COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) For the second straight day, the Mizzou volleyball team managed to take matches to five sets to complete come back victories. On Sunday, MU managed to win the last two sets against Colgate to take the match. Dawn Sullivan has started her era at Mizzou a perfect 3-0 after some exciting wins
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After losing the first two sets, the Mizzou volleyball team made the first major comeback of the Dawn Sullivan era to down Central Arkansas 3-2 in the five-set match. The Tigers were led by St. Louis native Jordan Iliff finishing with 15 kills, seven digs and a block. Dilara Gedikoglu also had
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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) A new era of Mizzou volleyball kicked off on Saturday with the annual black & gold scrimmage taking place at the Hearnes Center. The volleyball program has new leadership with head coach Dawn Sullivan entering her first year in Columbia. With the coaching change came a new look to the court. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on first-year Mizzou volleyball coach Dawn Sullivan in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The pair previewed Sullivan’s upcoming debut season in Columbia, as she was first hired in December of 2022. The former UNLV head coach said that working with her old boss, Athletics
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou volleyball coach Dawn Sullivan made a new addition to her roster Wednesday in graduate transfer Dilara Gedikoglu. The 5-foot-10 outside hitter is coming to Columbia after spending the past three seasons at Arizona. For the Wildcats, she recorded 97 kills, 156 digs, 18 assists, and 19 aces as a senior, totaled
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Seven Rock Bridge athletes signed their national letters of intent to play sports at the next level on Monday evening. The signing ceremony included Bruin volleyball standout Kaylen Rush, who signed to play at Mizzou next year. The libero will join first-year head coach Dawn Sullivan’s group at the Hearnes Center. Rush
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou volleyball coach Dawn Sullivan made a new addition to her staff on Thursday adding Arielle Wilson as her Defensive and Recruiting Coordinator. Wilson has spent the past four seasons as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Georgia Tech helping to lead them to four postseason appearances. Wilson coached three student-athletes
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou’s new volleyball coach Dawn Sullivan in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. MU Athletics hired Sullivan in December. She came to Columbia with five years of experience coaching at UNLV. She ended her time in Las Vegas with a 109-39 record, a Mountain
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou volleyball head coach Dawn Sullivan announced her first signee Wednesday in libero Maya Sands. Sands heads to Mizzou after spending her freshman year at UNLV under Sullivan. The 5-foot-7, Illinois native, helped the Rebels capture the 2022 Mountain West Conference Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Sands ranked third
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Wednesday morning, Dawn Sullivan was introduced as the new Mizzou women’s volleyball coach after the announcement on Sunday that she would take over the program. “This place is rich in tradition,” Sullivan said. “I played here and coached against Mizzou for many years. Maybe the last couple of years haven’t been
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou Athletics Director Desiree Reed-Francois announced that the MU volleyball team has a new leader on Sunday night. Former UNLV head coach Dawn Sullivan will take the reins in Columbia. Sullivan and Reed-Francois are no strangers. The two met when Reed-Francois served as the UNLV Athletics Director, before coming to Mizzou. Sullivan
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to a running list of college volleyball transfers on Twitter, Mizzou outside hitters Anna Dixon and Kaylee Cox have entered the transfer portal. This comes just four days after Mizzou parted ways with head coach Josh Taylor after the team finished 9-19 last season, which was last in the SEC. As
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One day after the Mizzou volleyball season came to an end, Mizzou Athletics announced that head coach Josh Taylor will not be retained for next season. “We thank Coach Taylor for all he has done the past seven years for the volleyball program and University,” Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois said in a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team ended it’s season with a 3-0 loss on the road at Mississippi State finishing the year with a 9-19 record. Jordan Iliff led the MU with 13 kills in the match, plus senior Anna Dixon had nine kills in her final game as a Tiger. The young team
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team honored its three seniors in the final home match of the season against Texas A&M on Sunday afternoon. Outside hitters Anna Dixon, Leandra Mangual-Duran, and Brynn Carlson all received a framed jersey and flowers from head coach Josh Taylor and the coaching staff. MU did not end up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team took down Texas A&M in straight sets at the Hearnes Center on Saturday afternoon. After the win, head coach Josh Taylor and company have just one regular-season home game left. Senior Anna Dixon, as usual, led the attack for MU. The hitter finished with a team-high 16 kills.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team got its first SEC win Sunday with a 3-1 home victory against Auburn. Auburn took the first set of the match, but MU showed fight to bring it back to take the next three sets and win the match. Kaylee Cox was a huge offensive force in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team held a 2-0 set lead going into the third set, but the other Tigers from Auburn battled back to take the match 3-2. The MU offense was led by Anna Dixon with 19 kills, plus Kaylee Cox had 13 and Jordan Iliff added 12. Most of the set
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou volleyball team fell in its SEC home opener, 3-1, to No. 18 Kentucky at the Hearnes Center on Wednesday night. The Tigers took set one over the Wildcats, 25-12, however, they couldn’t carry the momentum into the remaining sets. Senior Anna Dixon led MU in kills with a season-best 14,
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