The week that was in Mizzou Sports: Sept. 8-14
The fall season has fully kicked in and it’s easy to miss stuff across Mizzou sports with all the focus on football.
I’m going to try something different this week and leave football out other than non-game coverage. So much of our weekly coverage isn’t applicable days after the game.
There’s really no reason to go back to look at What to know/How to watch about Louisiana at this point. The game has happened.
Let me know if you’d like me to go back to the way I had been doing these in our story thread.
Our site
We put out another episode of The MizzouToday Show. You can find that here.
Football
Kenny put together another weekly look at how future Tigers performed in their high school games. You can find that here. He also wrote about Kirksville linebacker Balke Nesbitt wanting to apply Mizzou linebacker play to his sophomore season. Kenny added a story about Mizzou commit Jabari Brady working with ex-NFL stars and another on new Mizzou kicker Ryder Goodwin thriving off a technical adjustment.
I talked with former Penn State offensive lineman Landon Tengwall about his analysis of Beau Pribula’s play. You can find that here.
I answered questions on the longest home winning streak and the coaching carousel for Ask the Editor, which you can find here.
Kenny wrote about how making big plays is nothing new for freshman receiver Donovan Olugbode. Then I wrote about how patience is paying off for Jamal Roberts.
Kenny added a story about Mizzou commit Keenan Harris dominating on offense and defense, then he wrote about Mizzou legacy Ridge Janes embracing his blocking role.
I wrote about how Ahmad Hardy has been everything you could want and more, then Kenny wrote about SLUH linebacker Anthony Busby Jr. vying for a Mizzou offer.Kenny finished the week with a look at former Georgia State commit Jared Doughty planning a Mizzou visit.
Men’s Basketball
The Tigers got a major commitment with five-star Toni Bryant. Here is Kenny’s story on the initial commitment.
Then Kenny wrote about 2028 Top 100 recruit Trey Edwards visiting Mizzou for the first time. After the big commitment, Kenny wrote about how national evaluators are bullish about Dennis Gates’ recruiting ceiling.
I continued my look into the Mizzou basketball schedule with glances at games 3-through-6. You can find 3-4 here. And you can find 5-6 here.
The TIgers announced center Trent Burns would miss time after surgery. Here is our story on the injury.
Volleyball
The No. 23 Tigers opened the week with a 25-23, 33-31, 22-25, 25-21 loss to No. 5 Stanford at Mizzou Arena on Tuesday.
Caylen Alexander led the Tigers with 15 kills, while Tyrah Ariail posted 13 kills. Zoey Matias-Lopez gathered 15 digs, a career high for the freshman, while Maya Sands had 16 digs and two aces.
The Tigers rebounded with two wins during a doubleheader on Thursday.
They beat Wyoming 25-14, 20-25, 25-18, 30-28 and Rhode Island 25-14, 25-17, 25-20.
Against Wyoming, Marina Crownover recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 40 assists and 17 digs, a new career high. Sands added 26 digs, while Matias-Lopez had three aces and nine digs. Ariail and Regan Haith each had eight total blocks, while Janet deMarrais had 13 kills, five blocks and eight digs.
Against Rhode Island, Grace O’Reilly had a team-high 11 kills to go with four digs. Freshman Asia Harvey had two aces, five digs and seven kills. Junior Trinity Luckett made her first career start and had eight kills, while freshman Nina Mandovic had a career-high 20 assists to go with seven digs.
The Tigers played again Friday, dropping a 32-30, 32-30, 25-21, 25-21 match to No. 15 TCU.
Ariail had a career-high 16 kills, while deMarrais had her first double-double of the season with 16 kills and 11 digs.
Alexander had a double-double with 15 kills and 14 digs, while Crownover had her fifth double-double with 54 assists and a career-high 21 digs.
Sands added 22 digs and Haith had five blocks and 11 kills.
The Tigers (5-3) will play a road doubleheader Friday against Valparaiso and Chicago State, then will play Western Illinois on Saturday.
Soccer
The Tigers opened the SEC season with a 3-1 win against Texas on Friday.
Olivia Chianelli got the Tigers on the board with a goal off an assist from Brianna Buels and Hailey Chambliss with 26:23 on the clock. Then Buels scored on an assist from Bella Carrilo at the 55:13 mark.
Texas scored to cut the deficit at the 80:52 mark, but Emily Derucki hit the dagger off an assist from Chambliss with just under 7 minutes left to play.
Texas outshot Missouri 12-10, but the Tigers had a 5-2 lead in shots on goal.
Kate Phillips made one save to net the win for Mizzou.
The Tigers (4-3-1, 1-0-0 SEC) will return to action hosting No. 1 Tennessee at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Men’s Basketball
The Tigers opened the season by placing sixth in the Folds on Honor Collegiate at American Dunes Golf Course in Grand Haven Michigan.
The Tigers shot 14 over in the first round, but rebounded with a round at even par for the second round, then shot 2 over in the third for a final team score of 16 over.
Veikka Viskari led the Tigers at 1 over. He shot 76-72-66–214 to finish in a tie for seventh. Then Trent Mierl shot 74-67-74–215 for a tie for 11th.
Reese Roberts was third for the Tigers at 7 over. He shot 73-73-74—220 to tie for 28th. Next for the Tigers was Bradley Mulder, who tied for 42nd at 11 over. He shot 75-72-77–224. Virginilio Paz was last for the Tigers at 80-76-71–227 for 14 over, placing him in a tie for 59th overall.
Alabama won the event at 5 under as the only team to be under par. Notre Dame was second at 1 over, Kansas and Cincinnati tied for third at 11 over and Cal took fifth at 12 over.
The Tigers are on the course today for Day 2 of the Canadian Collegiate Invitational.
Women’s Golf
The Tigers opened the season taking the top spot at the Sam Golden Invitational at Oakmont Country Club in Texas.
Mizzou had the lowest team score in the second and third rounds to come back from a third-place spot after the first round.
Missouri shot 281-271-272–824 to go 40 under par as a team. Second place was a tie between North Texas and Tulsa at 840 for 24 under. That team total is a program record.
The Tigers were led by an astounding collegiate debut from Ebba Liljeberg, who shot a 66-61-70–197 for 19 under. Her -11 second round was an NCAA women’s record.
Melanie Walker was second for the Tigers and fourth overall at 69-72-67–208 for 8 under. Addie Dobson was third for the Tigers and tied for 12th overall at 72-68-70–710 and Addie Surber was fourth on the team and tied for 25th overall at 75-70-67–212.
Fleur van Beek was the fifth and final Tiger at 74-72-68–214 for a tie for 35th at 2 under.
The Tigers will return to the course Monday the 22nd to host the Johnie Imes Invitational at The Club at Old Hawthorne.
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