The 2023 softball season is winding down, and only the top teams remain, competing for a shot to lose to Oklahoma in the Women’s College World Series. Kidding... kind of. Only one SEC team, Tennessee, remains (sorry, Alabama). Meanwhile, the Missouri Tigers have been home a few weeks after a 7-5 loss to the Cal Golden Bears in the regional semifinals. More on that in a bit.
We’ll be taking a long-awaited look at Mizzou’s season as a whole in this piece, but first, we should examine how we got here.
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