Spring Sports Archives - Page 56 of 73

Bond making the most of early playing time

Jason Lowenthal • March 4, 2015

Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson knew he was getting a special recruit in Brett Bond. The 6-foot-1-inch, 210-pounder was a highly sought-after local recruit who also received some attention from fellow...

Missouri veterans push freshmen to play hard

Thomas Cuda • March 4, 2015

With the loss of Mackenzie Sykes, the Missouri softball team’s vocal leader last season, junior second baseman Emily Crane said she felt nervous over who would step up and be the leader. Crane said...

Freshman pitcher Lowary turning heads early

Michael Natelli • March 4, 2015

She got out of class and showed up to Thursday practice as the team was finishing warmups at 2:15 p.m. She raced down the stairs in her flats, threw cleats on and immediately came across the media. “I’m...

Rule changes hurt baseball

Andrew McCulloch • March 4, 2015

There may still be snow on the ground, but spring is right around the corner, and baseball season is finally upon us. In sunnier locales, players and managers are, like the weather, warming up for the...

Tigers rule the diamond: Missouri off to unprecedented start

Jason Lowenthal • February 25, 2015

Missouri baseball is off to an unprecedented start. The team sits atop the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division with a 7-1 record, captured the Kleberg Bank College Classic title and has a plethora...

An invitation to Taylor Stadium: Why you should root for Mizzou baseball

Quinn Malloy • February 11, 2015

There are four major American sports: football, basketball, baseball and hockey. Of those four, three are widely played at colleges across the country: football, basketball and baseball. Of those three,...

Go crazy, Kansas City

Daniel Schmidt • September 30, 2014

Norm Stewart wearing a Kansas jersey. Roger Goodell retiring as commissioner of the NFL. Maroon 5 producing a bad song. Daniel Schmidt developing a base tan. These are just a few of the things I thought...

Golf off to hot start

Cameron La Fontaine • September 18, 2014

The Missouri men’s golf team got off to a hot start early this season when it brought home its first trophy in its first tournament at the Turning Stone Intercollegiate in Verona, New York, on Sept....

College career over, former Mizzou golfer Emilio Cuartero looks forward

Jacob Seus • July 9, 2014

When Emilio Cuartero came to Missouri, he could barely speak English. “It was a challenge,” Cuartero said. “My English was really bad, but I knew I wanted to be there. My mind was set to ﬁght...

Mizzou softball looks to reload

Alex Schiffer • June 4, 2014

This May marked the first time the Missouri Tigers would not be advancing to NCAA Super Regionals since 2007. But while this year’s team ended its season earlier than expected, there are reasons to already...

Mizzou’s season ends with two straight losses

Alex Schiffer • May 18, 2014

Missouri needed only to win one game against Nebraska on Sunday to punch their ticket to a seventh-straight super regional later this week. Instead the team dropped both games to regional champion Nebraska,...

Missouri tops Kansas, advances to regional championship

Matt Muenzberg • May 17, 2014

It almost happened again. After blowing a four-run seventh inning lead to Bradley Friday, freshman pitcher Casey Stangel gave up a two-run shot in the seventh inning Saturday to cut Missouri’s lead...