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Postseason thrills end with Missouri’s season in 11-3 loss to Louisville

Brandon Grammer • June 4, 2012

A season with plenty of ups and downs has drawn to a close for Missouri baseball. Faced with an NCAA tournament elimination game Sunday against third-seeded Louisville at the Tucson Regional in Tucson,...

Tigers close door on Big 12 era with first-ever league crown

Ian Frazer • May 27, 2012

The Missouri baseball team’s unlikely run to its first-ever Big 12 Conference championship in its final time competing in the league's tournament had an equally improbable ending: a single by the opposing...

Tigers’ season ends in 3-1 upset to LSU

Matthew Flores • May 27, 2012

As the TV crews packed up their cameras, the fans filed out and the lights came down on University Field for the last time this season, it was hard not to think the night should have ended in jubilation...

Missouri eyes fourth straight Women’s College World Series bid

Matthew Flores • May 26, 2012

After an unexpected twist of fate last weekend, the No. 9 Missouri softball team now finds itself in the driver’s seat for the NCAA Super Regionals. When the LSU Tigers upended the No. 8 Texas A&M Aggies...

Tigers feel the heat in 6-1 loss to LSU

Matthew Flores • May 26, 2012

Who’s afraid of Chelsea Thomas? Apparently not the Louisiana State University Tigers. Thomas (26-8), the No. 9 Missouri Tigers’ redshirt junior ace who has asserted herself as one of the country’s...

Missouri takes fifth straight regional crown with 2-1 victory

Matthew Flores • May 20, 2012

With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, redshirt junior pitcher Chelsea Thomas knew she needed to slam the door on Illinois State’s (37-23) rally. On a 1-2 count, Thomas (26-7) blew a pitch...

Fleming’s walk-off blast gives Missouri 1-0 win over DePaul

Matthew Flores • May 19, 2012

It was only fitting. In a game that took 100 minutes to complete, it was over after just one swing. Senior right fielder Ashley Fleming drove the first ball she saw in the bottom of the ninth over the...

Tigers topple Redbirds 6-0 in NCAA regional opener

Matthew Flores • May 18, 2012

With all eyes on the Columbia-hosted NCAA regional, the No. 9-seeded Missouri Tigers (43-12) opened their hopeful NCAA tournament run with a 6-0 win against the Illinois State Redbirds (35-21). Redshirt...

Munson lifts Missouri over Texas for final Big 12 home series win

Brandon Grammer • May 6, 2012

Locked in a back-and-forth battle Sunday afternoon with the No. 25 Texas Longhorns, the Missouri baseball team found itself approaching extra innings in what would be the final league series Taylor Stadium...

Missouri keeps hopes alive with victory over Texas

Ian Frazer • May 5, 2012

Judging by the first three innings, it looked like the 5-4 win the Missouri baseball team (24-22, 8-12 Big 12 Conference) claimed against Texas on Saturday afternoon at Taylor Stadium was going to devolve...

SEC culture prompts rise of student fan section

Brandon Grammer • May 4, 2012

Flashback to Feb. 17, 2012. It’s opening day for the Missouri baseball team, and it finds itself inside Samford Stadium in Auburn, Ala., facing its Southeastern Conference foe, Auburn. The teams played...

Unsatisfied Missouri splits double-header with Murray State

Lindsey Davison • May 2, 2012

The No. 10 Missouri softball team (38-11, 14-7 Big 12 Conference) split a double-header Wednesday evening at University Field against Murray State, winning the first game 5-4 and losing the second game...