{"id":6212,"date":"2021-05-24T11:09:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T16:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=6212"},"modified":"2021-05-24T11:09:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T16:09:59","slug":"mu-softball-leading-the-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2021\/05\/24\/mu-softball-leading-the-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"MU Softball leading the charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft wp-image-6213 size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MIZ_sb_regional_vsISU_zb_88-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Jordan Weber pitching\" class=\"wp-image-6213\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jordan Weber pitching a no-hitter during the Missouri-Iowa State game, May 23, 2021 (photo courtesy of Zach Bland, Mizzou Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We may have finished the spring semester, but Mizzou Softball is just getting started on a postseason run. Sunday, they beat Iowa State 5-0 to win the Columbia Regional title. It was an amazing game, including a home run by Brooke Wilmes and an incredible no-hitter by Jordan Weber \u2014 the first for the program since 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright wp-image-6214 size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MIZ_sb_regional_vsISU_zb_100-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of the Mizzou Softball celebrating winning the Columbia Regional\" class=\"wp-image-6214\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mizzou Softball celebrates winning the Columbia Regional (photo courtesy of Zach Bland, Mizzou Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was so good to see fans \u2014 including several MU coaches \u2014 fill Mizzou Softball Stadium to cheer on our Tigers. I\u2019m thrilled we can once again safely come together as a community and support the excellence of our student-athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congrats to Coach Larissa Anderson and the team! Next up is the Columbia Super Regional where the Tigers will face James Madison University here later this week. I\u2019m sure it\u2019ll be a great series. The winner will then advance to the NCAA Women&#8217;s College World Series. MIZ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We may have finished the spring semester, but Mizzou Softball is just getting started on a postseason run. Sunday, they beat Iowa State 5-0 to win the Columbia Regional title. It was an amazing game, including a home run by Brooke Wilmes and an incredible no-hitter by Jordan Weber \u2014 the first for the program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}