Missouri's schedule

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2007-2008 SCHEDULE


Date Opponent / Event Location Time

Ole Miss Invitational
08/24/07 vs. Mississippi Oxford, Miss. 7:00 p.m. CT
08/25/07 vs. Arkansas State Oxford, Miss. 1:30 p.m. CT
vs. Jacksonville State Oxford, Miss. 4:00 p.m. CT

Tiger Invitational
08/31/07 Notre Dame vs. Florida International Columbia, Mo. 10:00 a.m. CT
vs. Florida A&M Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT
09/01/07 Florida International vs Florida A&M Columbia, Mo. 10:00 a.m. CT
vs. Notre Dame Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT
09/02/07 Notre Dame vs. Florida A&M Columbia, Mo. 10:00 a.m. CT
vs. Florida International Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT

Texas State Invitational
09/07/07 vs. Houston San Marcos, Texas 2:00 p.m. CT
vs. Cal State Fullerton San Marcos, Texas 7:00 p.m. CT
09/08/07 vs. Texas State San Marcos, Texas 12:00 p.m. CT

09/12/07 vs. UMKC Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT
09/15/07 at Texas * Austin, Texas TBA
09/19/07 vs. Kansas * Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT
09/22/07 at Iowa State * Ames, Iowa TBA
09/26/07 at Kansas State * Manhattan, Kan. TBA
09/29/07 vs. Oklahoma * Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT
10/03/07 at Colorado * Boulder, Colo. TBA
10/06/07 vs. Texas Tech * Columbia, Mo. TBA
10/10/07 vs. Texas A&M * Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT
10/13/07 at Baylor * Waco, Texas TBA
10/17/07 vs. Nebraska * Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT
10/20/07 vs. Texas * Columbia, Mo. TBA
10/24/07 vs. Kansas State * Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT
10/27/07 at Kansas * Lawrence, Kan. TBA
10/31/07 at Nebraska * Lincoln, Neb. TBA
11/03/07 vs. Baylor * Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT
11/10/07 at Texas Tech * Lubbock, Texas 7:00 p.m. CT
11/14/07 vs. Iowa State * Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT
11/17/07 at Texas A&M * College Station, Texas TBA
11/21/07 at Oklahoma * Norman, Okla. TBA
11/24/07 vs. Colorado * Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. CT

Vander Kooi leaves a huge void. Missouri landed a solid recruiting class.

[chiwoj85]

Not only Vander Kooi leaving, but Middle Nicole Wilson is a huge loss as well. There goes our top two offensive threats. Incoming middle Catie Wilson is going to have to step up right away to help out Na Yang offensively. The Notre Dame game will be a good test to see where this year's team is going to be. The 11 day stretch from 10/13-10/24 looks like it could be roguth, even though the Tigers do have three of those games at home. Baylor and Kansas State are going to be improved, and we all know about Texas and Nebraska

[inpraesenti]

Totally agree...Mizzou has lost some solid players in Vander Kooi, Wilson and Booth. However, Wayne has players left to take over the void, not to mention the very solid recruiting class coming in the fall. I expect to see Catie Wilson make an immediate impact. Yang should have a great senior year. Should be interesting to see how Wang pulls things together. Klein will be a force too. And with Tate Ailes patrolling the back, Mizzou just might surprise some folks.

[doc]

One thing is certain they are not playing a challenging non-conference schedule. Should build confidence but except for Notre Dame doesn't exactly get them ready for Big 12 teams.

[inpraesenti]

I agree. Their pre-conference schedule might be a double edged sword. They were plagued by inconisistent play last season when they needed to pull things together the most. I hope we see some new leadership emerge with the loss of three seniors.

[chiwoj85]

Last year's schedule was much more difficult because of the team they had coming back. It was an experienced squad, led by three seniors. As for the reason the schedule is weak, I think it's because it's a "rebuilding year." This might not be the right thing to do especially since the Big 12 will be strong as usual, but sometimes you need to do what you need to do?

[inpraesenti]

Last year might have been considered a "rebuilding" year with often 4 freshmen (2 true+2 redshirt) on the floor. One of those freshmen was setter, Lei Wang. A fifth redshirt saw limited playing time.
I suspect that Wayne has his reasons for scheduling the pre-conference match ups the way he has.
He's recruited some nice solid players for this fall. I'm not one to make predictions but I think Mizzou has potential.

[cmmhc4]

7 new players.. Definitely looking forward to Vann and Wilson. Curious to see Wang, Ojo and Jarocka.

Luiza Jarocka OPP/S 6-0 Jr. Warsaw, Poland (Mo. State-West Plains)
Lindsey McDaniel S 5-10 Fr. Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge) - Walk-on
Shayli Meyer DS 5-6 Fr. Sioux City, Iowa (Bishop Heelan)
Trinity Ojo MB 6-3 Fr. Arlington, Texas (Grace Prep Academy)
Caitlyn Vann L 5-9 Fr. Muncie, Ind. (Burris)
Weiwen Wang RS/MB 6-0 Fr. Nanjing, China (Jiangsu Education Institute)
Catie Wilson MB 6-3 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Gross)

Should be interesting to see how well Lei Wang and Hantoulli progressed over the break... I see Hantoulli being really successful so long as she gets much stronger.

[Chance]

The addition of 2 more foreign players will help keep the students section's "U-S-A" chant to sarah pavan looking ironically stupid.