COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A team spokesperson confirmed that Mizzou women’s basketball standout Sara-Rose Smith entered the transfer portal on Monday. The Australia-native appeared in 31 games for the Tigers through the 2022-23 season, leading the team in rebounding. She averaged 6.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. Smith also led MU in assists per game,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference pegged Mizzou outfielder Ross Lovich as the Co-Conference Player of the Week, after a big offensive performance in the sweep against Georgia. Lovich started the series against the Bulldogs off by hitting for the cycle in the Friday night opener at Taylor Stadium. On that night, he went 4-for-5
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team completed the team’s second SEC series sweep of the season in a 5-4 walk-off win against the Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday night. It’s the second-straight game that MU has won in walk-off fashion. Hickman alum Cam Chick played the hero at Taylor Stadium. With the Tigers down 4-3,
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will head to the NCAA Tournament, once again. MU is No. 3 seed in the Norman Regional and will face the Cal Bears in game one. The Tigers still have not missed an NCAA Tournament, every year it’s been held, since 2006. You can watch the full press
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team beat Georgia in walk-off fashion in Saturday’s offensive shootout, 14-12. With the win, the Tigers have officially secured the series win against the Bulldogs. The designated hitter, Dylan Leach, played hero at Taylor Stadium. With a tie game and one runner on board in the bottom of the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The bats of Luke Mann and Ross Lovich lifted Mizzou to a series-opening win against Georgia at Taylor Stadium on Friday night. The Tigers downed the Bulldogs in run rule fashion, 13-3. Mann came into Friday’s game just four home runs away from tying MU’s all-time home run record. After a two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conferenced named both Mizzou shortstop Jenna Laird and outfielder Alex Honnold to the All-SEC Second Team on Friday. The Tigers claimed two of the 21 total spots given on the All-SEC Second Team. It is the first time that Honnold has earned an SEC postseason honor. However, for Laird, it
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) D1Softball pegged Mizzou third baseman Kara Daly its its Player of the Week, on Tuesday, following her back-to-back walk off home runs against then-No. 12 Arkansas over the weekend. The Jefferson City native cranked home runs in the final frame of each of MU’s wins against the rival Razorbacks. Over those two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 13-seeded Mizzou topped the No. 12 seed, Mississippi State, in the first round of the 2023 SEC Tournament on Tuesday evening, 3-1. The win will move the Tigers further into the first round of action. MU will meet No. 5-seeded Alabama on Wednesday evening. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball standout Luke Mann hauled in the weekly awards after his offensive explosion in the first week of May. The Southeastern Conference pegged Mann as Co-Conference Player of the Week and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper named the third baseman as one its national players of the week. Mann recorded a conference-best nine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Matt Michaels, the color commentator for Mizzou baseball, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two discussed the SEC Tournament picture for the Tigers, as the regular season continues to wind down. MU has two more conference series remaining in 2023, along with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Robin Pingeton made another addition from the transfer portal, on Sunday evening. Former Evansville forward Abby Feit announced her commitment to the Tigers on social media. The 6-foot-1 grad transfer spent the last four seasons with the Aces. She averaged about 15 points, which ranked seventh in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team dropped the senior weekend series opener to No. 12 Arkansas on Friday night in run rule fashion. The Razorbacks took home the 9-0 win. Senior Jordan Weber got the start for MU in the circle, but was pulled after two innings of work. She allowed one earned run
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the sixth-straight time, the Columbia College softball team secured an AMC Championship with a 1-0, walk-off win on Friday afternoon. You can watch extended highlights of the Cougars’ win in the video player below. https://youtu.be/jdQYTWviI4U The title game was a pitchers’ duel from start to finish. The Cougars’ Ella Schouten finished
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O’FALLON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia College baseball team is the 2023 AMC Champion after taking down top-seeded Missouri Baptist 11-6 in Friday’s title game. As the No. 2 seed in the tournament, CC began play on Wednesday with an 8-2 win over Central Baptist. In Thursday’s semifinals, the Cougars beat the Spartans 13-5 before taking
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Columbia College softball and baseball team punched their ticket to the AMC Championship games after semifinal wins over Missouri Baptist on Thursday. Up first in Columbia, the fourth-seeded Cougars took down the No. 2 Spartans 2-1. The first run was brought in during the first inning after an error by
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Both the Columbia College softball and baseball teams secured wins on Wednesday to advance to day three of the AMC tournaments. Up first at Antimi Park, the softball team knocked off top-seed Cottey College 1-0. This game was truly a pitchers dual as Rock Bridge alum Ella Schouten allowed just four hits
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team completed the season-sweep against Kansas at Taylor Stadium on Tuesday night. The Tigers hung on against the Jayhawks for a 9-7 win. MU scored eight, unanswered runs after KU got up 3-0 in the first inning, however, Kansas’ Luke Leto hit a home run in the ninth inning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 4-seeded Columbia College softball team topped No. 5-seeded William Woods, 4-1, in the opening round of the AMC Tournament on Tuesday afternoon. The game was scoreless until the third inning when CC’s Suzanna Shanks reached on an Owls error and Hickman alum Emily King drove in an RBI double. Abigail
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou long snapper Jake Hoffman will join the Kansas City Chiefs for rookie camp in May. The Kearney, Mo. native spent five seasons with the Tigers, appearing in all 13 games in both his junior and senior. He first took over as MU’s primary long snapper in 2019, his sophomore year.
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