by Jordan Coleman | Dec 18, 2020 | Athletics, Winter 2020
A special ribbon-cutting ceremony held Oct. 16 marked the dedication of the new LaFerla Academic Advising Center in the North End Zone Facility. Don and Gloria LaFerla have provided generous support to Missouri Southern for more than 30 years, including multiple...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jul 21, 2020 | Athletics, Spring 2020
JUNIORS CAM MARTIN, ZOE CAMPBELL TALK RECORD-BREAKING BASKETBALL SEASON CAM MARTIN Cam Martin’s junior season on the hardwood was memorable – in more ways than one. Of course, the season as a whole was dampened by the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic made it end...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jul 21, 2020 | Athletics, Spring 2020
The nationally ranked men’s and women’s track and field teams qualified 21 student athletes for the 2020 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships. The No. 3-ranked women qualified 12 students in seven events, while the No. 8 men’s team qualified nine in...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jul 21, 2020 | Athletics, Spring 2020
The men’s and women’s golf programs at Missouri Southern are receiving a major upgrade, in the form of an indoor training facility. The former football locker room in Young Gymnasium is being transformed into a new practice space for the teams through the $90,000...
by Megan Vest | Jan 17, 2020 | Athletics, Fall 2019, Uncategorized
After repeating as team and individual champions at the MIAA Cross Country Championships at the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course on Oct. 26, the Missouri Southern men, and sophomore Gidieon Kimutai, followed suit on Nov. 9 during the NCAA Division II Central Region...
by Megan Vest | Jan 17, 2020 | Athletics, Fall 2019
Jon Lantz (football), Matt Cambpell (men’s track and field), Kyle Rutledge (men’s track and field) and Chris Turner (men’s track and field/ football), as well as the 1981-82 women’s basketball team and 1999- 00 men’s basketball team were all inducted into Missouri...
by Megan Vest | Jan 16, 2020 | Athletics, Fall 2019
They say records are meant to be broken – and they are correct. On October 19, Richard Jordan Jr. tallied 25 tackles in a 49-19 loss to Washburn. You read that correctly: 25 tackles. It puts the sophomore linebacker atop the school’s single-game record list for...
by Megan Vest | Aug 6, 2019 | Athletics, Summer 2019
The MSSU baseball team was picked to finish sixth in the MIAA Preseason Coaches’ Poll, but the Lions finished just one game out of first place and qualified for the team’s third NCAA Tournament in the past seven seasons. Head coach Bryce Darnell was named the MIAA...
by Megan Vest | Aug 6, 2019 | Athletics, Summer 2019
The Missouri Southern Athletic Department has announced its 2019 Hall of Fame class. The list of inductees includes one former coach, three track and field athletes, and two basketball teams, who will be honored as part of Hall of Fame Weekend. Coach Jon Lantz...
by Megan Vest | Aug 6, 2019 | Athletics, Summer 2019
Missouri Southern’s outdoor track and field team qualified a record-high 19 student-athletes for the 2019 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Kingsville, Texas, in late May. The Lions came away with 12 All-American performances, led by a national...
by Megan Vest | Apr 8, 2019 | Athletics, Spring 2019
It was something Will Bausinger hadn’t really let himself dwell on until he stepped onto the pitcher’s mound for the sixth inning. “That’s when I looked up at the scoreboard,” said Bausinger of the Lions’ Feb. 13 game against Washburn University. “When I came off the...
by Ashley Eriksen | Dec 19, 2018 | Athletics
The Missouri Southern men’s basketball team was already ranked last week in the media poll and now are ranked in both polls as the Lions come in at No. 22 in the National Association of Basketball Coaches poll and no. 15 in the D2SIDA media poll this week. In...
