COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The SEC has unveiled the results of its annual preseason poll for the upcoming 2024 softball season. Mizzou seniors Jenna Laird and Alex Honnold were both Preseason All-SEC team selections, and the Tigers were voted to finish 11th in the SEC by the conference’s head coaches. Honnold put together her best season
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Tiger softball team announced its 2024 schedule on Thursday evening. The upcoming slate will include 15 home games, which will all kick off in the conference and home opening series against Auburn on March 8-10. The schedule includes 55 match ups, 17 of which are against 2023 NCAA Regional teams. Head
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics revealed that it is working on a tentative plan to develop facilities that would impact every sport on campus and would also feature a reimagined north end zone at Faurot Field, on Monday evening. The master plan is set to be presented to the UM Board of Curators on Nov.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball has released its conference schedule for the upcoming 2024 season, featuring eight three-game sets. The Tigers begin SEC play with a three-game series against Auburn at Mizzou Softball Stadium from March 8-10. Then, Mizzou’s first conference series away from Columbia will be in Knoxville against Tennessee from March 15-17. Larissa
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson and Mizzou coaches, athletes and supporters gathered at Faurot Field on Tuesday afternoon for a ceremonial signing of Missouri’s amended name, image and likeness (NIL) bill. In addition to Parson’s signature, Mizzou men’s basketball player Sean East got to add his name on the bill, as representative of all
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson made an addition to her staff, on Friday afternoon. Molly Jacobsen will come to Columbia to assist with the pitching staff, as well as scouting. Jacobsen spent the last two seasons at Texas, where she was a graduate manager in 2022 and a volunteer assistant in 2023.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A team spokesperson confirmed that six members of the Mizzou softball team are entering the transfer portal. The news comes six days after the Tigers fell out of the Norman Regional in the NCAA Tournament with losses to both No. 1 Oklahoma and Cal. First baseman Riley Frizell, catchers Megan Moll and
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NORMAN, Ok. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team saw its season come to an end Saturday with two losses in the Norman Regional. Up first, the Tigers fell 11-0 to No. 1 Oklahoma and then took a 7-5 loss later that evening against Cal. MU put together just one hit against the Sooners and it took
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NORMAN, Ok. (KMIZ) After winning the opening round of the NCAA Norman Regional, the Mizzou softball team fell 11-0 Saturday against the defending national champions No. 1 Oklahoma. Now, the Tigers will move to the elimination game against the winner of Cal and Hofstra at 7:30 p.m. The Sooners put the game away in six
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NORMAN, Okla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is set for a meeting the No. 1 overall seed on Saturday, after taking down California, 5-1, in the Norman Regional’s Opening Round on Friday night. The Tigers put up a strong offensive and defensive performance in the win against the Bears. MU had eight hits in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team will head to the NCAA Tournament, once again. MU is No. 3 seed in the Norman Regional and will face the Cal Bears in game one. The Tigers still have not missed an NCAA Tournament, every year it’s been held, since 2006. You can watch the full press
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou pitcher Cierra Harrison has had quite the freshman season in Columbia with an 8-2 record and a 2.33 ERA, but the Kansas City native wasn’t planning to stay close to home until tragedy struck her family. When Harrison was entering her junior year of high school, her father passed away. “Since
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conferenced named both Mizzou shortstop Jenna Laird and outfielder Alex Honnold to the All-SEC Second Team on Friday. The Tigers claimed two of the 21 total spots given on the All-SEC Second Team. It is the first time that Honnold has earned an SEC postseason honor. However, for Laird, it
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ar. (KMIZ) After an opening round win over Mississippi State, Mizzou softball’s play in the SEC tournament has come to an end with a 7-2 loss Wednesday night against Alabama. The game was on a five-hour weather delay in Fayetteville, and after the delay, it was the Crimson Tide that got the early momentum.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) D1Softball pegged Mizzou third baseman Kara Daly its its Player of the Week, on Tuesday, following her back-to-back walk off home runs against then-No. 12 Arkansas over the weekend. The Jefferson City native cranked home runs in the final frame of each of MU’s wins against the rival Razorbacks. Over those two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 13-seeded Mizzou topped the No. 12 seed, Mississippi State, in the first round of the 2023 SEC Tournament on Tuesday evening, 3-1. The win will move the Tigers further into the first round of action. MU will meet No. 5-seeded Alabama on Wednesday evening. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City native Kara Daly made it happen when it matters for Mizzou softball in the regular-season finale against No. 12 Arkansas hitting walk-off homers in back-to-back games to get the series victory. In the final game on Sunday, it was tied up at six runs each and Daly hit a solo
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City native Kara Daly and Columbia native Maddie Snider hit two home runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to even up the series with No. 12 Arkansas after a 4-3 victory. Before the late home runs, the Tigers had just four total hits on the day and six hits
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team dropped the senior weekend series opener to No. 12 Arkansas on Friday night in run rule fashion. The Razorbacks took home the 9-0 win. Senior Jordan Weber got the start for MU in the circle, but was pulled after two innings of work. She allowed one earned run
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COLLEGE STATION, Tx. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team had a chance to win its first SEC series of the season Sunday at No. 23 Texas A&M, but the Aggies put together a big fourth inning to secure an 11-4 series victory. The Tigers got on the board first plating four runs in the second inning,
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