Cole Lee

of 4 Despite leading for most of the game, Missouri baseball fell to No. 14 South Carolina 9-4 on Sunday at Taylor Stadium.

Due to prolonged lightning in the area and the delay already reaching well past 10 p.m., officials agreed to resume play at 9 a.m. Friday with Missouri leading 2-1 in the top of the fifth inning.

It took more than 13 hours, but after a long delay and an overnight thunderstorm, Missouri softball knocked off No. 4 seed Arkansas 3-1 on Friday morning to advance to an SEC Tournament semifinals later in the day.

After launching a solo home run to put Mizzou softball ahead 1-0 in the third inning, Maddie Gallagher played hero once again in the eighth frame.

of 4 Three consecutive wins against a string of tough conference opponents and an Southeastern Conference Championship berth had Mizzou softball riding high heading into the title game.

For the first time in three years, Missouri softball is gearing up for a shot at the Women's College World Series in a home NCAA Tournament super regional, with the first of three games starting at 1 p.m. Friday.

A back-and-forth battle early in Friday's opener of the NCAA Tournament Columbia Super Regional turned into a pitchers' duel before Duke softball busted things open late, taking Game 1 with a 6-3 victory over host Mizzou.

Guided by a scoreless first four frames from Laurin Krings (17-9), the senior pitcher whose elimination-game heroics have saved the Tigers more than once this postseason, Missouri grabbed a 3-1 win over Duke in Game 2 of the NCAA Tournament Columbia Super Regional, forcing a decisive Game 3 on Sunday.

of 6 It took nine innings, highlighted by a thrilling battle between star pitchers, but Duke's late surge put an end to the chess

Part of the Woodland Cardinals' efforts to claim the Semoball Cup this year, the Marble Hill program made a big statement in this year's Semoball Awards. This push came largely behind the efforts of Reed Layton, who took home the crown as the Boys Cross Country Athlete of the Year for his pair of state titles this fall...