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The Kansas softball team defeated UMRC 11-0 in the run-shortened first game of Wednesdays 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 and three RBIs on the game. Senior outfielder Maggie Hull went 3-4 with two RBIs and sophomore catcher Maddie Stein went 2-3 with two RBIs. The other Kansas players with RBIs were shortstop Chaley Brickey, first baseman Mariah Montgomery, pinch hitter Kylee Kennedy and second baseman Ashley Newman.
Hugo and Hull also reached University milestones during this game, with Hugo breaking the Kansas freshman homerun record with 12 and Hull tying the Jayhawkcareer RBI record with 135. The current record holder for careerRBIs at Kansas is Liz Kocon (2008-12).
Alicia Pille was sensational on the mound for the Jayhawks in the first game with 10 strikeouts and one hit allowed over five innings of work.
Pille says her dominant performance on Wednesday was a team effort.
"A lot of it has to do with our defense and everyone is playing really well together," Pille said. "It
also helps to know that we always have each other's backs out there.
UMKC pitcher Cinda Ramos took the brunt of the Jayhawks' offensive firepower as she gave 10 earned runs on nine hits over 2 1/3 innings of work. Katie Kelley came in relief of Rams and was able to slow the Jayhawks down by only giving up one earned run over 1 2/3 innings.
The first game of Wednesday's doubleheader was the 19th run-ruled game of the season and the first since an 11-1 victory over Furman on April 14.
The jayhawks' offense wasn't as potent in the second game of the doubleheader, but their four runs were enough to defeat UMKC for the second time on Wednesday.
Coach Smith said that Wednesday's sweep was important for the team.
"Those are two good wins. UMKC always plays us tough; they have a really good offense and a really good team. That first game, we just caught fire and didn't stop so that first game was really good for us. In the second game, I thought their pitcher did a really good job. She bounced back and held us, but we worked extremely hard and I thought Pille was the star tonight."
Pille was sensational in her second start of the evening pitching another complete game and struck out eight batters. Her performance on the mound also helped the Kansas bullpen rest up for this weekend's series against Baylor,
who's currently third in the Big 12 behind Oklahoma and Texas. Pille also entered Kansas' top-10 for most shutouts, but she says that these accomplishments aren't the most important thing to her.
"It's always really exciting to hear things like that and I try not to pay too much attention it," Pille said.
Stein and Hugo, who went 2-3 and 1-3, again led the team's offense and drove all four of the team's runs. The game was scoreless until the third inning when the Jayhawks scored three runs on RBI-doubles by Hugo and Stein. Three runs were all Pillle needed to hold the Kangaroos in check and bring Kansas its second victory of the evening.
Stein said she was impressed with how the team bounced back after losing two of three to Oklahoma State last weekend.
"I think the team bounced back great," Stein said. "This week in practice we've been talking about our struggles on offense, so going into today's game our biggest thing was making sure our offense was there. When our offense is there, we really can't be beat."
Despite two victories over UMKC, the Jayhawks are in for a battle against Baylor, who is ranked 14 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll.
This weekend's games are scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 12 p.m.
Edited by Tyler Conover
CLAY COURT
Tennis team poised to get past ISU in Big 12 tournament
TYLER CONOVER
tconover@kansan.com
A common cliché is that history repeats itself. With that in mind, the chance for the Kansas tennis team to repeat history has presented itself. The Jayhawks have not made it out of the first round of the Big 12 tournament in 5 years. The last time the team advanced, it came at the hands of the Iowa State Cyclones, another team that has struggled in the past.
As coincidence would have it, Kansas plays the Cyclones for the second time in a week — the first meeting was won by Kansas
— when they take the court in Norman, Okla., 10 a.m. Thursday. Kansas won its last two matches of the regular season and have only been defeated by Iowa State once in the last 37 meetings. While Kansas has history on its side, it will take significantly more effort to advance in the upcoming tournament.
The strength of the Jayhawks comes from doubles play, and if Kansas is able to get the doubles point against the Cyclones, the team won't have the pressure of playing from behind going into singles play. With help from the consistent play of the duo Maria Belen Ludueña and Paulina Los, Kansas won the doubles point in both matches last weekend and went on to earn the win with solid performances in singles play. Ludueña was also named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team this week, joining 24 other women student-athletes from various schools in the Big 12.
Los and freshman Maria Jose Cardona helped the Jayhawks in singles play, winning against West Virginia and Iowa State.
Kansas ended the regular season by climbing two spots in the Big 12 standings to eight, and now faces a team that has not been particularly troublesome in recent history. If the Jayhawks are able to take care of business early, then the singles play should stay at the level set last weekend and help advance the Jayhawks to the second round, where they would face 1-seed Baylor on Friday.
Thursday's match against Iowa State begins at 10 a.m. at the University of Oklahoma's Headington Family Tennis Center.
— Edited by Dylan Lysen
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Junior Paulina Los competes against Iowa State at the Jayhawk Tennis Center Sunday afternoon. KU defeated Iowa State with a final score of 4-3.
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