QUINIX Sport News: The week that was: March 24-30

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Here’s a look back at all the Missouri Tiger sports we didn’t get to cover last week, with links to what we did.

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Football

This week was a lot of features for football because spring practice and pro day have concluded.

So here’s a list of who I wrote about this week with links to each story.

Jamal Roberts

Theo Wease

Kristian Williams

Johnny Walker Jr.

Brady Cook

Moving on.

Men’s Basketball

With the transfer portal open, the Tigers have lost one rotational player and three walk-ons, while adding one new face.

Here’s my story on Aidan Shaw hitting the portal.

And our story about Jevon Porter joining the team. As well as the return of The Deep Dive with a deeper look at Porter.

Moving on.

Women’s Basketball

The Tigers introduced new head coach Kellie Harper on Monday.

Here is my story on the press conference.

Moving on.

Baseball

The Tigers broke a seven-game losing streak with a win against Illinois for Braggin’ Rights. Here’s my writeup.

Then I went to all three games as the Tigers were swept by Texas on Friday and Saturday.

Here is my recap from the weekend.

And my story about injuries plaguing the Tiger pitching staff.

And the Tigers will hit the midway point of the season tonight. Here’s my story about the hope for the second half.

Moving on.

Softball

I wrote a feature on Tiger senior Kara Daly and her improvement this season.

The Tigers dropped the softball edition of the Border War in a mid-week game, then were swept by Ole Miss during the weekend.

Here is my game story from the Border War. And my writeup from the weekend series.

Moving on.

Swim & Dive

Alright, we’ve hit the stuff I didn’t cover in person as the Tiger men took to the NCAA Championships in Federal Way, Washington from Wednesday through Saturday.

The Tigers sent 11 competitors to the championships, four divers and seven swimmers.

Collier Dyer took on the 1-meter and 3-meter dives, while Tommaso Zannella, Deacon Colbert and Derek Colbert all participated in the platform diving competition.

Grant Bochenski swam the 100-meter backstroke, the 100-meter freestyle and the 50-meter freestyle.

Jan Zubik competed in the 200-meter fly and the 100-meter fly.

Luke Nebrich competed in the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle.

Bochenski, Zubik and Nebrich also competed with Darden Tate, Ethan Vance, Ty Spillane and Logan Ottke in the 200-meter medley relay, the 200-meter freestyle relay, the 400-meter medley relay and the 400-meter freestyle relay.

The Tigers had one relay team on Wednesday:

Bochenski, Spillane, Zubik and Nebrich combined for a time of 1:23.7 (19th) in the 200-medley relay,

On Thursday:

Dyer earned a spot on the Honorable Mention All-America team in the 1-meter dive by scoring 344.85 in the trials to advance to the consolation final, where he recorded a season-best 358.25 to finish 11th.

Nebrich swam a 19.30 (36th) and Bochenski swam a 19.54 (50th) in the 50-meter freestyle prelims, neither making the finals.

Nebrich, Bochenski, Vance and Tate completed the 200-meter freestyle relay in 1:16.74 (20th).

On Friday:

Bochenski swam the 100 backstroke preliminary in 45.74 (31st) and did not move on to the finals.

Zubik swam a 46.44 (45th) in the 100 fly and did not advance to the finals.

Dyer tallied a score of 280.95 in the 3-meter diving to place 44th.

On Saturday:

Zannella earned All-American recognition in the platform dive with his career-high score of 351.5 in the preliminaries and 348.40 in the consolation final to finish 13th.

Deacon Colbert placed 21st at 321.50 and Derek Colbert took 23rd at 317.90.

Zubik swam the 200 fly in 1:41.60 for 27th and did not make the finals, while Bochenski swam the 100 free in 42.70 for 49th and Nebrich was close behind at 42.84 for 60th.

Bochenski, Nebrich, Tate and Vance swam a time of 2:52.22 in the 400 free relay for 29th..

The Tigers took 36th as a team, clinching the 14th national finish in 16 seasons.

Track & Field

The Tigers went to the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, North Carolina and ran the top three 10,000-meter times in program history on Day 1.

Drew Rogers led the way as he took first in 28:14.27 for a personal record, while Tyler Freiner ran a time of 29:03.18 for 54th and Austin Popplewell ran 29:18.89 for you 73rd.

Joshua Allison ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 8:51.66 for 20th, while Elijah Limo ran a time of 8:53.32 for 24th.

On Day 2, the Tigers were led by Monica Wanjiku who ran the women’s 10K in 32:21.97 for third, while Rahel Broemmel ran the 5,000-meter race in 15:50.11 for ninth.

The Tigers also went to the Battle on the Bayou Relays in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, taking the top spots in multiple field events on Day 1.

Valentina Barrios won the women’s javelin with a toss of 173-feet, 8-inches, while Callan Saldutto won the men’s javelin with a throw of 220-10. Sam Innes won the men’s hammer throw with a toss of 225-06. Petra Gombas took fifth in the women’s hammer throw at 184-01.

No Tigers were top 5 in the track events on Day 1 in the Bayou.

On Day 2, Ames Burton took second in the women’s discus with a toss of 179-06 and Claudina Diaz won the women’s high jump by clearing 5-11.5 and Kristi Perez-Snyman took second by clearing 5-10.5.

Sterling Scott won the men’s triple jump at 51-9.25, while Skylar Coffey placed seventh in the men’s shot put at 59-11.25.

The Tiger 4×100-meter relay team of Robert Hines, Kaden Hamner, Izaiah Hill and Steven Marks ran a time of 40.6 seconds for seventh.

Missouri will head to Oxford, Mississippi for the Joe Walker Invite on Friday and Saturday.

Tennis

Mizzou lost to Ole Miss 6-1 on Friday and split a Sunday doubleheader, losing 4-0 to LSU and beating Southeastern 4-0.

Friday:

Ole Miss won the doubles points when Ludmila Kareisova and Anaelle Leclercq beat Korina Roso and Mary Brumfield 6-3 and Alice Soulie and Emily Welker beat Lailaa Bashir and Zoe Lazar 6-2.

In Singles, Welker beat Brumfield, 6-1, 7-5, Kareisova beat Inah Canete 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, Soulie beat Bashir 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, Rachel Kryzak beat Lazar 6-0, 6-4 and Leclerq beat Roso 7-5, 6-3. Missouri’s lone point came from Andrea Artimedi beating Emma Kette 6-4, 2-6, 12-10 at sixth singles.

On Sunday:

Against LSU, Bashir and Lazar lost to Kayla Cross and Kinaa Graham 6-0, as did Sarah Hartel and Octa against Tilwith Di and Gaby Rivera.

In singles, Tilwith beat Lazar 6-1, 6-0, Erickson beat Hartel 6-2, 6-1 and Gaby Rivera beat Artimedi by forfeit.

Against Southeastern, Brumfield and Roso won their doubles match 6-1, as did Artimedi and Octa.

In singles, Bashir won 6-2, 6-4, Lazar won 6-1, 6-1 and Roso won 6-2, 6-1.

The Tigers will face South Carolina on Friday and the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday.


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The week that was: March 24-30

Here’s a look back at all the Missouri Tiger sports we didn’t get to cover last week, with links to what we did.

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This week was a lot of features for football because spring practice and pro day have concluded.

So here’s a list of who I wrote about this week with links to each story.

Jamal Roberts

Theo Wease

Kristian Williams

Johnny Walker Jr.

Brady Cook

Moving on.

With the transfer portal open, the Tigers have lost one rotational player and three walk-ons, while adding one new face.

Here’s my story on Aidan Shaw hitting the portal.

And our story about Jevon Porter joining the team. As well as the return of The Deep Dive with a deeper look at Porter.

Moving on.

The Tigers introduced new head coach Kellie Harper on Monday.

Here is my story on the press conference.

Moving on.

The Tigers broke a seven-game losing streak with a win against Illinois for Braggin’ Rights. Here’s my writeup.

Then I went to all three games as the Tigers were swept by Texas on Friday and Saturday.

Here is my recap from the weekend.

And my story about injuries plaguing the Tiger pitching staff.

And the Tigers will hit the midway point of the season tonight. Here’s my story about the hope for the second half.

Moving on.

I wrote a feature on Tiger senior Kara Daly and her improvement this season.

The Tigers dropped the softball edition of the Border War in a mid-week game, then were swept by Ole Miss during the weekend.

Here is my game story from the Border War. And my writeup from the weekend series.

Moving on.

Alright, we’ve hit the stuff I didn’t cover in person as the Tiger men took to the NCAA Championships in Federal Way, Washington from Wednesday through Saturday.

The Tigers sent 11 competitors to the championships, four divers and seven swimmers.

Collier Dyer took on the 1-meter and 3-meter dives, while Tommaso Zannella, Deacon Colbert and Derek Colbert all participated in the platform diving competition.

Grant Bochenski swam the 100-meter backstroke, the 100-meter freestyle and the 50-meter freestyle.

Jan Zubik competed in the 200-meter fly and the 100-meter fly.

Luke Nebrich competed in the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle.

Bochenski, Zubik and Nebrich also competed with Darden Tate, Ethan Vance, Ty Spillane and Logan Ottke in the 200-meter medley relay, the 200-meter freestyle relay, the 400-meter medley relay and the 400-meter freestyle relay.

The Tigers had one relay team on Wednesday:

Bochenski, Spillane, Zubik and Nebrich combined for a time of 1:23.7 (19th) in the 200-medley relay,

On Thursday:

Dyer earned a spot on the Honorable Mention All-America team in the 1-meter dive by scoring 344.85 in the trials to advance to the consolation final, where he recorded a season-best 358.25 to finish 11th.

Nebrich swam a 19.30 (36th) and Bochenski swam a 19.54 (50th) in the 50-meter freestyle prelims, neither making the finals.

Nebrich, Bochenski, Vance and Tate completed the 200-meter freestyle relay in 1:16.74 (20th).

On Friday:

Bochenski swam the 100 backstroke preliminary in 45.74 (31st) and did not move on to the finals.

Zubik swam a 46.44 (45th) in the 100 fly and did not advance to the finals.

Dyer tallied a score of 280.95 in the 3-meter diving to place 44th.

On Saturday:

Zannella earned All-American recognition in the platform dive with his career-high score of 351.5 in the preliminaries and 348.40 in the consolation final to finish 13th.

Deacon Colbert placed 21st at 321.50 and Derek Colbert took 23rd at 317.90.

Zubik swam the 200 fly in 1:41.60 for 27th and did not make the finals, while Bochenski swam the 100 free in 42.70 for 49th and Nebrich was close behind at 42.84 for 60th.

Bochenski, Nebrich, Tate and Vance swam a time of 2:52.22 in the 400 free relay for 29th..

The Tigers took 36th as a team, clinching the 14th national finish in 16 seasons.

The Tigers went to the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, North Carolina and ran the top three 10,000-meter times in program history on Day 1.

Drew Rogers led the way as he took first in 28:14.27 for a personal record, while Tyler Freiner ran a time of 29:03.18 for 54th and Austin Popplewell ran 29:18.89 for you 73rd.

Joshua Allison ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 8:51.66 for 20th, while Elijah Limo ran a time of 8:53.32 for 24th.

On Day 2, the Tigers were led by Monica Wanjiku who ran the women’s 10K in 32:21.97 for third, while Rahel Broemmel ran the 5,000-meter race in 15:50.11 for ninth.

The Tigers also went to the Battle on the Bayou Relays in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, taking the top spots in multiple field events on Day 1.

Valentina Barrios won the women’s javelin with a toss of 173-feet, 8-inches, while Callan Saldutto won the men’s javelin with a throw of 220-10. Sam Innes won the men’s hammer throw with a toss of 225-06. Petra Gombas took fifth in the women’s hammer throw at 184-01.

No Tigers were top 5 in the track events on Day 1 in the Bayou.

On Day 2, Ames Burton took second in the women’s discus with a toss of 179-06 and Claudina Diaz won the women’s high jump by clearing 5-11.5 and Kristi Perez-Snyman took second by clearing 5-10.5.

Sterling Scott won the men’s triple jump at 51-9.25, while Skylar Coffey placed seventh in the men’s shot put at 59-11.25.

The Tiger 4×100-meter relay team of Robert Hines, Kaden Hamner, Izaiah Hill and Steven Marks ran a time of 40.6 seconds for seventh.

Missouri will head to Oxford, Mississippi for the Joe Walker Invite on Friday and Saturday.

Mizzou lost to Ole Miss 6-1 on Friday and split a Sunday doubleheader, losing 4-0 to LSU and beating Southeastern 4-0.

Friday:

Ole Miss won the doubles points when Ludmila Kareisova and Anaelle Leclercq beat Korina Roso and Mary Brumfield 6-3 and Alice Soulie and Emily Welker beat Lailaa Bashir and Zoe Lazar 6-2.

In Singles, Welker beat Brumfield, 6-1, 7-5, Kareisova beat Inah Canete 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, Soulie beat Bashir 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, Rachel Kryzak beat Lazar 6-0, 6-4 and Leclerq beat Roso 7-5, 6-3. Missouri’s lone point came from Andrea Artimedi beating Emma Kette 6-4, 2-6, 12-10 at sixth singles.

On Sunday:

Against LSU, Bashir and Lazar lost to Kayla Cross and Kinaa Graham 6-0, as did Sarah Hartel and Octa against Tilwith Di and Gaby Rivera.

In singles, Tilwith beat Lazar 6-1, 6-0, Erickson beat Hartel 6-2, 6-1 and Gaby Rivera beat Artimedi by forfeit.

Against Southeastern, Brumfield and Roso won their doubles match 6-1, as did Artimedi and Octa.

In singles, Bashir won 6-2, 6-4, Lazar won 6-1, 6-1 and Roso won 6-2, 6-1.

The Tigers will face South Carolina on Friday and the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs on Sunday.

Stay up to date on all the Mizzou news with your premium subscription.

Talk about this story in the story thread and discuss so much more in The Tiger Walk.

Make sure you’re caught up on all the Tiger news and headlines.

 

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