The week that was in Mizzou Sports: Oct. 27-Nov. 2
Even on a football bye week, it’s easy to miss some of the stuff that goes on around Mizzou Sports.
Here is a look at what we didn’t cover the past week.
Volleyball
The Tiger hot streak continued with a 25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 25-17 win against No. 16 Tennessee on Friday.
It marked seven consecutive wins for Mizzou, including six straight SEC wins.
Caylen Alexander led the Tigers with 19 kills, while freshman Maca Lobaglio had a career-high 11 kills. Alexander recorded her fifth double-double with 12 digs.
Marina Crownover recorded her 10th double-double with 39 assists and 10 digs, while Regan Haith had six blocks.
Freshman Zoey Matias-Lopez had a team-high 14 digs.
Tyrah Ariail had nine kills, three service aces, four digs and two blocks. Janet deMarrais added 10 kills.
The win streak came to an end Sunday, though, as the Tigers lost 26-24, 25-13, 23-25, 21-25, 16-14 at Vanderbilt.
deMarrais led the Tigers with 13 kills and five service aces to go with five digs and three blocks.
Asia Harvey and Ariail both had nine kills, while Harvey added seven digs and Ariail had five blocks, three digs and two service aces.
Nina Mandovic led the Tigers with a double-double of 36 assists and 12 digs, while Crownover had 11 assists.
Maya Sands added a team-high 14 digs.
Mizzou (16-7, 7-4 SEC) will only take on Kentucky this week, hosting the Wildcats at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Cross Country
The Tiger men and women took on the SEC Championship at Cherokee Farm Cross Country Course in Knoxville, Tenn.
Both teams took fifth.
The Tiger men finished with 145 points. Alabama won the men’s race at 64 points, then Georgia (123), Oklahoma (126) and Arkansas (131) followed.
The women finished with 172 points. Florida won the women’s race with 45 points, while Alabama (117), South Carolina (130) and LSU (159) followed.
Drew Rogers claimed the best Tiger time in the men’s 8-kilometer run with a time of 23:29.6 for seventh overall.
Austin Popplewell was next with a 24th-place finish in 24:03.76. Elijah Limo was next with a time of 24:12.82 for 31st, then Ryder James took 37th in 24:18.13.
Tyler Freiner ran a time of 24:25.99 for 47th, Carter Spradling finished in 24:37.31 for 54th, Joshua Allison took 60th in 24:43.82 and Raymond Kipkoech finished 63rd in 24:50.31.
In the women’s 6-kilometer race, Monica Wanjiku was the top Tiger finisher running a time of 20:02.20 for sixth.
Suzy Lecoutre took 33rd in 20:54.62 for the second Tiger time, then Kobi Walker finished 36th in 20:57.19.
Mirriam Chepkirui took 38th in 21:00.22, Natalie Barnard finished in 21:32.29 for 61st, Rahel Broemmel took 65th in 21:37.81, Allison Newman was right behind at 66th in 21:39.22. Charlotte Cullen took 72nd in 21:52.46 and Maleah Eggers finished 95th in 22:16.82. Pheline Cheruto took 118th in 22:49.57 and Elissa Barnard ran a time of 23:00.85 for 126th.
The Tigers will head to the NCAA Midwest Championship on Nov. 14, then will host the NCAA Championship on Nov. 22.
Swim & Dive
The Tigers took on Vanderbilt and McKendree at Mizzou Aquatic Center on Saturday.
The matchup with Vanderbilt was women only, with Mizzou winning 236-57.
Both teams competed against McKendree, with the men winning 213.5-85.5 and the women winning 244-40.
Mizzou swept 16 events in the combined meet.
“I’m very proud of how the athletes put the focus on organizing, implementing and executing their processes from the moment they showed up this morning through the entire meet,” Mizzou coach Andrew Grevers said. “The Tigers focused on the right things and are growing and getting better because of it. We seem to have our heads in the right place as we look forward to the Mizzou Invite in three weeks.”
Zara Zallen won two freestyle events for the Mizzou women, taking the 200 free in 1:47.60 and the 100 free in 49.22 seconds. Karolina Bank took first in the 100 breast stroke in 1:00.10 and 200 breast stroke in 2:14.10.
Freshma Libby Baker cruised to a win in the 100 back in 54.21 seconds and the 200 back in 1:58.12. Zoe Schneider added wins in the 500 free (4:49.62) and the 400 individual medley (4:15.70).
On the men’s side, Quinlan Gould won the 200 back (1:44.16) and the 100 back (46.47), while Brady Johnson won the 100 breast stroke (53.73) and was a part of the 400 free relay winning time of 2:53.29.
Matthew Mortenson won the 200 breast (1:57.87) and the 400 individual medley (3:50.28).
Collier Dyer won the 1-meter dive with a score of 369.83, and the 3-meter dive with a score of 362.63.
On the women’s side, Gabriela San Juan Carmona won the 3-meter dive with a score of 316.5 and Mia Henninger won the 1-meter dive at 289.58.
The Tiger divers will go to the Georgia Tech Invitational from Nov. 13-15, then Missouri will host the Mizzou Invite from Nov. 20-22.
Men’s Golf
The Tigers went to The Clerico hosted by Oral Roberts in Tulsa and placed 12th out of 12 teams.
The Tigers shot +70 903 as a team.
Trent Mierl led the Tigers with a tie for 31st overall. On a par 70 course, Mierl shot 73-74-76–223.
Veikka Viskari and Bradley Mulder tied at +18 228. The pair tied for 41st overall and second for the Tigers. Viskari shot 79-73-76–228, while Mulder shot 77-77-74–228.
Reese Roberts had the Tigers’ final counting score of +21 231 for a tie for 50th. He shot 74-75-82–231.
Virgilio Paz rounded out the Tigers’ scores with a 72-79-84–235 to shoot +25.
The Clerico was the final event of the fall season for the Tigers.
“The last event of the fall was a tough finish for us, competing on a championship golf course in testing conditions,” Mizzou coach Glen Millican said. “Overall, we had a good season this fall. It stings a little with the ending, but in all reality, it was one bad tournament to go with four pretty good results. We did a nice job of showing improvement throughout the fall and have some positive momentum going into the offseason. We know some of the areas we need to work on to reach another level in the spring.”
The Tiger men will return to action with a trip to Hawaii for the John Burns Intercollegiate on Feb. 12-14.
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