by Bill Pollock | May 4, 2011 | Sports Features
For the third time in four weeks and fifth time this season, Missouri softball pitcher Chelsea Thomas has been named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week. Thomas went 2-0 this week and is 23-4 on the season with the best earned run average in the country at 0.72. She has...
by Bill Pollock | May 3, 2011 | Sports Features
The Missouri Western softball team (38-11, 18-4 MIAA) will be the #1 seed in this week Softball Tournament. The Griffons claimed the spot by splitting with #18 Emporia State and sweeping Northwest Missouri State and #7 Nebraska-Omaha last week. Western opens up the...
by Missourinet Sports | Apr 23, 2011 | Sports Features
A rough fifth inning that saw three walks issued and a hit by pitch ultimately spelled doom for the Tigers, as they dropped the series opener with No. 14 Nebraska, 3-2. Missouri is now 37-6 on the year and 9-2 in Big 12 play, as their 10-game winning streak was...
by Bill Pollock | Apr 20, 2011 | Sports Features
Missouri softball team swept the Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week honors. Nicole Hudson was named Player of the Week and Chelsea Thomas the league’s Pitcher of the Week for the second straight week. It’s the first time since May of 2004, that Mizzou...
by Bill Pollock | Apr 18, 2011 | Sports Features
The Missouri softball team won their 31st and 32nd straight at home, longest active streak in D-I, as the Tigers pulled off two extra inning wins over the 14th ranked Oklahoma Sooners. The 9th ranked Tigers played Sunday in front of a regular season record crowd of...