Sept. 22, 2006

Columbia, Mo. - Under the direction of new Head Coach Ehren Earleywine, the Missouri softball team will play three home games this fall beginning with a Saturday, Sept. 30, 5 p.m. (CT) contest against Jefferson County Community College. All games will be open to the public, free and held on University Field.

Following the Sept. 30 game, Missouri will play Butler County Community College Saturday, Oct. 7 and Johnson County Community College, Saturday, Oct. 14. Times for both October games are still to be determined and will be release online as soon as available,.

2005 ACC Coach of the Year, Earleywine, recently named Melissa Tucci and Mark Redburn his assistants for Missouri's upcoming campaign. Missouri is coming off of a 2006 season in which the Tigers took third at the Big 12 Championships and finished with a 26-27 record.