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Today we are talking astir Mizzou Diamond Sports!
It was an breathtaking time for Mizzou gem sports arsenic nan Tigers hosted Kansas successful baseball, and played Missouri State successful softball. While nan softball squad sewage it done, nan shot squad fell successful a back-and-forth affair.
Abby Carr shined erstwhile against for nan Tigers pitching 4 innings while batting 3-for-4. She had 2 RBI connected a two-run homer that helped Mizzou to its 8-5 triumph complete Missouri State.
Stefania Abruscato stayed basking pinch a triple arsenic her March Madness comes to an end. Hopefully she tin bring it into April. (Editor’s note: True won’t mention it present truthful I will… Fania was his prime for Offensive MVP)
With nan win, nan Tigers person won 14 of their past 16 and are yet backmost supra .500. With nan extremity of nan play successful sight, it’s crazy to opportunity this, but Mizzou has a chance astatine postseason play.
Mizzou Baseball had a record-breaking attendance successful an breathtaking Border War matchup against nan Kansas Jayhawks. In this section of nan chronicles: Jayhawk kills Tiger.
Despite nan loss, nan Tigers were down 6-0 astatine 1 constituent and had an breathtaking eight-run 4th inning that kept them successful it, but pitching troubles allowed nan Jayhawks to find their ain momentum.
On nan agleam side, Mizzou collapsed its regular play attendance grounds astatine Taylor Stadium.
Read much successful Henry’s gamer.
We person much chat connected football and basketball, diving into prospects, visits and PFF grades successful nan Rock M+ forums.
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Got thing planned for Labor Day weekend? Maybe aft Mizzou Football’s Thursday nighttime play opener Tiger fans tin make nan travel to Chicago to watch volleyball play astatine Wrigley Field. Yeah, that’s right.
Exciting new-look volleyball lucifer up for Mizzou. And it’s against a nosy force that should make for a nosy game.
Mizzou has candidates to supply nan walk rushing “oomph” that they mislaid erstwhile Damon Wilson transferred to Miami and Zion Young graduated. There are galore parts of a defense that request to click successful bid for nan full effort to activity and rushing nan passer is surely 1 of them. Doing this workout made maine consciousness amended astir nan potential of this group successful 2026 (and overmuch much appreciative of nan unit nabbing Morgan retired of nan portal) but, until it is seen, it will stay a mobility people of precocious value that must beryllium answered successful nan affirmative this fall.
All it takes is 1 cardinal breakout, and I’m beautiful assured nan Tigers will find their guy.
Dowell was a revelation for coach Kellie Harper successful twelvemonth one, averaging 14.9 points arsenic nan second-leading scorer connected nan roster. In summation she added 6.1 rebounds, serving arsenic nan cleanable violative counterbalance to Grace Slaughter (who is already confirmed she will beryllium returning for her elder season).
Tough to spot Dowell go. She’s been rather nan cornerstone for Mizzou this past season.
Saturday’s unfastened practice/intrasquad convention featured believe sessions connected vault — I saw sticks from Olivia Kelly, Ayla Acevedo (twice!) and conscionable a flimsy ft move from Railey Jackson — beam, and bars earlier moving into much of a meet-style format pinch 2 sets of six-up lineups to trial retired immoderate different variations. Some tough-scoring judges were connected manus — it appeared to beryllium a combo of coaching unit and Kennedy Griffin connected beam (I couldn’t spot nan bars scoring, mostly).
Mizzou Gym had 1 last look up of NCAA Regionals. Karen dives into what she saw (with immoderate videos)!
The stadium felt bigger than a regular Tuesday night. A grounds crowd for a regular play crippled thoroughly packed Taylor Stadium to nan brim for nan 2nd limb of nan Border showdown and it near maine pinch nan emotion of wanting to spot this not conscionable for this game, but much location games successful nan future.
Mizzou’s stadium was nan existent logic nan Tigers were successful it connected Tuesday. Exciting to spot for a programme that really hasn’t had overmuch traction successful nan past fewer years.
Over astatine Rock M+ we person much Mizzou football discussion and basketball discussion pinch nan offseason picking up for football, and March for basketball.
From Rock M Radio: Before nan Box Score
On this episode, Nate and Nathan talk a small Missouri sports, assemblage shot disparities, and caller recruiting updates. The guys look astatine nan effect of injuries nan squad and research nan broader implications of financial disparities successful assemblage sports. Thanks Drink for nan quote. Note: this was recorded earlier QB1 was decided.
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