3 weeks ago
Courtesy of Mizzou Athletics
Coach Sullivan makes her 2nd roster summation of nan week, this clip done nan transportation portal. The Tigers added Utah State mediate blocker Lauren Larkin.
She spent her first 2 years pinch nan Aggies, starring nan squad pinch 100 blocks successful 2024. She was a limb successful nan violative hit arsenic well, averaging 1.27 kills per group while hitting .408. Larkin’s biggest infinitesimal came successful nan first information of nan NCAA Tournament against Tennessee, racking up 8 kills, 2 blocks and 3 digs.
The mediate blocker is primitively from St. George, Utah, playing astatine Desert Hills High School. She was voted to nan 2023 AVCA Girls High School All-Region squad while earning First-Team All-State honors acknowledgment to .484 hitting clip and logging 2.1 blocks per match.
With nan postgraduate departures of starting mediate blockers Tyrah Ariail and Regan Haith, Larking has nan opportunity to make a large effect from Day 1 pinch nan Tigers. She alongside Ainoah Cruz bring contiguous accumulation done nan transportation portal.
This benignant of acquisition is desperately needed for a Mizzou roster that is filled to nan brim pinch underclassmen. Hopefully Larkin’s patient quality tin thief anchor nan Tigers’ defense astatine nan nett alongside nan size of setter Nina Mandovic. While nan Tigers are apt done adding to nan team, you ne'er cognize what tricks Coach Sullivan whitethorn beryllium hiding up her sleeve.
