Missouri softball beats Hofstra and reaches final of NCAA regional
Tigers’ Chelsea Thomas settles down, beats Hofstra’s ace Olivia Galati 1-0.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Tigers’ Chelsea Thomas settles down, beats Hofstra’s ace Olivia Galati 1-0.




Central Missouri rallied for seven runs in the final two innings for a 7-3 win over Missouri Southern in an NCAA Division II Central Regional elimination game on Friday afternoon in Mankato, Minn.

Kansas State officially announced the addition of 6-foot-10 Georgetown transfer Brandon Bolden to the Wildcats’ men’s basketball team Friday.
After a strong performance at their first-ever Southeastern Conference Tournament this weekend, the Missouri softball team, 35-11, learned Sunday that they have received a No. 6 overall seed in the NCAA tournament.
Missouri ace Chelsea Thomas shuts down Tennessee in semifinals game on Saturday but then gets roughed up in title game against Florida.
Missouri gets to show off its digs and hospitality in playing host to SEC track and field championships
Missouri’s SEC tournament semifinal against Tennessee was moved from Friday to 12:30 p.m. Saturday because of inclement weather, giving an extra day’s rest to star pitcher Chelsea Thomas, who pitched a shutout in the Missouri’s 8-0 win over Arkansas on Thursday.
A federal judge denied Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith’s Rule 27 petition to determine whether Bank of America shared detailed records from his personal business account during the NCAA’s two-year investigation of the University of Miami.

Former Missouri star Phil Pressey has is one of 60 players from across the country who have been invited to the NBA Combine. A 5-foot-11 point guard, Pressey declared for the draft in April after an up-and-down season in which he carried a greater offensive burden.

Star pitcher Chelsea Thomas pitched No. 7 Missouri to an 8-0 run-rule win over No. 22 Arkansas in a SEC tournament quarterfinal gam Thursday in Lexington, Ky. Thomas pitched a complete game, allowing only two hits with one walk while striking out five in the five-inning game.
Shannon Welker, who agreed to a five-year contract worth $125,000 per year to become Missouri’s new gymnastics coach, was lured by the Tigers’ history, their new gymnastics facility that opened in 2011 and the competition in the Southeastern Conference, which sent four teams to the NCAA Super Six team final in April.

Kevin Pendleton, a 6-foot-5, 320-pound offensive tackle from Lees Summit West, verbally committed to Missouri on Wednesday night. Pendleton is Missouris seventh commitment in the Class of 2014, and the Tigers third three-star prospect.
Missouri’s men’s basketball team will be a part of the eight-team field in the 2013 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, held Nov. 28-29 in the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
The players from West Florida Tech in Pensacola are bound for Columbia: three-star defensive lineman Nate Crawford; defensive end Rocel McWilliams, a two-star 2014 prospect; and Luke Jackson, an all-state kicker who has decided to walk on.

Tigers open play against Arkansas in the tourney.

On Tuesday, Missouri senior Chelsea Thomas was chosen SEC pitcher of the year by the same coaches that left her off the preseason all-conference team. Thomas, who was also the league leader in overall ERA (1.25) and overall opposing batting average (.155), allowed just 12 extra-base hits in her 107 1/3 innings pitched during SEC games.
Missouri baseball player Gavin Stark was arrested Monday night on suspicion of second-degree assault, felony resisting arrest, first-degree property damage and first-degree burglary.
New testimony related to Nevin Shapiro's on-going bankruptcy backs up at least some of the former University of Miami booster's claims of NCAA rule violations.
Missouri coach Frank Haith filed a court petition Monday as part of an ongoing effort to determine whether Bank of America shared detailed records from his personal business account during the NCAA’s two-year investigation of the University of Miami.