BRANSON MO NEWS: With a 7-4 loss to No. 4 Florida in Sunday’s regular-season finale, the Missouri softball team failed to make the 12-team field for this week’s SEC tournament in Columbia, meaning the last-place Tigers (28-27, 6-17 SEC) will serve as tournament hosts at Mizzou Softball Stadium without playing in the single-elimination event. The tournament begins Wednesday.Regular-season champion Florida (47-8, 20-4) is the No. 1 seed and earned a first-round bye, along with No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 South Carolina and No. 4 Tennessee. Louisiana State is the fifth seed, followed by Texas A&M, Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Ole Miss. The championship game is Saturday at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN2. Here’s a look at the full bracket.
Trying to avoid a second straight sweep in SEC play, Mizzou held a 4-1 lead through four innings Sunday and led 4-3 in the seventh but couldn’t record the final three outs against the Gators. Mizzou reliever Danielle Baumgartner (1-1) hit a batter, walked another then gave up a game-tying one-run single to begin the inning. Next up, Kayli Kvistad drilled a three-run homer to give the Gators the lead. The Tigers went down in order in their half of the inning against UF’s Aleshia Ocasio (18-6).With a .500 record and a strong strength of schedule, Mizzou could still qualify for an at-large selection in the NCAA tournament when the field of 64 is announced next Sunday.
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“We’re hurting and obviously disappointed with how this one turned out today,” MU interim coach Gina Fogue told reporters after the loss. “Our pitchers kept battling and we were a couple outs away from stealing this one, but it wasn’t meant to be. I told our group that our season isn’t done, as we have to focus …
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