After 28 road games and a home opener cancellation, the Kansas softball team will finally get to play a series at home. The Jayhawks will host the No. 8 Texas Longhorns in a three-game series this weekend. This marks the opening of Big 12 play for the Jayhawks as well as the first series at [...]
Coming off its first undefeated weekend of the season, the Jayhawk softball team is heading to Sacramento, Calif., for the Capital Classic. The Jayhawks will face Fresno State, Saint Mary’s College, Texas State and the host school Sacramento State. This is the last road tournament before the Jayhawks get to play their home opener against [...]
The Jayhawks earned their 11th run-rule victory of the season against Eastern Michigan in first game of the Florida Atlantic Invitational. The Jayhawks notched a 10-0 victory while senior Maggie Hull, freshman Chaley Brickey and Alex Hugo had three hits apiece. KU is now 15-5 on the season and racked up 16 hits to just [...]
The Jayhawks are coming off of a 4-1 weekend in the Wolfpack Challenge. The team’s offense was once again potent, allowing it to break the school record for most runs in a game with 20. This weekend, the team heads to Boca Raton, Fla., for the Florida Atlantic Tournament. The Jayhawks will play the likes [...]
After three dominating performances to start the weekend, the Kansas softball team split their final two games to finish the weekend 4-1 in the Wolfpack Challenge. The Jayhawks were on fire the first three games of the Wolfpack challenge. KU had everything working for them as they notched a 17-0 victory against North Carolina A&T, [...]
The Jayhawks are 7-2 on the season after the Tiger Invitational this weekend. The Jayhawks rolled to victories against Indiana State and the University of Tennessee Chattanooga on Friday. They beat Indiana State 8-0 and Tennessee Chattanooga 6-1. The Jayhawks used key hits and six combined errors from their opponents to float through the first [...]
Players and coaches stress staying consistent and building on the strong start from the first weekend of the season. The Jayhawks started the season off 4-0 in route to the championship game in the Florida International tournament. The weekend came to somewhat of a sour end when the Jayhawks lost 3-2 in the championship game [...]
The Jayhawks rolled to the Florida International Tournament championship Sunday, where they fell short to NC State, 3-2. On Saturday, the Jayhawks played Georgetown twice, defeating them both times. In the first game against Georgetown, the Jayhawks earned their second run-rule victory of the Florida International Tournament by beating the Hoyas 9-1 in six innings. [...]
Powered by strong offensive play Jayhawks softball starts the season off with two victories. The Jayhawks rolled in their season opener against NC State winning 8-0. Senior left fielder Maggie Hull turned in a huge performance with three hits and three RBIs this coupled with the one-hitter pitched by sophomore Alicia Pille. Jayhawks found it [...]
The KU softball team is looking to use senior leadership and a talented freshman class to make it to the NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks have recorded back-to-back 30 victory seasons and spent the majority of last season in the top 50 in RPI. The Jayhawks also had victories against two nationally ranked teams: Texas Tech [...]
At the Kansas conference on Slavery and Human Trafficking Governor Brownback said he hopes to have Kansas become a national leader in the fight against slavery and human trafficking. Gov. Brownback co-sponsored the two-day conference with several other organizations, yesterday and today in the Kansas Union. The conference included the Keynote speaker Kevin Bales on [...]
Powered by the strength of a great freshman class, the Kansas Waterski Club had its best season in years. Club president Katie Barnes said this year’s great mix of young skiers and veteran skiers was a main factor in the success of the season. Barnes also said luck was a big factor this season, as [...]
The Kansas Jayhawks rugby club once struggled to schedule games and practices, but University alumni and former members of the club alleviated these problems with a $350,000 donation for the creation of the Westwick rugby complex. The rugby club has been playing at the Westwick Rubgy Complex since 1997. Before that they played at the [...]
Last year the Kansas club softball enjoyed its best season to date. Now the team hopes great chemistry and a back to basics approach to hitting will lead the team even further this season. The team is coming off its first appearance in the National Club Softball Association World Series and is in its third [...]
This summer’s drought is one reason the $225,000 renovation of Wescoe Beach is about two months behind schedule. The renovations will be finished by late September or early October, well after the original completion date of Aug 1. Peg Livingood, landscape architect and campus planner, said the extreme heat combined with the LED lighting being [...]
