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MONDAY,OCTOBER 17,2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SOFTBALL
Kansas concludes season undefeated
ASHLEIGH LEE
alee@kansan.com
The softball team continued its fall season winning streak against Labette Community College and Seminole State Sunday afternoon at Arrocha Ballpark. Kansas defeated Labette 12-0 and Seminole State 8-0. Freshman pitcher Alicia Pille had a no-hitter against Labette with 11 strikeouts and one walk.
"It was just exciting," said Pille. "It was my first full game that I got to throw. I was taking advantage of it."
Pitching was not the part showing strengths during the games. Junior outfielder Maggie Hull hit a triple, bringing home sophomore infielder Ashley Newman during the first game, and had two more.
Hull went 5-for-7 on the day. During the second game, junior infielder Miah Montgomery hit a home run straight past center field during the third inning, bringing home junior outfielder Rosie Hull and did it again in the fourth when she was first up to bat.
"I was just seeing the ball well," Montgomery said. "Sometimes you step in the batter's box and you feel really confident and feel really well about it, and today was one of those days for me. And it paid off."
At the end of the game the team's intensity drove the final two victories for the fall season. Coach Megan Smith could not be more proud of the players.
"We have had a really strong fall so far," Smith said, "and we told the girls that today was the last day to
compete against another team, to make the most of it and focus on each individual pitch."
With the end of the fall season comes much to look forward to in the spring season. The team's main goal is to get to regionals, but that won't come without some challenges.
"One of the things that we mentioned to the girls today on what we needed to work on the most was the mental side of things," Smith said. "The strategy, the pitches you're looking for when you're up to bat, the more detailed things."
The Jayhawks ended the fall season 6-0 and hope to continue that into the regular season.
Edited by Joel Petterson
TRAVIS YOUNG/KANSAN
Junior outfielder Rosie Hull gets across second base safely during the game against Labette. The Jayhawks finished the fall season with a record of 6-0.
MAX MIKULECKY/KANSAN
MAX MIKULECKY/KANSAN
Senior outfielder Liz Kocon successfully slides into second base during Sunday's game against Seminole State. The Jayhawks defeated Seminole State 8-0.
Junior outfielder Maggie Hull slides into home base during Sunday's game. Hull contributed to the Jayhawks' victory against Seminole State with a final score of 8-0.
TRAVIS YOUNG/KANSAN
Junior outfielder Maggie Hull slides safely into second base during the game against Labette. Kansas won 12-0 in five innings.
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Forward Teal Bunbury and midfielder Davy Arnaud celebrate a goal in the second half Saturday. Sporting KC won the game 2-0 against the New York Red Bulls and clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2008.