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
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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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team lost two of the biggest names on the roster, on Sunday afternoon. Just hours after news of pitcher Taylor Pannell entering the portal came out, ABC 17 Sports confirmed with a team spokesperson that infielder Madison Walker is throwing her name into the transfer portal, as well. This
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the most recognizable names on Mizzou softball’s pitching staff has entered the transfer portal, following the 2025 season. On Sunday, Lee’s Summit native Taylor Pannell confirmed with ABC 17 Sports that she made the decision to throw her name into the portal, after spending three seasons in Columbia. She ends
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Julia Crenshaw is adding another honor to her postseason award haul. Mizzou’s starting catcher has earned NFCA First Team Midwest All-Region honors, marking the first NFCA postseason accolade of her career. Crenshaw was also recently named a first-team All-SEC selection. She was one of 380 student-athletes to receive an NFCA All-Region honor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up KTGR’s Andy Humphrey to discuss Mizzou softball and baseball’s 2025 campaigns 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) Following her final season in the black and gold, Mizzou catcher Julia Crenshaw earned the first postseason honor of her career, on Friday, when the Southeastern Conference announced that she has been named to the 2025 First-Team All-SEC. The O’Fallon, Missouri native had quite a final campaign in Columbia, as she was
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ATHENS, Ga. (KMIZ) Despite a stellar outing from sophomore pitcher Marissa McCann, the Mizzou softball team couldn’t provide the run-support necessary to move past the first round of the SEC Tournament, on Tuesday. The Tigers fell to Ole Miss, 1-0, to end their season. McCann gave her team every opportunity it needed. She threw for
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