2025-26 Rock M’mys: Most Gut-Wrenching Moment

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Here are nan nominees for Gut-Wrenching (Mizzou’d) Moment

Mizzou Hoops’ nonaccomplishment to Miami successful Round of 64

I wrote astir it at nan time astir history repeating itself, but this nonaccomplishment was precisely really Mizzou had faltered galore times successful nan past: facing a beatable force successful a big-time spot, nan Tigers flash excellence, but they can’t win consistently, and they yet autumn short successful disappointing fashion.

In this case, aft a lackluster first half successful which nan Tigers were dominated connected nan solid and nan Hurricanes built a wall astir Mark Mitchell, allowing him only 4 first-half points. It wasn’t until 9:15 near successful nan 2nd half that Mizzou took its first lead of nan game. It would beryllium short-lived however, arsenic Miami went connected a 26-14 tally successful nan last 7:30 of regularisation to nonstop nan Tigers packing. This crippled was an unluckily fitting extremity to a play that was defined by awesome wins and unusual losses. —Quentin Corpuel & Karen Steger

(Editor’s Note: Another suitable prime for this class would unluckily beryllium nan Illini’s ass-whoopin successful nan Braggin Rights crippled connected December 22, besides astatine Enterprise Center)

Volleyball’s nonaccomplishment to Ole Miss successful SEC Tournament

The Mizzou volleyball squad had its rockiest play nether coach Dawn Sullivan successful 2025-26, missing nan NCAA Tournament aft reaching nan Round of 32 and Sweet 16 successful her first 2 seasons. The Tigers were connected nan separator of nan bubble entering nan SEC Tournament pinch a matchup against No. 14 Ole Miss. After winning nan regular play matchup 3-0 successful speedy fashion, nan Tigers couldn’t get it done erstwhile it counted, falling 3-2 successful a back-and-forth showdown.

Mizzou’s discourtesy struggled early, hitting beneath .200 successful each of nan first 3 sets arsenic they fell down 2-1. While nan discourtesy picked it up late, they couldn’t incorporate Ole Miss arsenic nan Rebels deed .360 successful nan last group to unafraid nan win. While this will apt beryllium nan lowest constituent nether Coach Sullivan, it’s a shame that nan talent connected this roster couldn’t scope nan sport’s pinnacle. —Dylan Heinrich

No words: Women’s Hoops 90-84 accumulation nonaccomplishment to D-II Maryville

I saw nan consequence from this crippled connected SportsCenter earlier immoderate Mizzou-affiliated outlet dared to touch nan story. Frankly, I don’t blasted them. Losing immoderate game, accumulation aliases not, to a Division II squad who would spell connected to get bounced successful nan first information of nan NCAA tournament, is not an perfect measurement to unfastened a coaching tenure. In my workfellow Dylan Heinrich’s crippled story, he wrote, “The Kellie Harper Era astatine Mizzou started not pinch a bang but pinch a whimper” earlier going connected to punctual everyone that nan past clip Mizzou had mislaid an accumulation was 2001. (Yikes.)

The Tigers showed each nan signs of being a brand-new squad nether a caller coach. They changeable conscionable 10% from beyond nan arc, and only 3 players put-up double-digit points. 17 turnovers and mediocre connection connected defense were a wake-up telephone that would beryllium effective for Mizzou, arsenic they would spell connected to triumph 4 of their first 5 regular play games, and ended up pinch a amended SEC grounds than her predecessor. —Dan Murphy

Gymnastics play ends successful Lexington astatine Regional Final

In comparison pinch immoderate of nan different entries connected this list, nan ending of nan 2025-26 gymnastics play doesn’t look that bad. It was much astir a dream deferred; imaginable unrealized. And for a proud programme that reached caller heights nan play before, seeing this 1 travel to extremity erstwhile nan squad had truthful overmuch going for them, it was a difficult pill to swallow, arsenic I wrote successful my recap.

Head coach Shannon Welker put nan disappointment perfectly successful discourse successful nan contiguous aftermath, telling us, “I deliberation we’ve group a definite modular truthful that erstwhile we autumn a small short connected thing that’s really difficult to do, it feels for illustration disappointment, but it really is conscionable a caller standard, rather honestly.”

After a alternatively tragic capacity a time anterior — Shannon erstwhile said that they were looking for much “magic” than “tragic” performances arsenic nan play rolled on — conscionable 0.225 separated Mizzou and Arkansas successful nan Regional Finals.

It was nan balanced of a stuck landing aliases a much adjacent and favorable people connected floor, for instance. If that had happened, we wouldn’t beryllium putting this meet successful this category, and alternatively it would apt beryllium successful nan Most Euphoric Moment.

Watching it travel to extremity successful personification was nan existent punch successful nan gut for me, personally. I conscionable didn’t spot it coming; Mizzou had convincingly beaten Arkansas earlier successful nan season. I simply could not — I WOULD NOT — beryllium convinced that Jordyn Wieber’s squad was amended than nan Tigers. But they were amended connected that day, erstwhile it mattered nan most, and watching 1 squad observe exuberantly and different tearfully hugging nan seniors who had devoted truthful overmuch of their lives to this sport. That was conscionable excessively overmuch to bear.

For a squad that has each nan talent and imaginable successful nan world, it was a sad ending and a dream deferred. But still, I simply can’t hold ‘til adjacent season. —Karen Steger

Mizzou Softball falls to Auburn successful SEC Tournament, missing nan Big Dance

Mizzou Softball was conscionable 1 crippled distant from reaching nan NCAA Tournament, and each they had to do was hit Auburn successful nan SEC Tournament, thing they had successfully accomplished successful their earlier series.
But they fell short, losing successful nan opening information 6-2 successful a chaotic plaything of momentum. Mizzou took an early 2-0 lead successful nan first inning acknowledgment to RBI from Abby Carr and Sidney Forrester. Things were looking great; nan Tigers were playing loose and having nosy successful nan dugout. The squad was good connected its measurement backmost to nan postseason.

But conscionable arsenic suddenly, location was a melodramatic shift, arsenic Auburn rallied, scoring six runs successful nan last 2 innings connected a operation of pitching woes and uncommon protect miscues. The displacement was frankly, alarming. And suddenly, those earlier nosy moments looked for illustration a young squad not fresh for nan moment, while nan different Tigers looked for illustration a squad pinch thing to suffer (they’d person to triumph 3 games to beryllium postseason eligible).

The nonaccomplishment took Mizzou backmost nether .500, meaning nan NCAA Tournament was retired of reach… again. The Tigers missed nan tourney successful back-to-back seasons for nan first clip successful complete 2 decades and near fans and media alike pinch truthful galore questions. Was Anderson nan reply for a erstwhile proud program?

While I (Dylan) americium not wholly retired connected coach Larissa Anderson, thing needs to change. And fast. —Dylan Heinrich & Karen Steger

Looking backmost connected nan 2025 Mizzou Football season, it’s easy to place tons of moments, ample and small, wherever things erstwhile wrong, astatine slightest incorrect capable to upend what was erstwhile a CFP hopeful team. But I deliberation I personally knew things were headed southbound arsenic soon arsenic Blake Craig near nan section against Central Arkansas connected a freak typical teams injury. Once we recovered retired nan grade of nan injury, it felt for illustration a awesome rustle conscionable 1 week in. So overmuch of what Mizzou nether Eli Drinkwitz depends connected is an elite kicking game, 1 that Craig had already proven he could provide. Without him, Mizzou’s defense struggled to move drives into points, muddling done astir of nan play pinch erstwhile Tiger backup Robert Meyer. With Craig, who knows… possibly we’re talking astir a follow-up CFP berth successful 2026. — Josh Matejka

One Point Away: Tigers Fall In Heartbreaker to No.55 Arkansas

Mizzou Tennis endured its astir gut-wrenching nonaccomplishment of nan play connected April 2, falling 4-3 to No. 55 Arkansas successful a lucifer that came down to nan last point. The Tigers dropped nan doubles constituent to commencement nan day, instantly forcing them to pursuit nan Razorbacks successful singles play. Sophomore Gian Octa delivered a connection win, defeating 33rd-ranked Caroli Gomez Alonso successful consecutive sets, 6-4, 6-4. Senior Andrea Artimedi followed pinch a ascendant capacity of her own, cruising past Alexan Panagiotidou to support Missouri wrong striking distance. Korina Roso added different cardinal victory, battling done a tight matchup to gain a straight-set triumph and bring nan dual people level astatine 3-3. Freshman Alex Ackman astir swung momentum earlier successful nan lineup, falling successful a razor-thin three-set tiebreak that proved costly successful nan last tally.

With nan lucifer tied and everything connected nan line, nan Tigers were forced into a winner-take-all last singles result. Arkansas yet edged retired nan decisive point, sealing nan 4-3 triumph successful heartbreaking manner for Missouri. Despite aggregate beardown individual performances, nan Tigers could not afloat complete nan comeback. The nonaccomplishment near Missouri conscionable 1 constituent awkward of a classed SEC upset and 1 of its astir achy finishes of nan season. —Aaron Segal

Football loses a backmost (and nan game) to Vanderbilt

Let’s group nan scene: It’s astir 4:00p cardinal connected Saturday, October 25th. Missouri, caller disconnected of an overtime roadworthy triumph complete Auburn, is successful a protect slop fest pinch #10 Vanderbilt successful Nashville. It’s nan opening of nan 3rd 4th and Vandy gets nan shot to commencement nan half. After 2 Sedrick Alexander runs, Missouri is bestowed a uncommon gift, erstwhile Diego Pavia’s walk to Eli Stowers is tipped by Chris McClellan and picked disconnected by Damon Wilson. Wilson isn’t capable to return it far, but it doesn’t matter; Missouri has nan shot connected Vanderbilt’s 20-yard line. This could beryllium nan point that helps thin nan crippled to a Mizzou triumph complete a Top 10 squad connected nan road.

First play: Kevin Coleman takes a transportation 10 yards to nan Vandy 10. Ahmad Hardy past runs doubly for 8 yards. It’s 3rd-and-goal connected nan Commodore 2-yard statement and Beau Pribula throws an incomplete walk to Donovan Olugbode.

Now it’s 4th-down. A pivotal infinitesimal to prehend momentum and you person nan champion moving backmost successful nan SEC. What do you do?

Well, if you’re Kirby Moore, you show Beau Pribula to tally nan “Brady-Cook-fakes-a-toss-and-then-runs-it-up-the-middle” play. Ya know, that play that ever worked for Brady Cook but nary 1 else. And Beau gets stuffed astatine nan 1-yard line. But not only that, because a Vandy defender twists Priubla’s ankle successful a mode that an ankle shouldn’t beryllium twisted, and Pribula is carted disconnected nan section successful an aerial cast.

Missouri doesn’t score. One possession later, Vandy rips an 80-yard tally for a touchdown.

Beau Pribula surely will ne'er beryllium confused for Brad Smith (or moreover Brady Cook) but a squad is overmuch much apt to triumph a crippled pinch an upperclassman backmost than a freshman… and Pribula’s wounded meant nan only backmost (reasonably) near to play was freshman Matt Zollers. Meaning nan remainder of nan crippled - and Mizzou’s play - was fundamentally lost.

2025 wasn’t a awesome Missouri squad, but it was a Top 25 team, and nan measurement Eli Drinkwitz teams play intends they tin triumph immoderate crippled precocious acknowledgment to close-game execution. But without a reliable kicker and your apical 2 quarterbacks, location wasn’t overmuch nan squad could do to hit Vandy aliases Texas A&M down nan stretch.

Pribula yet came backmost later successful nan year, but nan opportunity to hit Top 10 squad connected nan roadworthy was coming and nan play calling/injury ensured that this opportunity would not travel to fruition. —-Nate Edwards