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South MIZZOU SOFTBALL Alabama 2021 GAME NOTES Tournament Mobile, Ala. Feb. 26-28 Jaguar Field ESPN+ SCHEDULE South Alabama Tournament DATE OPPONENT SCORE / TIME (CT) Feb. 12 Memphis % W, 8-1 4-4 2021 7-2 2021 Feb. 12 @ #12 Florida State % L, 2-9 Feb. 13 @ #12 Florida State % W, 9-5 0-0 SEC Feb. 13 Memphis % W, 12-2 (5) VS. 1-2 2021 Feb. 20 Iowa State ^ L, 8-9 NFCA POLL: #20 USA SOFTBALL POLL: #19 Feb. 20 Ole Miss ^ W, 6-2 NCAA RPI: NA Feb. 21 @ FAU ^ W, 11-3 HEAD COACH: Feb. 21 @ FAU ^ W, 9-0 Larissa Anderson 0-0 2021 Feb. 24 @ #22 UCF W, 6-5 Third Season Feb. 26 Middle Tennessee State # 3 p.m. (61-34) Feb. 26 South Alabama # 5:30 p.m. Feb. 27 Northwestern State # 11:15 a.m. 2-0 2021 Feb. 27 SIUE # 3:45 p.m. Feb. 28 Middle Tennessee State # 9 a.m. March 5 Louisiana-Monroe $ 10 a.m. LEADING OFF March 5 @ Oklahoma $ 3 p.m. March 6 Sam Houston State $ 10 a.m. • Mizzou Softball travels along the gulf to the south- TIGER SPOTLIGHT March 6 TBD $ 3 or 5 p.m. ern shore of Alabama for a fi ve-game tournament. March 7 TBD $ 10:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. • The Tigers are coming off of a tough win over No. March 12 Kent State + 4:30 p.m. 22 UCF. March 13 Iowa State (DH) + 3 p.m. • Mizzou and South Alabama met during the brief March 14 Drake (DH) + 3 p.m. March 19 @ Georgia * TBA 2020 season, a game that the Tigers won 7-5 (Feb. March 20 @ Georgia * TBA 7). March 21 @ Georgia * TBA • Mizzou has hit multiple home runs in fi ve-straight March 24 Western Illinois (DH) TBA games, including three home runs in each of the March 26 Auburn * TBA last three games. March 27 Auburn * TBA • The Tigers opened the 2021 season with authority, March 28 Auburn * TBA winning three of four games at the JoAnne Graf March 30 @ Saint Louis 3 p.m. Classic, including a win over then-No. 12 Florida April 1 @ South Carolina * 5 p.m. State. KIMBERLY WERT // SR. / INF April 2 @ South Carolina * 5 p.m. • Mizzou has double-digit team hits in six consecu- April 3 @ South Carolina * 1 p.m. Four home runs on the season. tive games. Tied for 10th in Mizzou history with 26 home runs. April 9 LSU * TBA Over half of her hits have gone for extra bases. April 10 LSU * TBA • The Tigers are currently 6-2 in tournament games April 11 LSU * TBA in 2021. April 13 Kansas TBA • Mizzou is in the third season under head coach PROJECTED LINEUP April 16 Mississippi State * TBA Larissa Anderson. Postion Players April 17 Mississippi State * TBA • Anderson is the 10th coach in program history, and C - Hatti Moore (Sr.) April 18 Mississippi State * TBA owns a career record of 191-87-1 (.692) in six-plus 1B - Emma Raabe (Jr.) April 20 UMKC TBA seasons as a head coach. 2B - Kendyll Bailey (R-Jr.) April 24 @ Arkansas * TBA • Mizzou is coming off of a 19-7 showing in Ander- SS - Jenna Laird (Fr.) April 25 @ Arkansas * TBA son’s second year at the helm. 3B - Kimberly Wert (Sr.) LF - Cayla Kessinger (R-Sr.) April 26 @ Arkansas * TBA • Mizzou opened the 2021 season ranked 23rd in the April 30 Florida * TBA CF - Brooke Wilmes (Sr.) USA Today/NFCA Coaches’ Poll and ranked 24th in RF - Casidy Chaumont (R-Jr.) May 1 Florida * TBA DP - Jazmyn Rollin (Jr.) May 2 Florida * TBA the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll. • The Tigers are 2-1 against ranked opponents in OF Reserve - Imani Myint (Sr.) May 7 @ Tennessee * TBA OF Reserve - Abby George (Sr.) May 8 @ Tennessee * TBA 2021. INF Reserve - Alex Honnold (Fr.) May 9 @ Tennessee * TBA INF Reserve - Megan Moll (So.) May 12-15 @SEC Tournament TBA Pitching Roation RHP - Sophie Dandola (Sr.) Bold denotes home game % JoAnne Graf Classic (Tallahassee, Fla.) RHP - Megan Schumacher (So.) ^ FAU’s “Strike-Out Cancer” Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) LHP - Emma Nichols (So.) # South Alabama Invitational (Mobile, Ala.) $ Courtyard Marriott Tournament (Norman, Okla.) RHP - Jordan Weber (So.) + Mizzou Tournament (Columbia, Mo.) * Southeastern Conference RHP - Laurin Krings (Fr.) PREVIEW/ SCHEDULE 2021 ROSTER AND STAFF NUMERICAL ROSTER MIZZOU SOFTBALL NO. NAME POS. B/T HT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 0 Kendal Cook INF/OF L/R 5-7 So. Horseheads, N.Y. (Horseheads HS) 1 Imani Myint INF/OF L/R 5-1 Sr. Virginia Beach, Va. (Hofstra) 2 Kendyll Bailey INF R/R 5-10 R-Jr. Grain Valley, Mo. (Grain Valley HS) 3 Jenna Laird SS L/R 5-7 Fr. East Meadow, N.Y. (East Meadow HS) 4 Jazmyn Rollin INF L/R 5-8 Jr. Salt Lake City, Utah (West HS) 5 Emma Nichols LHP L/L 5-10 So. Hillsboro, Mo. (Hillsboro HS) 7 Brooke Wilmes INF/OF L/R 5-5 Sr. Johnston, Iowa (Johnston HS) 8 Hannah McGivern SS/2B R/R 5-1 So. Weston, Mo. (West Platte HS) 9 Riley Heckenkamp C R/R 5-5 Fr. Jefferson City, Mo. (Helias Catholic HS) LARISSA ANDERSON 10 Megan Moll C/UT R/R 5-7 So. Eureka, Mo. (Eureka HS) HEAD COACH 12 Casidy Chaumont UTIL R/R 5-10 R-Jr. Moss Bluff, La. (Louisiana) Third Season 13 Kara Decker 1B/OF L/R 5-10 Sr. Leitchfi eld, Ky. (Grayson County HS) 15 Kelsee Mortimer 1B/3B R/R 5-9 Fr. Liberty, Mo. (Liberty HS) COACHING CAREER 16 Taylor Nicholson SS/UT S/R 5-5 Fr. Toano, Va. (Warhill HS) • Mizzou Head Coach (2019-Pr.) 17 Kimberly Wert INF R/R 5-10 Sr. Melfa, Va. (Hofstra) • Hofstra Head Coach (2015-18) 20 Alexis Burks UTIL R/R 5-6 Jr. Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge HS) 21 Emma Raabe 1B R/R 5-9 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Marian HS) • Hofstra Associate Head Coach (2005-14) 22 Lindsey Warick C/3B R/R 5-9 R-Fr. South Brunswick, N.J. (South Brunswick HS) • Hofstra Assistant Coach (2002-04) 23 Jordan Weber RHP R/R 5-8 So. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit West HS) • LIU Post Assistant Coach (2000-01) 24 Laurin Krings RHP R/R 5-8 Fr. Loveland, Colo. (Loveland HS) • Gannon Assistant Coach (1998) 25 Alex Honnold INF L/R 5-8 Fr. West Des Moines, Iowa (Valley HS) 27 Megan Schumacher RHP R/R 5-7 So. East Fishkill, N.Y. (John Jay East HS) 28 Chantice Phillips OF R/R 5-6 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill South HS) PLAYING CAREER 29 Hannah Vargas OF R/R 5-10 Fr. Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton HS) • Gannon (1994-97) 31 Hatti Moore C/OF R/R 5-9 Sr. La Grange, Texas (La Grange HS) 32 Sophie Dandola RHP R/R 5-10 Sr. Seaford, N.Y. (Syracuse) NOTABLES 33 Cayla Kessinger OF L/R 5-9 R-Sr. Saugus, Calif. (Saugus HS) 44 Gabi Deters C/3B R/R 5-10 So. Bowling Green, Mo. (Kentucky) • 191-87-1 (.692) in six-plus seasons as a 67 Katherine Kadlec C/3B R/R 5-6 R-Jr. Columbia, Mo. (Father Tolton HS) head coach. 77 Riley Frizell 1B R/R 5-8 Fr. Willoughby, Ohio (Willoughby South HS) • 61-34 (.642) record at Mizzou. 99 Abby George OF L/R 5-4 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. (Lutheran South HS) • Has gone to three NCAA Tournaments as a head coach — one at Mizzou. 2021 MIZZOU SOFTBALL COACHING STAFF • Led Mizzou to Championship Sunday in her Head Coach: Larissa Anderson (Gannon, ‘97) fi rst season at the helm. Associate Head Coach: Chris Malveaux (Texas A&M, ‘01) Assistant Coach: Sara Michalowski-Marino (Hofstra, ‘11) • Forced a decisive, game seven against Volunteer Assistant Coach: Michaela Transue (Hofstra, ‘18) UCLA at the Los Angeles Regional, be- coming the only team to hand the eventual Pronunciation Guide national champions a loss in the 2019 Casidy Chaumont: show-MO Megan Moll: Mall Jazymn Rollin: Jasmin / Raw-lin postseason. Sophie Dandola: Dan-doe-lah Kelsee Mortimer: Mor-ti-mer Megan Schumacher: Shoe-mock-er • Won two CAA titles and posted four Riley Frizell: Friz-ell Imani Myint: Ih-MON-ee / Mint Lindsey Warick: As it looks consecutive winning seasons in her head Riley Heckenkamp: Heck-en-camp Chantice Phillips: Shan-TEES Brooke Wilmes: Will-mez coaching tenure at Hofstra. Katherine Kadlec: Cadillac Emma Raabe: ROB-bie • Her Hofstra staff earned NFCA Northeast Region Coaching Staff of the Year honors in 2015 — Anderson’s fi rst year as a head coach. • Helped lead Hofstra to a Super Regional ap- pearance while serving as the AHC in 2012. • Primarily works with pitchers and defense — under her guidance, Hofstra pitchers claimed CAA Pitcher of the Year honors nine times in a 10 year span. • Was part of seven NFCA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year honors as an assistant/ associate head coach at Hofstra. COACH ANDERSON/ ROSTER TEAM AND PLAYER NOTES QUICK FACTS FAMILIAR FACES Location _____________________Columbia, Mo. • Coming off of a shortened season, Mizzou returns every position player that entered a game Founded: ____________________________1839 in 2020. Enrollment: ________________ 30,849 (Fall 2020) • The Tigers add transfer outfi elder Casidy Chaumont to the lineup from Louisiana. She was Nickname: __________________________ Tigers required to sit out the 2020 season due to transfer rules. Colors: ____________________Old Gold and Black • Mizzou returns each of their starting pitchers from the 2020 season, despite losing closer Eli Stadium: ________ Mizzou Softball Stadium (2,500) Daniel.