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MIZZOU SOFTBALL Arkansas 2021 GAME NOTES Fayetteville, Ark. April 24-26 Bogle Park SECN/SECN+ SCHEDULE Arkansas DATE OPPONENT SCORE / TIME (CT) Feb. 12 Memphis % W, 8-1 2021 Feb. 12 @ #12 Florida State % L, 2-9 32-10 37-5 2021 Feb. 13 @ #12 Florida State % W, 9-5 10-5 SEC 16-2 SEC Feb. 13 Memphis % W, 12-2 (5) VS. Feb. 20 Iowa State ^ L, 8-9 NFCA POLL: #18 NFCA POLL: #8 Feb. 20 Ole Miss ^ W, 6-2 USA SOFTBALL POLL: #19 USA SOFTBALL POLL: #6 NCAA RPI: #19 NCAA RPI: #10 Feb. 21 @ FAU ^ W, 11-3 HEAD COACH: HEAD COACH: Feb. 21 @ FAU ^ W, 9-0 Larissa Anderson Courtney Deifel Feb. 24 @ #22 UCF W, 6-5 Third Season Sixth Season Feb. 26 Middle Tennessee State # W, 6-3 (86-42) (184-111) Feb. 26 South Alabama # W, 8-3 Feb. 27 Northwestern State # W, 8-0 (5) Feb. 27 SIUE # W, 6-1 Feb. 28 Middle Tennessee State # W, 8-0 (6) March 5 Louisiana-Monroe $ W, 6-0 March 6 Sam Houston State $ W, 10-0 (5) LEADING OFF March 6 @ #1 Oklahoma $ L, 2-5 • Mizzou Softball will take on Arkansas in a week- TIGER SPOTLIGHT March 7 Louisiana-Monroe $ W, 20-0 (5) end series. March 7 @ #1 Oklahoma $ L, 0-11 (5) • Missouri leads the all-time series 13-8. March 12 Kent State + W, 15-2 (5) • The last meeting between the programs was March 13 Drake + W, 5-0 March 13 Iowa State + W, 3-2 during the 2018 season. Arkansas won the series March 13 Drake + W, 10-2 (5) 2-1 in Fayetteville. March 19 @ #19/20 Georgia * W, 6-1 • Larissa Anderson has never faced Arkansas as a March 20 @ #19/20 Georgia * L, 10-14 head coach. March 21 @ #19/20 Georgia * L, 7-8 • The Tigers opened the 2021 season with authority. March 24 Western Illinois (DH) W, 10-0 (5) Mizzou has six Top-25 victories on the season. March 24 Western Illinois (DH) W, 6-0 • The Tiger bats have launched 61 home runs on the March 26 #24/25 Auburn * W, 2-1 (9) season in 42 games. March 27 #24/25 Auburn * W, 6-5 • The Tigers enter the week second in Division I March 28 #24/25 Auburn * L, 0-3 with 75 doubles on the season. March 30 @ Saint Louis W, 10-4 JENNA LAIRD // FR. / SS • Jenna Laird earned her third SEC Freshman of April 1 @ South Carolina * W, 13-4 (6) wThree-time SEC Freshman of the Week wFirst multi-home run game agianst Mississippi State (4/17). April 2 @ South Carolina * W, 7-3 the Week award with her performance against wBatting .472 in SEC play. April 3 @ South Carolina * W, 10-6 Mississippi State (4/17-18). April 9 #17/15 LSU * W, 9-1 (5) • Brooke Wilmes collected her 200th career hit with April 10 #17/15 LSU * L, 2-4 a double vs. LSU (4/11). She becomes the 14th PROJECTED LINEUP April 11 #17/15 LSU * L, 5-12 player in school history to reach the mark. April 13 Kansas L, 3-4 Postion Players • Coach Larissa Anderson earned her 200th career C - Hatti Moore (Sr.) April 16 Mississippi State * W, 5-2 win after defeating Kent State (3/13). 1B - Emma Raabe (Jr.) April 17 Mississippi State * W, 4-3 • Mizzou is in the third season under head coach 2B - Kendyll Bailey (R-Jr.) April 18 Mississippi State * W, 6-5 Larissa Anderson. SS - Jenna Laird (Fr.) April 24 @ #8/6 Arkansas * 1 p.m. • Anderson is the 10th coach in program history, 3B - Kimberly Wert (Sr.) April 25 @ #8/6 Arkansas * 3 p.m. LF - Casidy Chaumont (R-Jr.) and owns a career record of 216-115-1 (.653) in April 26 @ #8/6 Arkansas * 6 p.m. CF - Brooke Wilmes (Sr.) RF - Abby George (R-Jr.) April 30 Florida * 6:30 p.m. six-plus seasons as a head coach. DP - Cayla Kessinger (R-Sr.) May 1 Florida * 4 p.m. • Mizzou is coming off of a 19-7 showing in Ander- OF Reserve - Imani Myint (Sr.) May 2 Florida * 11 a.m. son’s second year at the helm. OF Reserve - Kendal Cook (So.) May 7 @ Tennessee * 5 p.m. • Mizzou opened the 2021 season ranked 23rd in the INF Reserve - Alex Honnold (Fr.) May 8 @ Tennessee * 12 p.m. USA Today/NFCA Coaches’ Poll and ranked 24th in INF Reserve - Riley Frizell (Fr.) May 9 @ Tennessee * 12 p.m. the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll. May 12-15 @ SEC Tournament TBA Pitching Roation Bold denotes home game RHP - Sophie Dandola (Sr.) % JoAnne Graf Classic (Tallahassee, Fla.) + Mizzou Tournament (Columbia, Mo.) RHP - Megan Schumacher (So.) ^ FAU’s “Strike-Out Cancer” Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) * Southeastern Conference # South Alabama Invitational (Mobile, Ala.) LHP - Emma Nichols (So.) $ Courtyard Marriott Tournament (Norman, Okla.) RHP - Jordan Weber (So.) RHP - Laurin Krings (Fr.) PREVIEW/ SCHEDULE 2021 ROSTER AND STAFF MIZZOU NUMERICAL ROSTER 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) 20 Alexis Burks UTIL R/R 5-6 Jr. Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge HS) • Hofstra Head Coach (2015-18) 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) • 216-115-1 (.653) 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) • 86-42 (.672) 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) first 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 first 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.