Softball Archives - Page 17 of 24

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...

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...

Tigers top Bradley, will face KU

Matt Muenzberg • May 16, 2014

After a two-year ceasefire, the war will continue. But Bradley almost kept the peace. The Braves erased a four-run Missouri lead with two outs in the seventh inning. Down one, the No. 15 seeded Tigers...

No. 15 seed softball to host NCAA regional

Danielle Lerner • May 11, 2014

No. 15 seeded ‪Missouri (41-16) will host an NCAA regional in Columbia for the sixth straight season, as announced Sunday evening. The Tigers will be joined by Bradley, Kansas and Nebraska in the double...

Tigers can’t capture SEC title, fall to Tide 3-1

Alex Schiffer • May 2, 2014

Going into the seventh inning, the Missouri Tigers chances for a share of the Southeastern Conference title were alive and well. A few batters and errors later, they were all but gone. The Alabama pulled...

Early offense key to Tigers’ series win over Florida

Danielle Lerner • April 30, 2014

The early bird gets the worm. Well, at least two times out of three. Early leads were essential in No. 13 Missouri softball’s (38-13, 14-7 Southeastern Conference) 2-1 series win against then-No. 3...

Fleming using patience to boost bat

Alex Schiffer • April 26, 2014

If Ole Miss didn’t know who Natalie Fleming was prior to last weekend’s series against No. 11 Missouri (35-12, 12-6 Southeastern Conference), they left Sunday evening having a good idea of what the...

Stepping up: Genovese improves to lead team

Danielle Lerner • April 15, 2014

Corrin Genovese just keeps climbing higher. The junior infielder has been invaluable both offensively and defensively this season, helping the No. 16 Missouri softball team to a (32-10, 9-6 Southeastern...

Missouri softball snags weekend series over Mississippi State

Danielle Lerner • April 9, 2014

No. 16 Missouri softball (27-10, 6-6 Southeastern Conference) captured its second conference series win of the year with a 2-1 victory over the weekend at Mississippi State. Prior to the series, coach...