Taking the leap: Shannon Dufficy finds new challenges at Missouri

Having dominated the Mountain West at Utah State, what will a move to the SEC bring for the senior?

It’s Thursday afternoon in Columbia, and Shannon Dufficy has just wrapped up a practice session with her University of Missouri teammates.

“It was a tough one today. We did some extra conditioning at the end, but I think we needed it. Better now than during the season.”

A fitting quip given that last year, practice was all Shannon did during the season, h…