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Missouri Southern Sports
  • Lions open regional play against top-seeded Minnesota State

    For most of March and April, Minnesota State endured a long winter as it gradually made its case for the home-field advantage that goes along with being the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division II Central Region baseball tournament.

    May 15, 2013

  • Lions qualify 12 for track nationals

    Missouri Southern has qualified a dozen athletes — six men and six women — for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, it was announced Tuesday.

    May 14, 2013

  • lions-with-trophy.jpg Times set for MSSU's regional tourney

    MIAA Tournament champion Missouri Southern will travel to Mankato, Minn., today by bus in preparation for the six-team Central Region tournament at Franklin Rogers Park.

    May 14, 2013 1 Photo

  • MSSU volleyball coach Trish Knight 'relieved of duties'

    Missouri Southern volleyball coach Trish Knight was relieved of her coaching duties on Monday,  according to a release from the MSSU athletics department.

    May 13, 2013

  • MSSU seeded sixth in Mankato regional

    MIAA champion Missouri Southern will face No. 1 seed Minnesota State-Mankato (35-8) in the first round of the Central Regional tournament Thursday at Mankato.

    May 12, 2013

  • mssudogpile.jpg Ryan's three-run blast lifts Lions to MIAA title

    Sam Ryan’s three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning brought home the MIAA Championship for Missouri Southern in a 6-3 victory Saturday against No. 5 Missouri Western.

    May 11, 2013 1 Photo

  • 2013_MIAABASE_MSH_3481.jpg Bates' gem lifts MSSU into MIAA title round

    Ryan Bates pitched Missouri Southern’s second complete game in two days Friday, and the Lions advanced to the championship game of the MIAA Tournament by defeating No. 5 Missouri Western 4-3 at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.

    May 11, 2013 2 Photos

  • 051013-MSSU-trk1CMYK.jpg Freshmen break MSSU jump records at last chance meet

    Two Missouri Southern freshmen — Kaylee Morgan from Carthage and Tylor Albright from Galena — broke long-standing school long jump records during Friday afternoon’s last chance meet at Fred G. Hughes Stadium.

    May 11, 2013 1 Photo

  • 7 Lions, 8 Gorillas names all-MIAA

    Seven Missouri Southern Lions and eight Pittsburg State Gorillas have been named to the MIAA’s all-conference baseball team, it was announced Thursday.

    May 10, 2013

  • psu-defense.jpg Gorillas stay alive with 3-1 win over UCO

    Ryan Ventura’s two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning broke a 1-1 tie and kept Pittsburg State’s MIAA Tournament hopes alive Thursday night in a 3-1 victory against Central Oklahoma at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.

    May 10, 2013 1 Photo