Marianne Vydra has been part of athletics administration at Oregon State University for many years. She found her passion as a student on the Missouri State campus, playing several roles in women’s athletics in the 1980s.
Missouri State forced 22 turnovers and allowed a JQH Arena record-low 15 points in the first half Sunday afternoon on the way to a 62-52 victory over UNI.
In celebration of 25 years of women’s sports in the Missouri Valley Conference and the 45th anniversary of Title IX, the league announced Tuesday that Missouri State’s Melody Howard, Kari Koch and Jackie Stiles were among the 10 athletes selected to the Valley’s 25-Year Anniversary Team in women’s basketball. Stiles was the top choice in the balloting.
Missouri State is off to a 2-0 Missouri Valley Conference start, and hosts a pair of 2-0 MVC clubs this weekend at JQH Arena in a pair of key early-season contests against the other two preseason top-three Valley teams.
The Lady Bears will play 13 games against 10 teams that participated in a postseason tournament in 2016-17, including six contests during the league season and seven as part of a difficult non-conference schedule.