The week there was: 4.-10. Nov

Here’s your weekly look at all the Mizzou athletics that don’t get as much coverage and some links to those that do.

Let’s start with my game history here and my column here from the Tigers win Oklahoma as the old Big 8 and Big 12 rivals revived their series.

The men’s basketball team started its season with a loss at Memphis. My game history can be found here and my column can be found here.

Then the team returned home to win its first game since December 30, 2023, when the Tigers beat Howard. My game history can be found here. And check here to see the rotations and how they played together.

The women’s team also started the year with a loss at Vermont. My game history is here.

Then the team returned home to beat Southto which my story can be found here.

Then the team lost Norfolk State at Mizzou Arena on Sunday. Here is that game story.

Now let’s get to the teams I didn’t get to see this week. Definitely a quieter week now, with autumn sports mostly being played.

The Tiger volleyball team won its eighth straight game Wednesday as it hit Georgia 25-18, 25-12, 26-28, 25-17.

It was also the Tigers’ seventh straight SEC win, tying them for the lead Kentucky at the top of the ranking.

Michael Vernon led Missouri with 20 kills to go with five digs, two assists, two blocks and an ace. It was the sixth straight game that Vernon recorded 16 or more kills and her fifth 20+ kill game this season.

Jordan Iliff added 18 kills and 12 digs to go with two aces, a block and an assist. Iliff surpassed 500 career digs Wednesday. She also recorded her 11th double-double.

Janet deMarrais added 11 kills, while Colleen Finney had 10. Regan Haith had seven kills and five blocks.

Marina Crownover dished out 57 assists, recorded seven digs, two kills and an ace.

Maya Sands led the team with 18 digs.

The Tigers kept winning Sunday as they hit South Carolina 25-23, 25-13, 25-18.

Because Kentucky won both Friday and Sunday, the Wildcats repeated the lead in the SEC standings at 10-2 in the conference with Missouri at 9-2. If both teams hold, the standings will come down to a matchup in Hernes Center on 27 November.

Vernon led the Tigers with 14 kills, eight digs, two blocks and an ace, while deMarrais had 12 kills and four blocks.

Crownover finished with 37 assists, five digs and one block. She leads the SEC with 12.14 assists per game. set.

Finney matched a career-best with seven blocks to go with six kills, Sands led the team with 16 digs.

The Tigers had a season-high 11.5 blocks.

Missouri is on its longest winning streak since 2016 and longest SEC winning streak since 2013. Fans packed the Hearnes Center on Sunday with a season-best 3,841 showing up to support the Tigers move to 9-0 at home this year.

Fans will get another chance to support when Missouri (18-5, 9-3 SEC) hosts Florida Friday at 19:00.

The Tiger wrestling team hosted the Tiger Style Invite in Kansas City on Saturday, taking first as a team with 168.5 points and four weight titles.

Senior Keegan O’Toole won his third invitational title, matching his 2023 showing with a technical fall in the 174-pound championship match. O’Toole won by fall in the first round, then won by 22-5, 19-0 and 21-4 technical falls in the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals, respectively. O’Toole struck Purdue’s Brody Baumann in the championship. Just a dominant performance for the two-time national champion.

Sophomore Cam Steed won by fall in the finals to take first at 165. Steed won by technical fall in the quarterfinals, then by 17-5 major decision in the semifinals before being pinned Cal Poly’s Luka Wick in 40 seconds in the championship.

Junior Josh Edmond improved from a runner-up finish in last year’s tournament to win the 141-pound championship.

Emond won by technical fall in the quarterfinals, with a 7-2 decision in the semifinals, then beat Purdue’s Greyson Clark by 7-4 decision in the championship.

Junior Colton Hawks also improved from last year’s silver to gold this year as he won by fall in the quarter-finals, by 11-1 major decision in the semi-finals and by 2-1 decision against Little Rock’s Brock Delsignore in the championship. The Hawks faced grapplers from Little Rock in all three matches.

Logan Gioffre took second place with 149, who did Seth Nitzel at 285.

Taking third for the Tigers was Gage Walker (125), Jake Crapp’s (133), Easton Hilton (141) and Zeke Seltzer (149).

In the fourth was, Cade Moore (133) and James Conway (157), while Trey Crawford (133), Logan Cole (174) and Jarrett Stoner (285) all took fifth.

Lugman Masud (125), Carter McCallister (149), Joel Mylin (157) and Tommy Hagan (184) all took sixth, while Jesse Cassatt (197) took seventh and Jake Stoffel (174) was eighth.

Mack Mauger (125), Jace Roller (141) and Kolten Oborny (165) not placed.

The Tigers will hit the road to face No. 8 Virginia Tech Friday at 6 p.m.

That’s it for this week’s Missouri athletics. Go over to Tiger Walk to discuss all the results and much more.