Mizzou pitcher Marissa McCann pitched six innings, but took the loss in the Tigers’ loss to Ole Miss on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy: SECSports.com)

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WP: Brianna Lopez – MISS (11-3) LP: Marissa McCann – MIZ (10-12)

Paige Dale
Staff Writer

ATHENS, GA — The 2025 season ended for the University of Missouri women’s softball team on Tuesday, when the Tigers lost 1-0 to the University of Mississippi in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

The loss dropped Missouri’s record to 25-31 and with that, ended any chance the Tigers had of making the NCAA postseason.

Mizzou entered the tournament as the No. 14 seed and needed to win the whole thing to earn the SEC’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

But even with a stellar pitching effort from sophomore Marissa McCann, the Tigers couldn’t get anything going offensively and didn’t manage to score a single run in what proved to be the final game of the season.

Ole Miss scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the first inning, when leadoff hitter Jaden Pone scored on a double by teammate Persy Llamas.

Mizzou had just three hits in the game and did have runners reach scoring position in the first, fourth, and seventh innings. But the Tigers were never able to get the run across they needed to tie the game or go ahead.

Ole Miss will move on to the second round, where it will play No. 6 seed Florida. The winner of that game will meet No. 3 seed Texas in the tournament quarterfinals on Thursday. The SEC Tournament championship game will be on Saturday, May 10, at 4 p.m., and will be televised nationally on ESPN.

The 2025 campaign will be Mizzou’s first losing softball season since 2006, which is also the last time the Tigers didn’t make the NCAA Tournament.

The Tigers had gone to 17 consecutive tournaments under Ehren Earleywine, interim coach Gina Fogue and Larissa Anderson, who has made five appearances and two Super Regionals in the five years the tournament has been played while she has been at Mizzou. Missouri has made seven Super Regionals and three Women’s College World Series appearances during the run.

2025 MIZZOU TIGERS SOFTBALL SCHEDULE

DateTimeAtOpponentLocationTVResults
February 7, 2025 (Friday)NoonNeutralMarshallClearwater, Fla.W 9-1 (1-0)
February 7, 2025 (Friday)3 p.m.Neutral21 NorthwesternClearwater, Fla.W 3-0 (2-0)
February 8, 2025 (Saturday)NoonNeutral7 DukeClearwater, Fla.W 10-3 (3-0)
February 8, 2025 (Saturday)5 p.m.NeutralNotre DameClearwater, Fla.L 4-3 (3-1)
February 9, 2025 (Sunday)9 a.m.NeutralIowaClearwater, Fla.W 3-2 (4-1)
February 11, 2025 (Tuesday)5 p.m.AwayUCFOrlando, Fla.L 6-5 (4-2)
February 13, 2025 (Thursday)9 a.m.Neutral9 Florida StateClearwater, Fla.L 9-1 (4-3)
February 13, 2025 (Thursday)NoonNeutral25 ClemsonClearwater, Fla.W 10-6 (5-3)
February 14, 2025 (Friday)5:30 p.m.NeutralOhio StateClearwater, Fla.L 7-2 (5-4)
February 15, 2025 (Saturday)9:30 a.m.NeutralLibertyClearwater, Fla.W 5-3 (6-4)
February 15, 2025 (Saturday)12:30 p.m.NeutralSan Diego StateClearwater, Fla.L 5-2 (6-5)
February 20, 2025 (Thursday)2:30 p.m.NeutralRutgersCathedral City, Calif.W 1-0 (7-5)
February 20, 2025 (Thursday)7 p.m. Neutral5 UCLACathedral City, Calif.L 4-1 (7-6)
February 21, 2025 (Friday)NoonNeutral20 BaylorCathedral City, Calif.W 8-3 (8-6)
February 21, 2025 (Friday)2:30 p.m.NeutralMinnesotaCathedral City, Calif.L 3-1 (8-7)
February 22, 2025 (Saturday)11:30 a.m.Neutral23 OregonCathedral City, Calif.L 11-3 (8-8)
February 28, 2025 (Friday)3 p.m.Neutral15 Oklahoma StateWichita, Kan.L 4-3 (8-9)
February 28, 2025 (Friday)5:30 p.m.AwayWichita StateWichita, Kan.W 10-1 (9-9)
March 1, 2025 (Saturday)10 a.m.NeutralSouth Dakota StateWichita, Kan.W 10-1 (10-9)
March 1, 2025 (Saturday)3 p.m.Neutral19 NebraskaWichita, Kan.W 7-1 (11-9)
March 2, 2025 (Sunday)NoonNeutral19 NebraskaWichita, Kan.L 10-9 (11-10)
March 4, 2025 (Tuesday)5 p.m.HomeKansas CityMizzou Softball StadiumPostponed
March 7, 2025 (Friday)5:30 p.m.AwayKentuckyLexington, Ky.L 6-4 (11-11)
March 8, 2025 (Saturday)1 p.m.AwayKentuckyLexington, Ky.L 5-4 (11-12)
March 9, 2025 (Sunday)3:30 p.m.AwayKentuckyLexington, Ky.L 9-6 (11-13)
March 13, 2025 (Thursday)2:30 p.m.HomeSouth Dakota StateMizzou Softball StadiumW 9-1 (12-13)
March 13, 2025 (Thursday)5 p.m.HomePrincetonMizzou Softball StadiumW 7-4 (13-13)
March 14, 2025 (Friday)5:30 p.m.Home22 MichiganMizzou Softball StadiumW 7-3 (14-13)
March 15, 2025 (Saturday)4 p.m.HomeQuinnipiacMizzou Softball StadiumW 7-1 (15-13)
March 16, 2025 (Sunday)2 p.m.HomeKansas CityMizzou Softball StadiumW 17-0 (16-13)
March 18, 2025 (Tuesday)3 p.m. HomeIllinoisMizzou Softball StadiumW 5-3 (17-13)
March 21, 2025 (Friday)5 p.m. Home1 OklahomaMizzou Softball StadiumL 8-0 (17-14)
March 22, 2025 (Saturday)2 p.m. Home1 OklahomaMizzou Softball StadiumW 3-1 (18-14)
March 23, 2025 (Sunday)NoonHome1 OklahomaMizzou Softball StadiumL 5-1 (18-15)
March 26, 2025 (Wednesday)8 p.m.HomeKansasMizzou Softball StadiumL 3-0 (18-16)
March 29, 2025 (Saturday)TBAAwayOle MissOxford, Miss.L 1-0 (18-17)
March 30, 2025 (Sunday)TBAAwayOle MissOxford, Miss.L 5-3 (18-18)
March 31, 2025 (Monday)6 p.m.AwayOle MissOxford, Miss.W 9-5 (19-18)
April 2, 2025 (Wednesday)5 p.m. HomeMissouri StateMizzou Softball StadiumW 7-2 (20-18)
April 4, 2025 (Friday)6 p.m. Home1 TexasMizzou Softball StadiumL 8-0 (20-19)
April 5, 2025 (Saturday)5 p.m. Home1 TexasMizzou Softball StadiumL 4-3 (20-20)
April 6, 2025 (Sunday)NoonHome1 TexasMizzou Softball StadiumL 3-1 (20-21)
April 9, 2025 (Wednesday)6 p.m.HomeSouthern IllinoisMizzou Softball StadiumL 5-3 (20-22)
April 11, 2025 (Friday)6 p.m.Away15 Mississippi StateStarkville, Miss.L 7-0 (20-23)
April 12, 2025 (Saturday)2 p.m.Away15 Mississippi StateStarkville, Miss.W 12-8 (21-23)
April 13, 2025 (Sunday)1 p.m.Away15 Mississippi StateStarkville, Miss.L 10-2 (21-24)
April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)5 p.m.HomeSIUEMizzou Softball StadiumW 10-2 (22-24)
April 17, 2025 (Thursday)3 p.m.Home1 Texas A&MMizzou Softball StadiumL 7-5 (22-25)
April 17, 2025 (Thursday)6 p.m.Home1 Texas A&MMizzou Softball StadiumL 4-3 (22-26)
April 18, 2025 (Friday)12 p.m.Home1 Texas A&MMizzou Softball StadiumW 9-1 (23-26)
April 25, 2025 (Friday)6 p.m.Away11 AlabamaTuscaloosa, Ala.L 4-2 (23-27)
April 26, 2025 (Saturday)8 p.m.Away11 AlabamaTuscaloosa, Ala.L 7-6 (23-28)
April 27, 2025 (Sunday)12 p.m.Away11 AlabamaTuscaloosa, Ala.L 2-0 (23-29)
May 1, 2025 (Thursday)6 p.m.Home24 GeorgiaMizzou Softball StadiumW 4-2 (24-29)
May 2, 2025 (Friday)5 p.m.Home24 GeorgiaMizzou Softball StadiumL 3-2 (24-30)
May 3, 2025 (Saturday)1 p.m.Home24 GeorgiaMizzou Softball StadiumW 1-0 (25-30)
May 6-10, 2025 3 p.m.Neutral11 Ole MissAthens, Ga.L 1-0 (25-31)