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Missouri drops both legs of doubleheader against Alabama to begin SEC play

Jerry Duggan, Max Baker • March 11, 2019

The Missouri softball team (11-9) opened SEC play by visiting No. 5 Alabama Crimson Tide (24-0) for a doubleheader in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Tigers lost the first game 3-1, and the second 14-8. In game...

MU softball set to take on Crimson Tide, kicking off SEC play

Max Baker • March 5, 2019

Missouri softball will start a three-game road series against Alabama to begin conference play on Friday. In her first season as the Missouri coach, Larissa Anderson said she wants her team to attack...

Missouri softball finishes nonconference tournament play with 2-2 record at Cardinal Classic

Jerry Duggan, Caroline Stiefbold, Max Baker • March 5, 2019

After an uneven performance saw Missouri softball go just 1-3 last weekend, the Tigers hit the road again to compete at the Cardinal Classic in Louisville, Kentucky. The women in black and gold finished...

Missouri softball finishes 1-3 in Mary Nutter Classic

Jerry Duggan, Caroline Stiefbold, Max Baker • February 25, 2019

Coming off a dominant performance last weekend that saw the Tigers collect five wins and out-score their opponents 39-1, the softball team headed west again this weekend to compete in the Mary Nutter Classic...

Wert’s power leads Missouri to 5-0 record in Citrus Blossom Classic

Jerry Duggan, Caroline Stiefbold, Max Baker • February 17, 2019

Missouri followed up a 3-2 opening weekend with a perfect 5-0 record against the likes of Troy, Villanova, UMass, Iowa and Kansas in the Citrus Blossom Classic. Missouri started the weekend against Troy...

Pitching propels Tigers to 3-2 start to the season

Jerry Duggan, Caroline Stiefbold, Max Baker • February 12, 2019

Missouri softball has had a tumultuous last calendar year. Just days before the start of the 2018 season, athletic director Jim Sterk fired longtime coach Ehren Earleywine. The program made the NCAA Tournament...

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

For Missouri softball, former teammates loom in Oklahoma rotation as NCAA Regional swings into gear

Hannah Hoffmeister • May 18, 2018

With a double elimination bracket in the NCAA Tournament’s Norman Regional — which will host only four teams — Missouri softball may very well see the tournament’s No. 4 overall seed Oklahoma at...