COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 15 Tiger softball team completed a big upset at the Mizzou Softball Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The MU defense and pitching staff helped lift the team to a 3-2 win over No. 2 LSU, which clinched the overall series win. Saturday’s victory comes on the heels of an offensive outburst
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 15 Mizzou softball team took a one game advantage over No. 2 LSU on Friday in a high-scoring affair. The hometown Tigers toppled the Baton Rouge Tigers 10-9 at the Mizzou Softball Stadium. Centerfielder Alex Honnold led the charge at the plate for MU. She went 2-for-4 and registered a
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (KMIZ) No. 16 Mizzou Softball is returning home with a Border Showdown victory over Kansas. The Tigers held on to capture a 3-2 win over the rival Jayhawks on Wednesday night, stranding the tying run on first base in the final frame to end the game. Larissa Anderson’s crew entered the seventh inning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team isn’t sugarcoating the rough weekend it faced in a Top-11 clash against Tennessee. The Tigers got swept by the Volunteers, however, head coach Larissa Anderson said it’s a good experience for her team to have this early in a season. “We were exposed,” Anderson said. “We were exposed,
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (KMIZ) No. 11 Mizzou Softball is leaving Sherri Parker Lee Stadium without a win in its three-game series with No. 9 Tennessee. The Volunteers clinched a sweep of the Tigers with a 4-0 victory on Sunday afternoon. Larissa Anderson’s crew only scored two runs in the series and were outscored by a total
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URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (KMIZ) No. 11 Mizzou Softball has secured bragging rights. Larissa Anderson’s crew won both games of its Braggin’ Rights doubleheader with Illinois on Wednesday afternoon, improving its record to 22-3 ahead of a massive early season SEC series this weekend. The Tigers won the first game of the doubleheader 5-4 behind some late-inning
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 11 Mizzou softball team is now 20-3 overall in 2024, which is the best start the program has seen since opening up 2013 on a 22-2 run. The Tigers can, in part, thank the pitching staff for that success. Senior ace Laurin Krings and sophomore Cierra Harrison have been a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 12 Mizzou softball team got shutout in the series finale against No. 25 Auburn, falling 4-0 and ending one game short of a sweep. Despite Sunday’s result, MU did come out with the series win. MU now sits a 20-3 overall through the start of the 2024 season. The other
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The No. 12 Mizzou softball team improved to 20-2 on the season with a 5-0 win against No. 25 Auburn on Saturday afternoon. With the victory, the Tigers secured their first conference series win of the season. Sophomore pitcher Cierra Harrison was lights out in game two. She tossed a complete-game shutout
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball has secured its first SEC win of the season, behind a strong pitching performance and a pair of home runs. Larissa Anderson’s crew took down Auburn 5-2 on Friday evening in its first game at Mizzou Softball Stadium and first contest of conference play this season. Laurin Krings pitched a
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 12 Mizzou Softball will be 18-2 when the team returns to Columbia for Friday’s home opener. Larissa Anderson’s crew cruised to a 3-0 win over UMKC on Wednesday evening, behind a great performance from Cierra Harrison in the circle. Harrison pitched a complete game shutout allowing just two hits and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The MU softball team will pay at home for the first time in 2024, when the Auburn Tigers come to town over the weekend. Head coach Larissa Anderson and company will open up the gates to the Mizzou Softball Stadium as the No. 12 team in the land, sitting at 17-2 overall.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KMIZ) The No. 14 Tiger softball team continued its hot streak over the weekend, improving to 17-2 overall in 2024. Head coach Larissa Anderson and company went undefeated through Big Red Invitational play, beating both Nebraska and Wichita State twice. On Sunday, MU finished off the undefeated weekend in Lincoln with an 8-2
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team is off to its best start to a season in quite some time. The Tigers are a Top-15 team, sitting a 13-2 overall. Head coach Larissa Anderson and company just got back to Columbia from the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic out in California, on Sunday. Anderson said the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson said ‘intent’ will be an overused word for her through the season, however, that’s the only way to describe the 2024 Tigers. No. 13 MU is undefeated, 10-0, to kickoff the year, which is the program’s best start since the 2009 season when the Tigers went 50-12
Continue Reading DENTON, Texas. (KMIZ) The No. 14 Mizzou softball team is still undefeated to start the 2024 season, following a 5-0 campaign at the Tracy Beard College Classic over the weekend. The Tigers rounded out the perfect weekend with a run-rule win over North Texas, on Sunday. Head coach Larissa Anderson and company are now 10-0,
Continue Reading DENTON, Texas. (KMIZ) The No. 14 Mizzou softball team is still undefeated to start the 2024 season. The Tigers won both games on opening day of the Tracy Beard College Classic in Texas, on Friday. With those wins, the team is now 7-0 to start the season. In game one, head coach Larissa Anderson and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball’s opening weekend ended with the Tigers posting two wins over No. 5/7 Clemson and No. 13/16 Utah and winning the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic Championship. Larissa Anderson’s crew has a perfect 5-0 record heading into this weekend’s Tracy Beard College Classic where Mizzou will play Texas A&M-Commerce and two
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CLEARWATER, Fla. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball is leaving the Sunshine State as the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic champions. Larissa Anderson’s crew capped off a 5-0 start to its 2024 campaign with a 4-1 win over No. 5/7 Clemson. The Tigers scored three runs in the opening frame of the title game, courtesy of RBI singles
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Softball is heading south to kick off its season this weekend. Starting on Friday, Larissa Anderson’s crew will play five games in three days in the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic down in Clearwater, Florida. Right out of the gate, the Tigers will face some tough competition. During opening weekend, Mizzou
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