COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Eli Hoff in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KMIZ) Mizzou Volleyball’s deepest NCAA Tournament run since the 2017 season ended in the Sweet 16. The No. 7-seeded Tigers dropped a four-set battle with the No. 3-seeded Kentucky Wildcats in the NCAA Regional Semifinal round at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, capping off a stellar second season under head coach Dawn
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team left for the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance since 2017 in style on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers were sent off with cheers and high fives from members of MU Athletics, including men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates and Athletic Director Laird Veatch. Head coach Dawn Sullivan and company will
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ahead of the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance since 2017, five members of the Mizzou volleyball team were received 2024 AVCA All-Region honors, on Tuesday. Graduate outside hitter Mychael Vernon was tabbed as the AVCA Central Region Player of the Year, while head coach Dawn Sullivan was named the AVCA Central Region
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DALLAS, Texas (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team has survived and advanced in the NCAA Tournament, once again. On Friday, head coach Dawn Sullivan and company beat No. 2-seeded SMU in four sets in the Second Round of the big dance. It was the eighth-straight time that Mizzou had advanced to the Second Round and the
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DALLAS, Texas (KMIZ) No. 25 Mizzou Volleyball is bound for the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers swept Texas State in the opening match of the NCAA Dallas Regional. With Thursday’s win, the program has now reached round two of the Big Dance in nine straight tournament appearances. MU sparked a pair of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second-straight season, the Mizzou volleyball team will look to make a run in the NCAA Tournament. You can watch the full interview with head coach Dawn Sullivan in the video player below. The No. 7-seeded Tigers are headed to the Dallas Regional (hosted by SMU), where they will face Texas
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 24 Mizzou Volleyball gave its seniors a proper send-off to close out the regular season. The Tigers (20-8) swept Auburn on senior day at the Hearnes Center, clinching the program’s first 20-win season since the 2019 campaign. After the game, MU honored seven seniors during a postgame ceremony. Mizzou cruised past
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 24 Mizzou Volleyball ignited a late rally but fell two sets short of completing a reverse sweep of No. 12 Kentucky. The Wildcats ended the match on a 16-4 scoring run to stall MU’s comeback effort in the fourth set, handing the Tigers their third loss in four games. After a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No. 25 Mizzou volleyball fell short in a five-set thriller against No. 21 Florida, on Friday night, losing 3-2 in the team’s first match as a ranked squad. Head coach Dawn Sullivan and company came out of the gates strong with a set one win, 25-15. However, the Gators responded with wins
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The two teams chasing Kentucky for the top spot in the SEC standings are preparing to battle on Friday night at the Hearnes Center. No. 25 Mizzou is getting set to host No. 21 Florida, seeking to extend the program’s winning streak to 10 consecutive games. MU’s recent string of success has
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team finally received its first long-awaited and well-deserved national ranking of the season, on Monday. Head coach Dawn Sullivan and company are the No. 25 team in the land in the weekly AVCA rankings. The ranking comes after MU has been on an absolute heater over the last few
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team has now won nine-straight matches and sits in striking distance of first place in the Southeastern Conference standings, following a sweep over South Carolina at the Hearnes Center on Sunday. The 3-0 win over the Gamecocks marks head coach Dawn Sullivan and company’s first sweep since Oct. 11,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou and Kentucky remain locked at the top of the SEC volleyball standings. The Tigers (17-5) kicked off their three-game homestand with a four-set win over Georgia (9-12) at the Hearnes Center on Wednesday night. MU posted its eighth consecutive win, maintaining the longest winning streak in the conference. Dawn Sullivan’s squad
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AUSTIN, Texas (KMIZ) Mizzou Volleyball (16-5) has created a three-way tie at the top of the SEC standings. Dawn Sullivan’s squad knocked off last season’s NCAA champion No. 9 Texas (12-5) in a five-set thriller on the road. Wednesday night’s contest was a back-and-forth affair at Gregory Gymnasium. After losing the first frame 25-21, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Volleyball has flawlessly defended its home court. The Tigers finished off an undefeated four-game homestand by defeating Mississippi State in four sets on Sunday afternoon. After Sunday’s win, Dawn Sullivan’s squad holds a perfect 7-0 record at the Hearnes Center this year with five more home games left in the regular
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference announced that two Mizzou volleyball standouts earned weekly conference honors for the second time this season, on Monday, as rightside hitter Jordan Iliff and Marina Crownover were recognized by the league. Iliff was named the SEC Player of the Week and the SEC Offensive Player of the Week, while
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Volleyball put a relentless, no-quit spirit on display on Sunday afternoon at the Hearnes Center. The Tigers battled back from a 2-1 deficit to defend their home court against Tennessee, claiming a five-set win over a program that received votes in the latest AVCA Division I Women’s Top 25 Poll. After
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Show Me State bragging rights belong to Mizzou Volleyball. The Tigers ended non-conference play in dominating fashion with a 3-0 win over Southeast Missouri State (SEMO) on Wednesday night. Following Wednesday’s win, Mizzou finished the non-conference portion of its schedule with a 9-3 record, including a six-game winning streak against non-SEC opponents.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In her first two games playing in the Southeastern Conference, Mizzou outside hitter Mychael Vernon put the league on notice. On Monday, the conference tabbed Vernon as the Offensive Player of the Week, following two big outingss on SEC-opening weekend. It is the first SEC weekly honor of Vernon’s career. Vernon, a
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