Missouri’s season ends with 17-inning loss to Mississippi State in SEC tournament

In a 17-inning affair that lasted nearly five hours — the longest game in MU baseball history — the Tigers fell to Mississippi State 2-1 in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Ala. Much as it has all season, 12th-seeded Missouri — … Continue reading

MU opens SEC baseball tournament vs. Mississippi State needing win to stay alive

Turns out No. 12 seed Missouri’s first-round opponent, fifth-seeded Mississippi State, is led by John Cohen, who coached under Jamieson as the primary hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at MU from 1995-97. “I am looking forward to it … John and I didn’t get a chance to compete against each … Continue reading

Missouri beats Hofstra 5-0, advances in NCAA softball tournament

In an NCAA Regional game that essentially amounted to a winner-take-all showdown for the right to advance to the Super Regional, the Tigers received a complete-game shutout from star pitcher Chelsea Thomas and pounded out eight hits against Galati in a 5-0 win over the Pride at University Field. “We … Continue reading

MU softball coach’s quandary: Save Thomas for later in regional?

“Most of it is going to (come down to) how good Chelsea feels,” Earleywine said Thursday. “If she’s feeling better than she has (been) leading up the last four weekends, there’s the potential (for her to start).” Now, there is little doubt Thomas, the Southeastern Conference’s reigning pitcher of the … Continue reading