Missouri softball coach Larissa Anderson is no stranger to efficient starts.
Just last year, the Tigers looked poised to make a statement in a ‘reconstruction’ year with a 12-4 start before sputtering to a 23-22 record the rest of the way. Now, at 13-2, MU is looking to prove that this season’s campaign is no fluke.
“The culture is very different,” Anderson said in her weekly press conference Monday. “(The players in the locker room) are selfless. They have a team-first mentality ... They genuinely care for one another, and they’re passionate about each other’s success.”
Missouri is coming off a Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic performance in which it lost its first two games of the young season to San Diego State (3-2 defeat, RV in polls) and #22 Baylor (5-4 loss) on Thursday and Saturday, respectively.