Missouri Tigers women's volleyball

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Missouri Tigers women's volleyball

University	University of Missouri
Head coach	Dawn Sullivan (1st season)
Conference	SEC
Location	Columbia, Missouri
Home arena	Hearnes Center (capacity: 13611)
Nickname	Missouri Tigers
Colors	Old gold and black^[1]

The Missouri Tigers women's volleyball team represents the University of Missouri in the SEC.

Current coaching staff

Dawn Sullivan - Head Coach^[2]

History

Wayne Kreklow was hired by Mizzou in 2000 while he coached for Columbia College, and he assumed the role of head coach in 2005. Also hired in 2000, his wife, Susan served as director of volleyball.^[3]

In the 2013 season, Missouri clinched the Southeastern Conference championship—the university's first in any sport since entering the SEC in 2012—with a perfect regular season, finishing with a 35–1 record after losing in round two of the NCAA Tournament.^[3]^[4] Senior setter Molly Kreklow went on to be selected by U.S. women's national volleyball team to compete in the NORCECA Women's Volleyball Championship.^[5]

Missouri has made the tournament 18 times since 2000, most recently in 2023 ^[6]

References

^ Mizzou Athletics Brand Identity Guidelines (PDF). July 9, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
^ "Dawn Sullivan Named Volleyball Head Coach". 18 December 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Natter, Dave (22 November 2013). "Mizzou volleyball on brink of history". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ Wilkins, Marcus (17 February 2014). "Proving Something". Mizzou Mag. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ Unknown (13 May 2014). "Sports Digest: Former MU volleyball star on U.S. team". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/mutigers.com/documents/2023/9/6/2023_MizzouVB_Record_Book.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

University of Missouri

Located in: Columbia, Missouri – Founded: 1839

Academics

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Softball Volleyball
Venues	Walton Stadium Brewer Fieldhouse Faurot Field Hearnes Center Mizzou Arena Taylor Stadium
Rivalries	Arkansas (football) Illinois (basketball) Illinois (football) Kansas Nebraska (football) Oklahoma (football)
Traditions	The Antlers Marching Mizzou Tiger's Lair Truman the Tiger