The Missouri volleyball team kicked off Southeastern Conference play with a win Wednesday night at Hearnes Center against No. 9 Florida, the defending conference champions.
The teams battled for the first two matches, tallying up a total of 22 tie scores and 10 lead changes. Although they lost dropped matches, the Tigers didn’t give up.
“We did really well the first match, we did really well the second match, and we just started off slow in the third match,” sophomore Kira Larson said. “In the third game, we just kind of looked at each other and took a timeout and said, ‘The score doesn’t matter.