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The Maneater

Tigers finish high across the board in season-opening meet

Tigers finish high across the board in season-opening meet

Jerry Duggan, Mckenzie Knapp December 9, 2018

Redshirt junior Avery Carter and redshirt sophomore Patrick Kunza started the day off by quite literally doing the heavy lifting for their Tiger teammates. Coming in first and second, respectively, in...

Pitching is the name of the weekend for Tigers’ fall ball

Pitching is the name of the weekend for Tigers’ fall ball

October 17, 2018

With temperatures not reaching above 60 degrees, fall was in full swing as the Mizzou Tigers played their second week of fall ball action against the St. Louis University Billikens. Every good team needs...

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...

Schweizer goes out on top with sixth national title

Schweizer goes out on top with sixth national title

Andy Kimball June 14, 2018

Senior Karissa Schweizer ran on the shoulder of Stanford’s Vanessa Fraser. Turning toward the final straight away with the end of her career in sight, Schweizer passed Fraser with over 100 meters to...

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,...

Lackluster conference campaign snubs Missouri baseball from NCAA Tournament

Lackluster conference campaign snubs Missouri baseball from NCAA Tournament

Bennett Durando May 28, 2018

Though coming perhaps closer than ever this season, Missouri baseball still can’t break down the wall to the postseason. The Tigers will not travel to a Regional to compete in the 2018 NCAA Tournament....

Offensive woes apparent in 4-2 loss to South Carolina to likely end Missouri’s season

Offensive woes apparent in 4-2 loss to South Carolina to likely end Missouri’s season

Jerry Duggan May 24, 2018

Wednesday’s first-round, single-elimination SEC Tournament matchup against the South Carolina Gamecocks was in many ways emblematic of the Tigers’ season as a whole. The offense struggled to get anything...

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...

Missouri gets past Tennessee, will face South Carolina in conference tournament

Missouri gets past Tennessee, will face South Carolina in conference tournament

Jerry Duggan May 22, 2018

Missouri baseball is a longshot to make the NCAA Tournament, but it still has a chance. The Tigers took care of business in the final weekend of the regular season against the Tennessee Volunteers. Missouri...

Missouri claims three SEC championships, will send 13 athletes to track and field Regionals

Missouri claims three SEC championships, will send 13 athletes to track and field Regionals

Owen Krucoff May 22, 2018

Missouri captured three Southeastern Conference titles to complete its track and field regular season in Knoxville, Tennessee last weekend. Following Thursday’s announcement from the NCAA, the Tigers...

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...