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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Missouri softball outscores opponents 22-1 to sweep doubleheader

Matthew Fairburn March 9, 2012

In the first half of the first inning of the softball DeMarini Invitational, Alcorn State plated a run on Missouri with a sacrifice fly from Rayanna Davis. That run would be the only one the Tigers would...

Erwin steps up despite freshman nerves

Matthew Flores March 2, 2012

It was a warm, humid Saturday night in Palm Springs, Calif., and the bases were loaded. Freshman pitcher Bailey Erwin was in the circle for the Missouri Tigers, watching as the four-spot batter for University...

With new faces, Tigers aim for familiar places

With new faces, Tigers aim for familiar places

Ian Frazer February 17, 2012

To say the Missouri softball team’s 2011 season ended in heartbreak would be a massive understatement. Thirteen scoreless innings and 19 Chelsea Thomas strikeouts, as well as the Tigers’ season, ended...

Black and Gold scrimmage provides first look at Missouri softball

Black and Gold scrimmage provides first look at Missouri softball

Ian Frazer February 11, 2012

To a casual observer, everything must have seemed backward during the No. 5 Missouri softball team’s Black and Gold Intersquad game, which the Black team won 8-0 on Saturday at Dan Devin Pavillion. Redshirt...

Youth movement consumes dominant Missouri softball program

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...

Softball freshman Ruggeberg embraces opportunity

Softball freshman Ruggeberg embraces opportunity

Pat Iversen May 6, 2011

There’s an old saying about how opportunity only knocks once. In Missouri softball freshman Maddison Ruggeberg’s case, she made sure opportunity made plenty of return visits. Given a pinch-hit appearance...

MU softball's Thomas receives national team tryout

MU softball’s Thomas receives national team tryout

Pat Iversen May 6, 2011

As far as Wednesdays go, it’s hard to imagine topping the one Chelsea Thomas had this week. The sophomore pitcher made history against Western Illinois, striking out her 287th batter to break the Missouri...

Analysis: Nebraska softball says goodbye in final matchup

Analysis: Nebraska softball says goodbye in final matchup

Pat Iversen April 26, 2011

Big Ten goodbyes can be rough, as the No. 8 Missouri softball team learned over the weekend. No. 14 Nebraska, set to leave for the Big Ten Conference next year, hosted the Tigers in Lincoln, Neb. over...

Analysis: Tigers sweep Billikens behind offensive surge

Pat Iversen April 22, 2011

Even as the No. 8 Missouri softball team prepared to take on St. Louis University this week, the dramatic weekend with Oklahoma still lingered in their rearview mirror. After such an emotionally and physically...

Thomas brilliant in extra-inning victory over Oklahoma

Thomas brilliant in extra-inning victory over Oklahoma

Pat Iversen April 19, 2011

With a standing-room-only crowd and a national audience watching, the No. 9 Missouri Tigers played about four hours of scoreless softball Sunday before taking down No. 14 Oklahoma by a score of 1-0. The...

Tigers win in walk-off fashion against Sooners

Pat Iversen April 16, 2011

The Saturday afternoon tilt between the No. 9 Missouri softball team and No. 14 Oklahoma hadn’t been the easiest game of Abby Vock’s career. The Missouri senior second baseman had been hit by two pitches...

Missouri’s Nottelmann embracing role

Pat Iversen April 15, 2011

For a pitcher, practice in the bullpen is typically a pressure-free atmosphere, an opportunity to work on control and composure without the intensity of a real game. But lately, for junior Missouri softball...