COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 23 ranked Mizzou Softball team hosted its annual Black & Gold Game Saturday at the Devine Pavilion ahead of the start of the 2023 season. The Tigers enter the 2023 season after hosting an NCAA Regional for the second-consecutive year and making the SEC Tournament Championship game for the second
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou shortstop Jenna Laird received another preseason honor on Thursday. The junior was named to the 2023 Preseason All-SEC Softball Team for the second straight year. Laird led the Tigers in 2022 batting .338 with 11 doubles, three triples, 44 runs scored and 22 stolen bases. She had 20 multi-hit games in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference selected the No. 23 Mizzou softball team to finish eighth in the conference in 2023. MU is coming off of a season where the group hosted an NCAA Regional for the second-consecutive year. The group also made it to the SEC Tournament Championship for the second time in program
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday, Mizzou shortstop Jenna Laird was named to the D1Softball Preseason D100 as one of the top 100 players entering the 2023 season. Laird is ranked No. 64 on the preseason list. The junior led the Tigers in 2022 for batting average (.338), doubles (11), triples (3), runs scored (44) and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball made a new addition on Wednesday picking up South Carolina transfer infielder Maddie Gallagher. Gallagher played her first two collegiate seasons for the Gamecocks in Columbia, South Carolina. In 2022, she started and played in all 56 games, mostly at second base. Gallagher hit .292 while leading the team with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics launched a one-of-a-kind ticket program where both students and athletes can earn a profit on Friday afternoon. The new initiative will allow students to make money selling single-game tickets to any sporting event on campus. Students who sign up will earn 20 percent commission on any ticket sold. The program
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson named Alivia Forshey as the team’s volunteer assistant coach. Anderson said Forshey will work primarily with the hitters and the outfielders. “Alivia is an up-and-coming future coaching star in our sport.” Anderson said. Forshey served as an assistant coach at Toledo during the 2022 season after spending
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Larissa Anderson named Jeff Cottrill from Oklahoma State the new hitting coach for the Mizzou softball team Monday. “He brings tremendous experience coming off three consecutive trips to the Women’s College World Series and a Big 12 championship while at Oklahoma State. I know that Jeff will make an immediate impact on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson picked up a name from the transfer portal on Tuesday, as former Texas Tech outfielder Payton Jackson announced her commitment to Mizzou on social media. Jackson had a standout junior season for the Red Raiders. She batted .336 with five home runs and 21 RBIs through the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The 2022 season is the first year that the Rawling’s Gold Glove Awards have been used in collegiate softball and Mizzou was awarded two, shortstop Jenna Laird and left fielder Casidy Chaumont. Mizzou is the only program to have multiple gold glove winners. The sophomore shortstop, Laird, finished the year with a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team’s late season run came to an end on Sunday in a 1-0 loss to Arizona in the NCAA Regional Final. You can watch the full press conference with head coach Larissa Anderson and Kim Wert in the video player below. https://youtu.be/sQ4HcSPbkUs It only took one solo home run
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It took two games on Saturday, but the Mizzou softball team will meet Arizona in the NCAA Regional Final on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers fell to the Arizona Wildcats in the first game of the day, 2-0, however a standout performance from sophomore pitcher Laurin Krings propelled MU to a win over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will have to get past the winner of the Missouri State/Illinois elimination game in order to have a spot in the Regional Final on Sunday. The Tigers fell to Arizona, 2-0, in the first game of the day on Saturday. Junior pitcher Jordan Weber put up a solid
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou standout Casidy Chaumont is officially going pro. The USA Pride selected the outfielder with the 12th and final pick of the inaugural Women’s Professional Fastpitch College Draft. Chaumont has had quite a career for the Tigers after transferring from Louisiana ahead of the start of the 2020 season. The SEC put
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team put up another lights out pitching and defensive performance in a 3-1 win over Missouri State on Friday. Sophomore Laurin Krings had a shutout going until the 6th inning when Missouri State sent one in on a shot to center field. She tossed for a complete game with
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COLUMBIA, MO. (KMIZ) For the second-straight season, the No. 15-seeded Mizzou softball team will host an NCAA Regional at its home stadium. The Tigers will meet Missouri State, Arizona, and Illinois in the home regional. You can watch extended highlights of Mizzou’s practice ahead of the NCAA Regional in the video player below. https://youtu.be/Kh3vF6b-uVI Mizzou’s
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the KTGR’s Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second-consecutive season, the Mizzou softball team will host an NCAA Regional in Columbia. You can watch full interviews with head coach Larissa Anderson, Brooke Wilmes and Jordan Weber in the player below. https://youtu.be/BunZ_T2bYhA Head Coach Larissa Anderson on Mizzou softball hosting NCAA Regional https://youtu.be/DWOu_FYSLY4 Brooke Wilmes on Mizzou softball hosting
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team fell 4-0 to the Arkansas Razorbacks in the Tigers’ first SEC Championship appearance since 2013. The first-seeded Razorbacks outhit seventh-seeded Mizzou 11 to two through the loss. Sophomore pitcher Laurin Krings was charged with the loss. She threw for one inning and allowed one earned run. Megan Schumacher
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) Despite about a two hour rain delay, the Mizzou softball team put up its third-straight shutout in the SEC Tournament to get a 3-0 win over Tennessee on Friday. The seventh-seeded Tigers took a two-run lead over the third-seeded Volunteers courtesy of two solo home runs from Kimberly Wert and Hatti Moore.
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