Rock M Nation · May 9, 2017
Mizzou Softball: Regular season wrap and SEC tourney preview
Enough words have been spilled over the 2016 investigation into Mizzou softball. If you’ve kept up with the reporting of Blake Toppmeyer or Dave Matter (or others), you’ve seen the 2017 season cast entirely in the shadow of the protest, the Mack Rhoades administration’s response, the subsequent retaining of head coach Ehren Earleywine, and the loss of a handful of transfers, including Paige Lowary and Tori Finucane.
But with time, that off-the-field maneuvering will not matter to the average fan. The record books will show only how the 2017 Missouri Tiger softball team fared against another very difficult schedule in what is probably the strongest conference in the sport.