director Jim Sterk announced Tuesday in a statement. Interim Head Coach Gina Fogue took over this season on Jan. 29 after Mizzou...

Column: Why Missouri may need to move on from Gina Fogue

Column: Why Missouri may need to move on from Gina Fogue

Bennett Durando, Adam Cole May 18, 2018

Just 13 days before the start of Missouri softball’s 2018 season, the program was informed that athletic director Jim Sterk had relieved former coach Ehren Earleywine of his duties. Prior to the controversial...

For Missouri softball, former teammates loom in Oklahoma rotation as NCAA Regional swings into gear

For Missouri softball, former teammates loom in Oklahoma rotation as NCAA Regional swings into gear

Hannah Hoffmeister May 18, 2018

With a double elimination bracket in the NCAA Tournament’s Norman Regional — which will host only four teams — Missouri softball may very well see the tournament’s No. 4 overall seed Oklahoma at...

How Missouri softball spent its 12 days off before the NCAA Tournament

How Missouri softball spent its 12 days off before the NCAA Tournament

Bennett Durando May 18, 2018

There was no questioning the fate of Kayli Kvistad’s towering fly, even before it reached its apex over right field in the seventh inning of Missouri’s Sunday matinee against the Florida Gators on...

Missouri softball squeaks into 12th straight NCAA Tournament

Missouri softball squeaks into 12th straight NCAA Tournament

Gavin White May 14, 2018

The anxious wait, the conference record vs. RPI debate and all the speculation is over for Missouri softball; the Tigers have earned a bid for the 2018 NCAA tournament. In the tournament’s televised...

Florida’s sweep keeps Missouri softball out of SEC Tournament — which it’s hosting

Florida’s sweep keeps Missouri softball out of SEC Tournament — which it’s hosting

Hannah Hoffmeister May 8, 2018

The Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament will start Wednesday, May 9 at Mizzou Softball Stadium in Columbia. In a 13-team conference, the top 12 in the standings qualify, excluding only one school. The...