Sept. 12, 2013

COLUMBIA, Mo. -At 8-0, the Mizzou volleyball team is off to its best start since its Elite Eight year in 2005. The team has a hidden mantra this season, something that fans may have seen on tweets with the #STP hashtag. Sean Cartell of the SEC Digital Network caught up with the Tigers this week to unveil the meaning behind the team's motto. The story is teased below, be sure to click the link at the bottom of the page to read the whole story.

The Missouri volleyball team entered the 2013 campaign with something to prove. In fact, that's the team's mantra this year; one that appears conspicuously and is spoken often.

Sure, on paper, the 2012 season - Missouri's first as a member of the Southeastern Conference - was not, by any stretch of the imagination, a poor season. The Tigers won 19 matches, including 10 league contests, and barely missed a berth in the NCAA Tournament. But for the players in a program that has made it to volleyball's version of the Big Dance all but three years since the turn of the century, they fell short of their accomplishments.

"We started out the season really strong, but we didn't make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in my career," said senior setter Molly Kreklow. "That left us with a chip on our shoulders. We weren't bad, but we definitely didn't meet the standards. As a program, we're a tournament program, and last year was a rude awakening. It's just something I never really envisioned happening."

Click here to read the rest of the story, which features interviews with Molly Kreklow, Lisa Henning and head coach Wayne Kreklow.

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