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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Missouri bats get the ball rolling in opening weekend

Brandon Grammer March 6, 2012

Missouri baseball hasn’t exactly come out of the gates running. The Tigers, picked to finish fifth in the league by the Big 12 Conference preseason poll, dropped four of their first six games on the...

Missouri evens record with 14-4 victory over Nebraska-Omaha

Ian Frazer March 6, 2012

Freshman Brett Graves’ starting pitching debut for Missouri was not off to a favorable start Tuesday at Taylor Stadium. He had allowed singles to the first two Nebraska-Omaha batters, and a walk loaded...

Missouri cruises to series victory over Ball State

Brandon Grammer March 4, 2012

The Missouri baseball team closed out a three-game series against the Ball State Cardinals with a commanding 9-2 victory Sunday at Taylor Stadium. After dropping their home opener, the Tigers (4-5) responded...

Missouri piles on the runs, trounces Ball State to end three-game skid

Missouri piles on the runs, trounces Ball State to end three-game skid

Ian Frazer March 3, 2012

After managing to score only four runs in its previous four games, the Missouri baseball team wanted offense — in any form — badly entering Saturday's matchup with Ball State at Taylor Stadium. In...

Missouri drops home baseball opener to Ball State

Brandon Grammer March 2, 2012

The Missouri baseball team's 5-2 loss to Ball State was not quite the ideal home opener it had in mind. Squaring off against the Ball State Cardinals, the Tigers were looking to take their minds off a...

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...

Missouri baseball channels lasting memories for one more swing

Missouri baseball channels lasting memories for one more swing

Nate Atkins February 17, 2012

It was almost as if it were still the 10th inning against Texas A&M, when both the literal and figurative heat of the May day’s 9-9 deadlock held a Big 12 Conference championship at ransom. Missouri...

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...

Missouri basketball sees week of hope, disappointment

Missouri basketball sees week of hope, disappointment

Pat Iversen October 7, 2011

As far as mixed emotions go, this past week for Missouri basketball was quite the roller coaster. Missouri senior guard Marcus Denmon was named to the preseason all-Big 12 team, as voted on by the league...

Tigers overpower Blue Jays in fall scrimmage

Tigers overpower Blue Jays in fall scrimmage

Hunter Woodall October 4, 2011

For the MU baseball team, the first exhibition game of the fall was anything but normal. A Canadian high school team sat in the visitor’s dugout, a senior spent an inning as the first base coach and...

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...