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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Class of 2026 recruit ranked No. 31 or higher by three different recruiting services will soon call Mizzou Softball Stadium home. Larissa Anderson and her coaching staff have secured a commitment from third baseman Audrey Cathey. The Tennessee native is ranked as the nation’s No. 2 infielder and No. 20 overall
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The four-time defending Women’s College World Series (WCWS) champion and the national runner-up in two of the last four seasons are both visiting Columbia for the 2025 SEC softball season. Mizzou released its complete conference schedule for its upcoming campaign on Wednesday, highlighted by a pair of home weekend series against Oklahoma
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson will be sticking around Columbia through 2028, the athletic department announced on Friday. Coach Anderson signed an extension that extended her contract two more years, as her original deal came to an end in 2026. “This commitment reflects my deep belief in the direction of our program
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou Athletic Director Laird Veatch in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair talked about the upcoming football season and plans for Veatch’s first year at the helm of Tiger athletics. “You know, I’ve been in this profession all my career, so over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team now has two commitments out of the transfer portal this offseason. Former Oklahoma State outfielder Haidyn Sokoloski announced she is coming to Columbia in an Instagram post, on Thursday night. She played in 33 games for the Cowgirls in 2024, with eight starts. Over the course of those
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Larissa Anderson and her coaching staff have secured their first commitment out of the transfer portal this offseason. Former Kentucky outfielder Taylor Ebbs announced on social media that she is transferring to Mizzou for the 2025 season. Ebbs batted .311 during her junior season, posting eight home runs and 31 RBIs over
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LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (KMIZ) Three former Mizzou softball stars will be sticking together post-graduation. On Tuesday, the New York Rise signed shortstop Jenna Laird, outfielder Alex Honnold and pitcher Laurin Krings. The trio just wrapped up their collegiate careers in May and will now make the jump to the Pro Women’s Fastpitch Softball league. For
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COLUMIBA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday afternoon, the Mizzou softball team saw its first bit of offseason news. Sophomore infielder Katie Chester announced that she will be entering the transfer portal with two years of eligibility left. The news comes just days after the Tigers fell out of the postseason in a Super Regional loss to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team put together quite a run in the 2024 postseason. The Tigers played all of NCAA Regional and Super Regional action with their backs up against the wall, but still managed to get within one game of a trip to the Women’s College World Series. Head coach Larissa Anderson
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball fell in heartbreaking fashion to Duke on Sunday night. With a trip to the Women’s College World Series on the line, the Tigers lost to the Blue Devils 4-3 in nine innings. Although it would have been MU’s first trip to the Women’s College World Series since 2011, the team
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will live to play another day after a 3-1 win against Duke in NCAA Super Regional action on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers and the Blue Devils will now play for a trip to the Women’s College World Series on Sunday. You can watch the full postgame press conference
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The No. 7-seeded Mizzou softball team got itself into a one-game hole in NCAA Super Regional action, with a 6-3 loss to No. 10-seeded Duke on Friday afternoon. The Tigers will now have to win on Saturday, in order to stay alive.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is hosting Duke this weekend in the 2024 NCAA Columbia Super Regional, but there’s another team who’s got an important role of their own out at Mizzou Softball Stadium. The University of Missouri Athletics Sports Turf and Grounds Crew puts in hours of work preparing the field for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 7-seeded Mizzou softball team will host No. 10-seeded Duke in the first NCAA Super Regional in Columbia since 2021. The action will all begin on Friday, May 24. Ahead of the weekend’s big series against the Blue Devils, head coach Larissa Anderson sat down, one-on-one, with ABC 17 Sports Director
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball is just two wins away from reaching the biggest stage in college softball. NCAA Super Regional action returns to Mizzou Softball Stadium on Friday for the first time since 2021 as the Tigers prepare to face the Duke Blue Devils for a spot in the Women’s College World Series. If
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou No. 7-seeded Mizzou softball team will host its first NCAA Super Regional since 2021, after a walk-off win against Omaha in the ninth inning of Sunday’s NCAA Regional Final. Madison Walker played hero in the game two win against the Mavericks, as she knocked an RBI single up the middle
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 7 seeded Mizzou softball team sent two teams packing on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers beat both Indiana and Washington to advance to the NCAA Regional Final, in their home stadium, on Sunday. The final game of the weekend will be a rematch between MU and Omaha. On day one, head
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