COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU softball’s Kimberly Wert earned SEC Player of the Week honors on Tuesday, following a record-breaking weekend at the Mizzou Softball Stadium. The fifth-year senior batted .538 over the week courtesy of a double, home run, and four RBI. Wert really shined the the Tigers’ sweep over South Carolina. She hit a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference named Mizzou graduate transfer Fox Leum the SEC Player of the Week following a big weekend in the team’s series win over South Carolina. Leum led the league with a .636 batting average and nine RBI. The designated hitter when 7-for-11 at the plate over the last week in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team got its first conference series win of the season courtesy of a 10-3 win over South Carolina on Sunday. St. Louis-native Luke Mann led the Tigers with four RBI with Fox Leum right behind him with three RBI. Right handed pitcher Austin Marozas had a standout outing, tossing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 25 Mizzou softball clinched the series win over the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday afternoon, courtesy of lights out relief pitching from Megan Schumacher. Schumacher threw 4.2 scoreless innings to bring the Tigers to the 7-3 win. The two teams were tied up at three for quite a bit, but MU
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team tied up the series with South Carolina, courtesy of a walk-off win on Saturday afternoon. Battle High School alum Tre Morris hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to secure the 8-7 victory. Following a stagnant performance at the plate on Friday night, MU came out firing.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou assistant basketball coach Cornell Mann is officially the new head coach at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Michigan. Mann will make the trip up north after serving under former MU head basketball coach Cuonzo Martin for five seasons. Before his time in Missouri, Mann spent time at Oakland, Iowa State,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team did not let its historic season come to an end on Saturday afternoon, as the group punched a ticket to the NCAA National Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. It all came down to the final gymnast’s score, as MU waited in the wings. But, the Tigers just edged
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team captured its first conference win of the season in a 4-2 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday night. It was a big night for MU in more ways than one, as the Kim Wert solidified her spot as the program’s all-time home run leader. The super
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou forward Trevon Brazile will be making his way to rival territory for the 2022-23 season, as the freshman announced his commitment to Arkansas via Twitter on Wednesday. Brazile first entered the transfer portal on March 22, the same day that MU introduced its new men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou guard DaJuan Gordon became the fifth MU player to enter the transfer portal on Wednesday afternoon, after making the announcement via Instagram. Gordon said, “Thank you to the University of Missouri for the chance to represent the University, Also I want to say thank you to Coach Martin upmost respect. Lastly
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou baseball team dominated SIUE on Wednesday night, 12-2 in seven innings, courtesy of a seven-run second inning. The Tigers have already matched their win total from last season, sitting 15-7 overall. Christian Wall got the win on the mound for MU, throwing three strikeouts over three innings with just one
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COLUMBIA, Mo, (KMIZ) Three members of head coach Robin Pingeton’s women’s baskeball team announced they will be entering the transfer portal. Redshirt-senior Ladazhia Williams, freshman Izzy Higginbottom, and freshman Kiya Dorroh will all be searching for a new home, after taking to Twitter on Tuesday morning. “I have entered my name into the portal as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics welcomed former Cleveland State head coach Dennis Gates to the Tiger family, after the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved the hire on Tuesday morning. https://youtu.be/QlDw9ln6ta4 UM System President Mun Choi said the hire goes towards his overall goal of bringing a championship culture to Mizzou. “When we hired
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In an executive session on Tuesday morning, the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved the hiring of Dennis Gates as MU’s new men’s basketball coach.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team addressed the media one last time before spring camp wraps up on Friday. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz and company recapped the Saturday’s inter-squad spring game. “We had a great day Saturday,” head coach Eli Drinkwitz said. “Thought there was some really good individual moments and definitely some things
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on former Mizzou basketball star Laurence Bowers in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team opened up play in the Mizzou Classic on Saturday. GAME 1 (12) Northwestern 9 | (17) Mizzou 6 FINAL/10 GAME 2 Stanford 7 | (17) Mizzou 5 FINAL/8 MU will wrap up the Mizzou Classic on Sunday. Game 1: (17) Mizzou vs. Ball State at 3 p.m.Game 2:
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DETROIT (KMIZ) Mizzou wrestler Keegan O’Toole won the NCAA championship at 165 pounds on Saturday night. O’Toole beat Stanford’s Shane Griffith 6-5 in the finals. He’s the first MU wrestler to win a national title since J’den Cox in 2017. Also on Saturday – O’Toole’s teammate Rocky Elam finished in fourth place at 197 pounds.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team has found its new leader in Cleveland State head coach Dennis Gates, a source confirmed to ABC 17 on Saturday. Gates spent three seasons in Cleveland, appearing in the NCAA Tournament in 2021. The Vikings finished the 2021-22 campaign 20-11 overall, with 15 conference wins. He also
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