#20 @MizzouSoftball Travels to California for Mary Nutter Classic

#20 Mizzou Set For Annual Mary Nutter Classic
OPPONENT	LOCATION	DAY	TIME (CT)	WATCH	STATS
Notre Dame	Cathedral City, Calif.	Thursday, Feb. 23	8 pm	FloSoftball	Stats
Texas	Cathedral City, Calif.	Thursday, Feb. 23	10:30 pm	FloSoftball	Stats
#7 Washington	Cathedral City, Calif.	Friday, Feb. 24	2:30 pm	FloSoftball	Stats
Nebraska	Cathedral City, Calif.	Saturday, Feb. 25	7:30 pm	FloSoftball	Stats
UC Santa Barbara	Cathedral City, Calif.	Saturday, Feb. 25	10 pm	FloSoftball	Stats

MIZZOU GAME NOTES

COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 20 Mizzou Softball will travel west for the second consecutive weekend (Feb. 23-25), as it competes in the annual Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral City, Calif. The Tigers will play five games over three days at the Big League Dreams complex.

Mizzou will play a pair of doubleheaders at this year's Mary Nutter, beginning with matchups against Notre Dame and Texas on Thursday, Feb. 23. Following a single game contest against No. 7 Washington on Friday, Feb. 24, the Tigers cap their tournament with a doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 25, against Nebraska and UC Santa Barbara.

For this weekend's complete schedule, visit MaryNutterClassic.Wordpress.com.

Series Snapshots

Mizzou leads the all-time series against Notre Dame, 5-2.
Mizzou leads the all-time series against Texas, 20-16.
Washington leads the all-time series against Mizzou, 7-4.
Nebraska leads the all-time series against Mizzou, 52-32.
Saturday evening's matchup between Mizzou and UC Santa Barbara will mark the programs' first-ever meeting.

Bats Come Alive in Tempe, Ariz.

After a disappointing offensive start to the season at the Charleston Southern Tournament (Feb. 10-12), Mizzou rebounded in a big way at the ASU Littlewood Classic (Feb. 17).
The Tigers tallied 14 runs on 22 hits over their two games (11-7 win over South Dakota and 7-3 loss to Illinois State) in Tempe, Ariz.
Overall, Mizzou's batters hit .373 with 14 runs scored, 22 hits, five doubles, five home runs, 14 RBI, .406 OBP and .712 SLG%
Seven individual Tigers hitters eclipsed a .300 average, highlighted by an outstanding .667 (4-for-6) mark from freshman Cayla Kessinger.
Kessinger and fellow first-year Tiger Braxton Burnside paced Mizzou's offense over its recent two-game stretch. Burnside hit .500 (3-for-6) with three runs scored, one double, two home runs and six RBI. Along with her high average, Kessinger added three runs scored, one double and a home run to her offensive output.
In Mizzou's 11-7 win over South Dakota, Burnside's first career home run, a two-run blast in the fifth inning, sparked the Tigers' second comeback victory of the young season. She also tallied a sacrifice fly RBI and a two-run double, leading to a career-best five RBI game at the plate.
Kessinger also enjoyed a standout performance at the plate against the Coyotes, producing a career high three hits, three runs scored and a solo home run. The Saugus, Calif., native's three-hit morning marked a single-game high by a Tiger this season.

Mizzou Maintains top 25 Rankings

For an incredible 132nd consecutive week, the Tigers placed in the nation's top 25 polls, announced on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Mizzou checked in at No. 20 in the NFCA Division I Coaches poll, while ranking No. 22 in USA Softball's weekly poll.
Since the final rankings of the 2008 campaign, the Tigers have placed top 25 in the two respective national polls each time out.

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