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Junior right fielder Casey Lytle gives teammates fist bumps after scoring against Texas A&M on Thursday. After Tuesday's game was canceled, the Javhawks prepare to face Creighton tonight.
Kansas faces Creighton at Rosenblatt
BY BEN WARD
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Thomas Taylor, like many of his teammates, is excited to be appearing on national television. But the redshirt freshman pitcher isn't letting a sniff at stardom go to his head.
Tonight's game against
so it's that same mentality where we need to go out there and win," Taylor said.
Because Tuesday's game against Missouri Valley College was rained out, Taylor will get the start for the Jayhawks. Creighton, with its .292 team batting average, represents a much tougher lineup than Taylor
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off hit in the ninth inning. Now the Jayhawks head to Rosenblatt Stadium, where they are only 4-7 all-time.
Although Taylor said he was pumped up about making a TV appearance against Creighton, he noted that the increased exposure wasn't going to change what the game meant for Kansas.
Creighton in Omaha, Neb., marks Kansas' first televised contest of the season. It's the first of a team-record five national television appearances for the Jayhawks, and the first for Taylor and the team's other youngsters.
Kansas (18-10-1, 3-2-1) has already faced Creighton once this season, and narrowly escaped with a 5-4 victory after a walk-
"We need to have every game.
KANSAS (18-10-1, 3-2-1)
VS. CREIGHTON
6:30 p.m.
Rosenblatt Stadium
at Creighton, Omaha
On TV - CBS Sports (Channels 143 and 236 — Sunflower Broadband)
SOFTBALL
Senior third baseman Alicia Irwin fields a ground ball Friday at Arrocha Ballpark. Kansas fell 7-0 in its 12 home opener to No. 17 Texas last week.
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Kansas winless in Big 12, plays rival Missouri
BY ZACH GETZ
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Freshman outfieldier Rosie Hull didn't even try to suger-coat her feelings toward Kansas' rival
"I cannot stand Missouri," Hull said.
The Jayhawks (16-19, 0-4) will have their work cut out for them taking on No. 4 Missouri (25-6, 1-3) tonight in a doubleheader. Kansas is determined to earn its first Big 12 conference victory. Missouri is coming in on a three-game losing streak
Hull said that any game against Missouri was big, but that bragging rights were now on the
"They're expecting to win, and how awesome would that be if I could have that on them."
ROSIE HULL
Freshman outfielder
line because two of her friends and former teammates had crossed the border to play for Missouri.
and has had a rough start to conference play.
So has K an s a s though the Jayhawks remain the only winless Big 12 team in conference.
"They're expecting to win, and how awesome would that be if I could have that on them," Hull said.
Kansas has been in a rut offensively, coach Megan Smith said.
"They sometimes get in the box and their head is someplace else, and they're not quite think-
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FOOTBALL
Starting line-up coming together
BY NICOLAS ROESLER
Most people paying attention to the battle for the starting job as Kansas quarterback argue that the position is available for all six players with the letters QB next to their names on the roster.
Realistically, the six competing quaterbacks can already be broken up into two groups of three: The three who will dress on game day, and the three seeing all their playing time on the practice squad.
Sure, coach Turner Gill and Chuck Long, who doubles as both the offensive coordinator and the quarterback coach, are telling the media that it is a completely open competition, as they rightly should. Freshman Christian Matthews, junior Quinn Mecham, junior Jacob Morse, sophomore Connor Teahan, sophomore Kale Pick and freshman Jordan Webb are all still competing. But Monday, the coaches finally gave a glimpse at the three most likely players to wear the Kansas jerseys.
"Webb would be one and Pick and Matthews would probably be the three guys that are getting more reps than the other guys at this particular time," Gill said before Monday's practice.
Finally some names to add to a figurative depth chart. Webb, after taking a redshirt last year, is now making a name for himself as a freshman. Coming from a spread offense in high school, the coaches from Mark Mangino's staff who recruited him knew he could throw the ball.
Gill has already singled him out, which places him with Pick as one of the two most likely contenders for the starting job.
If you haven't seen the YouTube videos of Gill's ability to run the ball at Nebraska, then you don't know what kind of quarterback Gill is looking for.
Pick potentially has the best chance at starting under center because of his experience last year backing up Kansas' former quaterback Todd Reesing.
Not only does he want an outstanding leader, he wants a playmaker. Pick showed that ability last year in his limited gameday experience. In just 14 run attempts last year, Pick accumulated 167 yards and averaged more than 11 yards per carry. At the same time, Prick prizes himself on his ability to throw.
Matthew has worked himself up to what seems to be the third spot on the depth chart. He is another example of a playmaking quarterback who has the ability to scramble and deliver the pass. But, at 6-foot-1 and only 186 pounds, it looks like some time in the gym is needed.
Even though it is only the half-way point of spring practices, narrowing down the field of quarterbacks gives some sense that the future Kansas starting lineup is coming together
Edited by Kate Larrabee