75 years of MSSU Sports

Joplin to New Orleans bike tour to raise money for disaster victims

Louis Niewald will travel 800 miles on a bicycle next month, pedaling from Joplin to New Orleans. He’ll have a lot to think about along the way. Niewald was returning to Joplin on May 22, 2011, when sirens sounded and an EF-5 tornado began grinding its way across the city.

75 years of MSSU Sports

Baseball had odd beginning at MSSU
Missouri Southern’s baseball program has recorded more than 1,100 victories during the last 42 seasons.

February 13, 2013
Vavra was present for infancy of MSSU women's athletics
First at Joplin Memorial High School and then at Missouri Southern, Patty Vavra participated in the early years of girls athletics.

February 9, 2013
Plaster pledges provide 'driving force' for Lion fundraising
Almost two years ago — Feb. 18, 2011, the Robert W. Plaster Foundation pledged two seven-figure gifts to the Missouri Southern Foundation.

February 6, 2013
1999-2000 Lion team talented, tough
Entering the 1999-2000 basketball season, Missouri Southern guard Eddin Santiago had a little inside information.

February 2, 2013
Ex-coach Phillips found job in an ad
Jim Phillips had never heard about Missouri Southern.

January 30, 2013
Southern has played 'little guy' role well
When an NCAA Division I school plays host to a smaller college in football and basketball, it’s supposed to be a win-win situation — a victory for the home team and financial benefits for the visitor.

January 26, 2013
Rutledge started winning programs
Tom Rutledge’s first few months on the Missouri Southern campus were interesting to say the least.

January 22, 2013
First team was dream for female students
It began early in the 1974-75 school year when some Missouri Southern students went to instructor Sallie Roper Beard and said they wanted to start a women’s basketball team.

January 20, 2013
Memorable comeback victory at PSU capped with 43-13 run
Missouri Southern’s men’s basketball game on Jan. 11, 2006, at Pittsburg State could be divided into two 43-point segments.

January 9, 2013
Southernfest develops into fan-friendly fundraiser
Fundraising.
It’s a challenge that faces every college athletics department.

January 6, 2013
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