COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Although the Mizzou softball team would’ve loved to open up their home stadium to fans on Tuesday evening, the inclement weather expected to hit Columbia didn’t provide ideal conditions. As a result, the Tigers’ first game at the Mizzou Softball Stadium will have to wait, but it does gift head coach Larissa
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 22 Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson usually schedules one of the toughest non-conference slates you’ll find in college softball. However, in 2025, she may have out-done herself. The Tigers have the fifth-best strength schedule in the nation this season, as Coach Anderson and her team have seven Top-25 teams through just
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KMIZ) No. 22 Mizzou Softball has lost three of five games at back-to-back tournaments. The Tigers (8-8) dropped its Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic finale with No. 19 Oregon (15-1), suffering an 11-3 loss at the Big League Dreams Complex in California. The Ducks scored eight unanswered runs in the first three frames,
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KMIZ) No. 22 Mizzou Softball split its first day of action at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. The Tigers (7-6) earned a 1-0 shutout win over Rutgers (5-7) to start Thursday’s doubleheader but dropped its game two matchup 4-1 to No. 4 UCLA (10-1) to end the evening. Taylor Pannell made her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Year, after year there’s two consistent problems that college softball teams located in the middle of the country and north have to grapple with at the beginning of the season: cold weather and snow. The NCAA college softball season always kicks off in Feb., which spells trouble for a large portion teams
Continue Reading CLEARWATER, Fla. (KMIZ) No. 16 Mizzou Softball has wrapped up its 11-game road trip to the Sunshine State. The Tigers (6-5) ended the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational with just two wins in five games, defeating Liberty 5-3 before falling to San Diego State 5-2 to close out the tournament. Madison Walker supplied a spark to
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (KMIZ) No. 16 Mizzou Softball has suffered its third loss in four games. The Tigers (5-4) fell to Ohio State (5-1) in their third game of the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational 7-2 on Friday evening. MU has surrendered 28 runs in its last four contests. Taylor Ebbs delivered a two-RBI double in the
Continue Reading CLEARWATER, Fla. (KMIZ) After day one of the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational, the No. 16 Mizzou softball sits at 5-3 to start the 2025 campaign, following a loss to No. 8 Florida State and a victory over Clemson on Thursday. In game one against the Seminoles, head coach Larissa Anderson’s team struggled to get any
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After just five games, No. 15 Mizzou Softball already has two top-20 wins on its NCAA Regional resume. The Tigers (4-1) walked away from the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic with four wins in five games, including victories over No. 8 Duke and No. 20 Northwestern. Now, MU is preparing to face
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (KMIZ) No. 15 Mizzou Softball is walking away from its season-opening tournament with four wins in five games, including two over top-20 opponents. The Tigers (4-1) survived a scare from Iowa (2-3) with a walk-off wild pitch to earn a 3-2 win in their final game of the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic.
Continue Reading CLEARWATER, Fla. (KMIZ) While No. 15 Mizzou Softball fell short of a sweep of its Saturday doubleheader, the program did make a statement in Clearwater, Florida. The Tigers (3-1) used a nine-run inning to earn a 10-3 win over No. 8 Duke (2-2), marking the team’s second victory over a top-20 opponent in just four
Continue Reading CLEARWATER, Fla. (KMIZ) No. 15 Mizzou Softball is off to a flawless start to its 2025 campaign. The Tigers (2-0) earned wins over Marshall and No. 20 Northwestern in its first two games of the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic. MU cruised past the Thundering Herd 9-1 in five innings and shut out the Wildcats
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The first pitch of Mizzou Softball’s run back to NCAA Super Regionals will soon be thrown out. The Tigers are putting the finishing touches on their preparation to travel to the Sunshine State for the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic. MU will face five opponents in just three days at the season-opening
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 15 Mizzou Softball is putting the finishing touches on preparation for its season opener. The Tigers held their annual Black & Gold Game at Devine Pavilion on Sunday ahead of a road trip to the Sunshine State for the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic. Team Black defeated Team Gold 10-4 in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is already considered one of the best teams in the country ahead of the start of the 2025 campaign. However, head coach Larissa Anderson said that in order to be the best, you have to beat the best. Tiger softball is ranked No. 15 in ESPN’s preseason Top-25,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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The University of Missouri’s athletics department saw an 18% growth in revenue last school year, but still required $15 million in direct institutional support to cover its $15 million deficit.
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A former Fr. Tolton Trailblazer is among a pair of Mizzou true freshmen to earn the first preseason honors of their college careers. Columbia’s own Madison Uptegrove and Saniya Hill have both been named to the D100 freshman watch list for the upcoming 2025 season. Uptegrove, the former MSHSAA leader in career home runs, rewrote
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou pitcher Cierra Harrison is already grabbing the eyes of the college softball world and the 2025 campaign hasn’t even started yet. On Monday, the Lee’s Summit native was named to Softball America’s Preseason Top-100 player list, coming in at No. 87 in the nation. The preseason honor marks the first of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team released its full 2025 non-conference and conference schedule, on Monday afternoon. Head coach Larissa Anderson and company will face 20 teams that made an NCAA Regional in 2024, including the reigning national champion Oklahoma Sooners, runner-up Texas and a few other Women’s College World Series participants. The Tigers
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