Though the Jayhawks’ softball season ended without a postseason bid, the honors kept ringing in for senior outfielder Maggie Hull. Already a decorated player, Hull earned her most prominent achievement yet as she was named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America, the third Jayhawk ever [...]
The Kansas softball team defeated UMKC 11-0 in the run-shortened first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader. Kansas’ offense was hot from the start of the game as the Jayhawks scored two runs in the first, eight in the second and one in the third. Freshman utility player Alex Hugo led the way with a three-run homerun [...]
Kansas hosted a softball double header match against the UMKC Roos Wednesday afternoon April 24. Kansas defeated the Roos in both games with scores of 11-0 and 4-0. Kansas is set to play Baylor this Friday April 26th in Lawrence 6PM CST.
Tuesday’s softball doubleheader against UMKC has been moved to April 24 due to impending inclement weather. UMKC’s website states that the aforementioned weather is “possible low temperatures and snowfall in the Kansas City area.” Additional conflicts meant that the doubleheader will be moved to Arrocha Ballpark in Lawrence, but the two games will still be [...]
The Jayhawks softball team drops 2 of 3 in highly competitive series against Oklahoma State this weekend. Kansas’ hitters bested Oklahoma State in all three games of the weekend series, but dropped the series opener and series finale. Both of the games that Kansas lost this weekend came down to the final outs with the [...]
The Kansas softball team travels to Stillwater, Okla., on Friday to take on the Cowgirls in a three-game series at Cowgirl Stadium. Oklahoma State will become Kansas’ most-played opponent after this weekend, with 103 meetings between the two teams prior to this weekend’s series. Oklahoma State comes into the game with a 24-20 record on [...]
The softball game against No.21/18 Nebraska on Wednesday has been cancelled because of impending weather in Lincoln. The game was scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Bowlin Field, but the first meeting between the schools as non-conference opponents was cancelled Tuesday afternoon. The forecast in Lincoln calls for rain and thunder throughout the day. [...]
The Kansas softball team bounced back from an inconsistent Saturday doubleheader and dominated Furman University 11-1 on Sunday morning to cap off the weekend series in Greensville, S.C. Kansas defeated Furman 4-0 in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader and sophomore Alicia Pille threw her fifth shutout of the season. Junior second baseman Ashley Newman [...]
The Jayhawks softball team is coming off the first road-series sweep of a Big 12 opponent since April 2007. Last weekend also marked the first time a Jayhawk pitcher pitched a no-hitter since March 2007. Freshman pitcher Kelsey Kessler pitched a no-hitter in the series finale against Texas Tech on Sunday. Kessler was named Big [...]
A historic performance by freshman pitcher Kelsey Kessler on Sunday capped a winning weekend for Kansas as the Jayhawks swept Texas Tech in a three-game series at Rocky Johnson Field in Lubbock, TX. Kessler’s first career no-hitter came on the heels of Kansas’ first conference road sweep since April 21-22, 2007 against Texas Tech, and [...]
Coming off the Big 12 opener and the toughest weekend of the season, the Jayhawk Softball team will head to Lubbock on Friday to face the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Last weekend the Jayhawks fell to the No. 7 Texas Longhorns in all three games of the series. Though some of the final scores can [...]
The Kansas softball team lost to Texas 5-4 in the second game of Friday’s doubleheader as the Longhorns went 3-0 against the Jayhawks this weekend. Sophomore Alicia Pille’s ninth complete game of the season wasn’t enough in the teams’ first game on Thursday with a 5-0 victory by Texas. The score was 2-0 in favor [...]
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 [...]
Kansas finished the Capital Classic with a tough 1-0 loss to Sacramento State in a weekend where the Jayhawks lost two of their four games despite solid pitching performances. In the weekend’s opening game, Kansas lost to Fresno State 3-2 despite out-hitting the Bulldogs 7-3. Fresno State responded to a one-run deficit after the first [...]
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 [...]
When the Kansas softball team went 5-0 this weekend, coach Megan Smith earned her 100th career victory at Kansas with an 8-7 win against Ball State on Saturday. Smith said her 100th victory at Kansas wasn’t different from a typical game. “It was really just another game and I didn’t really think about it,” Smith [...]
