LAKE CHARLES, La. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball’s weekend at the Cajun AC Louisiana Clash in Lake Charles, Louisiana did not go quite as the team would have hoped. The Tigers left the tournament with a 1-4 mark, falling to Louisiana, Houston and McNeese over the course of three days. Overall, the weekend dropped head coach Larissa
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Although the Mizzou softball team has gotten out to a 4-7 start in 2026, the Tigers have shown, on multiple occasions, what the group is capable of. In fact, three of head coach Larissa Anderson’s and company’s four wins have come against Top-25 teams. The group has toppled then-No. 23 Liberty, No.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After starting the Clearwater Invitational a disappointing 0-3, Mizzou softball rallied to take down two top-25 opponents in the final matches of the weekend. Head coach Larissa Anderson and the Tigers were able to bounce back from the rocky start and pull off a pair of upsets, looking to have found some
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team scored five unanswered runs from the fourth inning on, as head coach Larissa Anderson and company captured their third ranked win of the season, besting No. 19 Duke 5-4. With that come-from-behind victory, the Tigers will return from Florida with a 4-7 mark, including a two-game winning streak.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (KMIZ) ‘Up and down,’ was the way that Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson described her team’s opening weekend at the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic, as her group left that weekend with a 2-3 mark. The leader of the Tigers added that her team is not even close to its full potential, yet.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team fell just short of a win in the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic finale, on Sunday, losing to South Alabama 5-4 in 11 innings. With that loss to end the weekend, head coach Larissa Anderson and her team came out on the other side of opening weekend with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is headed south for winter to kickoff the 2026 campaign at the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Florida. On Tuesday evening, head coach Larissa Anderson and her team put one more practice in the books, before leaving for Florida on Wednesday afternoon. MU will begin tournament
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s become pretty unusual for the Mizzou softball team to miss out out on the NCAA Tournament play. However, that was the case in an up and down 2025 season, a campaign that saw head coach Larissa Anderson and her team snap a 17-season streak of making the NCAA Tournament. While there’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team put one last offseason tune-up in the books, before the 2026 season begins in Clearwater, Florida, on Friday. On Sunday morning, head coach Larissa Anderson and her team held the annual Black & Gold intrasquad scrimmage at Devine Pavilion. In that high-scoring contest, team black came out with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up with Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-Down to preview the 2026 season. Coach Anderson emphasized that her team is intent on making it back to the postseason, after falling short of that goal in 2025. “I mean it’s
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball has secured five signatures to complete a top-25 class. According to On3, head coach Larissa Anderson inked the No. 23-ranked recruiting class in the country on the first day of the NCAA signing period, adding five players to next year’s roster. You can learn more about each of Mizzou’s signees
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball has learned its entire SEC schedule for the 2026 season. On Wednesday, the league announced MU’s 24-game conference slate, which is comprised of eight teams who each earned an NCAA Tournament berth last year. Additionally, six of those eight schools reached an NCAA Super Regional last season, and two of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball has inked a former Big-12 Conference talent. Head Coach Larissa Anderson and her staff received a signature from Houston transfer Rylee Michalak, representing the team’s first addition to its pitching staff this offseason. The sophomore right-handed pitcher spent her first season at the collegiate level with the Cougars, collecting a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri Athletic Director Laird Veatch on Thursday will speak to the media on the recent settlement reached against the NCAA. Judge Claudia Wilken last week approved the settlement between the college sports governing body and current and former student-athletes. The athletes sued over claims the NCAA illegally limited their ability to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson’s 2026 roster will officially feature the 2024-25 Missouri Softball Gatorade Player of the Year, after Lafayette High School pitcher Abby Carr earned the honor, on Monday. The award is widely known as the top honor in all of high school sports. It goes to the nation’s best
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is bringing one of the top hitting instructors in the nation back to Columbia to serve on head coach Larissa Anderson’s staff. On Monday, Tiger Athletics announced that former Mizzou baseball player and hitting coach Jake Epstein will return to Mizzou to serve as Anderson’s hitting coach. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is bringing some power to its 2026 lineup, with the addition of former Eastern Carolina University (ECU) outfielder Emma Jackson. Jackson, a native of Chincoteague, Virginia, committed to the Tigers on social media, on Friday evening. In an Instagram post, she said, “my softball journey has been anything
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Julia Crenshaw has cemented her spot among Mizzou Softball’s best. The O’Fallon native was named a third-team All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Wednesday, becoming the 27th different player in program history to earn All-American status. Crenshaw’s newest accolade also raises the program’s mark to 32 total All-American honors.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Eli Hoff, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Mizzou Athletics beat writer, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Head Coach Larissa Anderson has hired a defensive-minded assistant to her staff. Mizzou Softball announced that former North Texas assistant coach Jason Gwyn will be joining the program’s coaching staff. “We’re thrilled to welcome Jason Gwyn to our coaching staff as an assistant coach,” Anderson said in Wednesday’s press release. “Jason brings
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