Sunday Sit-down with Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones caught up with Mizzou softball coach Larissa Anderson in this week's edition of Sunday Sit-Down to preview the 2026 season.

Coach Anderson emphasized that her team is intent on making it back to the postseason, after falling short of that goal in 2025.

"I mean it's unacceptable to not make postseason. Like you're expected to make postseason, that's why we're here and that's what everyone expects out of us," she said. "So, it's disappointing that we were unable to perform at what our potential is. When you really crunch the numbers, it was four games, like our ranking was extremely high. We were a Top-30 RPI team, so we had the body of work. We just didn't finish above .500 and that's what one of the criteria is. So, we have to go out and make sure that we're competing from day one, [make sure that] we're winning our non-conference games and then, you know, going through the gauntlet of the SEC. So, we got to make sure we really take care of business every single game that we play."

You can watch ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones' full chat with Coach Anderson during SportsZone at 10:30 on KMIZ.