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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 claw Bears in Waco

Mike Vorel • April 26, 2011

The Missouri Tigers headed to Waco last weekend for a three-game series with the Baylor Bears, desperately searching for their first Big 12 series win of the 2011 season. Thanks to some timely hitting...

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...

Schmidt comes through in clutch for Missouri baseball

Nate Atkins • April 22, 2011

For a two-week span covering nine consecutive losses, the Missouri baseball team searched for its man, the man that would step up to the plate with runners and scoring position and deliver with the game...

Brown’s walk-off single buries losing streak, rival

Nate Atkins • April 19, 2011

When Missouri sophomore outfielder Blake Brown stepped into the batter’s box in a 2-2 game in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday, he knew it was time. With the sun high in the sky and Kansas Jayhawk...

Jayhawks take 2 of 3 games from slumping Tigers

Mike Vorel • April 19, 2011

The Missouri baseball team had lost eight straight games and two consecutive series heading into the three-game Border Showdown this weekend with Kansas, and the Jayhawks did not seem very sympathetic...

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...

Tiger baseball drops eighth consecutive game

Nate Atkins • April 15, 2011

A change in scenery failed to deliver a change in fortunes for the Missouri baseball team Wednesday night at Taylor Stadium. In their first game back home of the month, the Tigers (13-20) extended their...

Bizzaro Pujols

Mike Vorel • April 15, 2011

The 137th episode of “Seinfeld,” America’s all-time greatest television sitcom (edging out “The Cape”), is titled “Bizarro Jerry.” The episode focuses on Elaine, who meets a group of friends...

Tiger baseball stays positive despite rough stretch

Mike Vorel • April 15, 2011

To say that Missouri has had a rocky start to the Big 12 season would be an understatement. The Tigers are in the midst of an eight-game losing streak and have stumbled out to a dismal 1-7 start to the...

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...