Missouri Tigers women's volleyball

{{Short description|American college volleyball team}}

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|university = University of Missouri

|conference = Southeastern Conference

|conference_short = SEC

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|city = Columbia

|stateabb = MO

|state = Missouri

|coach = Dawn Sullivan

|tenure = 2nd

|arena = Hearnes Center

|capacity = 13611

|nickname = Missouri Tigers

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The Missouri Tigers women's volleyball team represents the University of Missouri in the SEC.

Current coaching staff

  • Dawn Sullivan - Head Coach{{cite web|url=https://mutigers.com/news/2022/12/18/dawn-sullivan-named-volleyball-head-coach.aspx|title=Dawn Sullivan Named Volleyball Head Coach|date=18 December 2022 |publisher=|access-date=December 19, 2022}}

History

Wayne Kreklow was hired by Mizzou in 2000 while he coached for Columbia College, and he assumed the role of head coach in 2005. Also hired in 2000, his wife, Susan served as director of volleyball.

In the 2013 season, Missouri clinched the Southeastern Conference championship—the university's first in any sport since entering the SEC in 2012—with a perfect regular season, finishing with a 35–1 record after losing in round two of the NCAA Tournament.{{cite news|last=Natter|first=Dave|title=Mizzou volleyball on brink of history |url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/mizzou-volleyball-on-brink-of-history/article_73cef581-58f7-5137-8e3b-95d85490831b.html|access-date=27 May 2014|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=22 November 2013}}{{cite news|last=Wilkins|first=Marcus|title=Proving Something|url=http://mizzoumag.missouri.edu/2014/02/proving-something/|access-date=27 May 2014|newspaper=Mizzou Mag|date=17 February 2014}} Senior setter Molly Kreklow went on to be selected by U.S. women's national volleyball team to compete in the NORCECA Women's Volleyball Championship.{{cite news|title=Sports Digest: Former MU volleyball star on U.S. team|url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/other/sports-digest-former-mu-volleyball-star-on-u-s-team/article_d59779ae-0dd4-5d8c-ad9b-2c3008d7fd04.html|access-date=27 May 2014 |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=13 May 2014|author=Unknown}}

Missouri has made the tournament 19 times since 2000, most recently in 2024 {{Cite web |title= |url=https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/mutigers.com/documents/2023/9/6/2023_MizzouVB_Record_Book.pdf}}

See also

References

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