CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team came out on the other side of the annual Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic with two top-15 victories and a close loss to No. 6 UCLA. On Friday, MU topped No. 9 Oregon 6-2 courtesy of a big performance for the Tiger bats. Brooke Wilmes and Kendyll Bailey
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LEESBURG, Florida (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team came out on other side of opening weekend with a 3-2 record, including a top-25 win over No. 24 Liberty on Sunday. Sophomore Jenna Laird capped off a big weekend with two RBI on Sunday afternoon. She recorded the Tigers’ first home run of the season against Wisconsin
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 11 Mizzou softball team will take to the field for the first time in 257 days on Feb. 11, as the Tigers make the trip down to Leesburg, Florida for the Northern Lights Invitational. https://youtu.be/w-ynPbI1FwA Head coach Larissa Anderson and company will open up the season in a matchup against
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There Mizzou softball players earned a spot on the All-SEC preseason team on Monday afternoon. Hatti Moore, Brooke Wilmes and Jenna Laird were three of the 21 players selected by the league head coaches. MU and Florida were the only two teams with three players on the list. Here’s a link to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 11 Mizzou softball team hosted the annual black and gold scrimmage in front of a decent sized crowd at Devine Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. You can watch highlights from the preseason scrimmage in the video player above. MU will open up the regular season at the Northern Lights Invitational in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The SEC league coaches picked the Mizzou softball team to finish fifth in the conference, the league announced on Monday. MU had never been selected better than sixth. Alabama was chosen to win the the conference. You can check out the full rankings below. 1. Alabama2. Florida 3. Arkansas4. Tennessee5. Missouri6. LSUT7.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The Tigers will begin the season on Feb. 11 at the Northern Lights Invitational in Leesburg, Fla.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics said it has extended softball coach Larissa Anderson’s contract through 2026. Anderson will be entering her fourth season with the Tigers, after leading her team through a historic Super Regional run in 2021. The head coach has a 226-122-1 record as Mizzou’s head coach. “This is a well-deserved extension for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ever since Mizzou’s super regional run, softball has been coursing through the veins of the Columbia community and, on Sunday, three MU players took it a step further by passing it down to the next generation. Cayla Kessinger, Hatti Moore, and Kendyll Bailey hosted a skills camp which primarily focused on defense
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full interview in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After announcing plans to stay at Mizzou for one more year, ABC17’s Nathalie Jones caught up with Mizzou catcher Hatti Moore. You can watch the full interview with Moore in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four seniors on the Mizzou softball team have already decided to use their extra year of eligibility for the 2022 season. MU catcher Hatti Moore made her decision to stay official on Wednesday night. Cayla Kessinger, Kim Wert, Brooke Wilmes, and Moore will all be using their “COVID-19 eligibility” to give Mizzou
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball standout Cayla Kessinger plans to return for her extra year of eligibility, according to her father Cory. “Barring any medical issues, she will be back,” He said in a Twitter message Monday night. Kessinger made it official in a social media post on Tuesday night. Kessinger just finished up her
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team fell in a heartbreaking Super Regional finale to James Madison University on Sunday, 7-2, on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers struck first courtesy of a lead off bomb from Brooke Wilmes to put MU up 1-0 in the first inning. However, James Madison responded in the fourth inning, as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team made a complete turnaround on Saturday evening. A six-run win sent the Super Regional series to the third and deciding game. You can watch the full postgame press conferences with Larissa Anderson, Cayla Kessinger, and Laurin Krings in the video players below. https://youtu.be/lalKgaQ2Rmg https://youtu.be/OoXyQNN73F0 https://youtu.be/ln6_DMhs12s On Friday night,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team fell in the first game of its home Super Regional, 2-1, against James Madison University on Friday night. You can watch the full interview with Mizzou pitcher Jordan Weber in the video player below. https://youtu.be/h1W-l8XchNQ It was a pitcher’s ball game throughout. MU’s Jordan Weber finished with nine
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will host Super Regionals this weekend for the first time since 2013. The Tigers will face James Madison for a best of three series starting Friday at 8 p.m. You can hear from head coach Larissa Anderson in the video player above. James Madison is 37-1 on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is headed to its first Super Regional since 2016, courtesy of a no-hit win over Iowa State on Sunday. It was another dominant performance from the Tiger pitching staff, as sophomore Jordan Weber pitched a no-hitter, along with seven strikeouts. https://youtu.be/jRZ0sTWoZr0 It was Mizzou’s first postseason no-hitter since
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team cemented their place in the Regional Final with a 4-0 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon. You can watch full interviews with Larissa Anderson and players in the video players below. https://youtu.be/9sJ-gazHZd4 https://youtu.be/unP1CpsB3xs https://youtu.be/i6D0Dw54huY The Tigers had six hits and two of those were home runs, courtesy
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team fired on all cylinders in a 8-0 win over the University of Illinois at Chicago on Friday night. You can watch full interviews with Mizzou catcher Hatti Moore and pitcher Jordan Weber in the video players below. https://youtu.be/fpyzNYFk6I8 The game started about five hours after its original time
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