Add Missouri softball to the list of teams with ‘something to prove’.
Picked to finish 11th in the 2024 Southeastern Conference Softball Preseason Coaches Poll, the Tigers enter the season with lowly external expectations in a highly competitive SEC. Internally, however, Missouri is confident in where it stands.
“It’s just about us,” MU softball coach Larissa Anderson said Tuesday in her final preseason press conference. “We understand polls are political. Polls aren’t really a true representation of the body of work ... I’d rather be at the bottom and prove everyone wrong than be at the top and have the bullseye on our back.