10B / **SPORTS** / MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
SOFTBALL REWIND
Friday
Kansas
3 THE MOUNT
Saturday
Game 1
Mount St. Mary's
Kansas Alabama State
Game 2
Kansas 8
Deleware State 0
Friday's game against Mount Saint Mary showed the Jayhawks' ability to rally together to get a win. The offense was stagnant until the sixth frame when all three Kansas runs were scored. Freshman pitcher Kristin Martinez and senior pitcher Allie Clark kept Saint Mary's to only six hits and two runs.
Key Game
Player of the Tournament
Clark struck out 11 batters on the weekend and did not allow any runs. She pitched a complete game shutout against Delaware State and is now 8-1 from the circle.
Senior pitcher Allie Clark
Sunday
Kansas
Clark
Quote of the Weekend
Some Numbers
North Florida
"I think going 4-0 for a tournament again is just great and each game we played as a team this weekend. We had everything going, our defense, our offense, pitching, everything it was a complete team effort."
21 The number of wins from this season and last weekend
Weeks it took to acquire 21 wins this season
5
Losses this season compared to 35 last season
senior catcher Brittany Hile
Game to Remember
runs scored on Saturday when the Jayhawks defeated Alabama State 16-2 and Delaware State 8-0
Senior catcher Brittany Hile, Junior outfielder Liz Kocon, freshman utility Kendra Cullum Alabama State 2
Saturday: Kansas 6, Alabama State
Each hit a home run Saturday in the
Jayhawks 18-2 win against Alabama
State. It was Cullum's first career
home run. Hile has nine homers this
season and her 19th career home
run. Kocon's home run was his sixth
this season and her 20th career.
Hile
Saturday: Kansas 6, Alabama State 2
3
Hile
Kocon
24
Cullum
Game to Forget
Ashley Newman, freshman shortstop Friday: Kansas 2, Minnesota 1 Newman bobbled a ground ball against North Florida, allowing the only UNF run of the contest.
strength for us this weekend."
WINS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
The Jayhawk pitchers held strong throughout the weekend, striking out 25 batters and allowing only 12 hits. The offense also performed well throughout the weekend, outsourcing its opponents 29-5.
Playing against Mount Saint Mary Friday, the offense did not get going until the sixth inning. Junior outfielder Liz Kocon led off with a single followed by a double from sophomore infielder Mariah Montgomery. Freshman outfielder Elsa Moyer came in as a pinch runner for Kocon and freshman utility Marisa Malazzo did the same for Montgomery.
Newman
Montgomery's hit allowed Moyer to advance to third, then an errant throw allowed Moyer to score a run at home plate. Sophomore outfielder Maggie Hull stepped up next and hit a single, allowing Malazzo to advance. Then a bunt by sophomore outfielder Rosie Hull brought Malazzo home. Maggie stole third and then scored off a bunt by freshman utility Kendra Cullum.
The team showed its full potential Saturday, outscoring opponents 24-2 on the day against Alabama State and Delaware State. Both contests ended in five innings because of the run rule. Senior pitcher Allie Clark pitched a complete game shutout, giving up one run and one walk but striking out four batters.
"We literally batted all the way through our lineup like three innings in a row." Rosie Hull said.
Against Alabama State, nine different Jayhawks recorded a combined season-high 18 hits. Senior catcher Brittany Hile, Kocon and Cullum each recorded a home run. It was Cullum's first career round-tripper.
Clark entered in scoreless relief in the fifth. She allowed one hit while picking up her first save of the year. She struck out three of ten batters.
"Everyone was hitting and it was just so much fun. It was like hit after hit after hit and we were all really excited in the dugout."
In Sunday's game against North Florida, freshmen pitchers Kristin Martinez and Clark kept the Ospreys from becoming an offensive threat. Martinez pitched the first four and one third innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks.
"I think going 4-0 for a tournament again is just great and each game we played as a team this weekend," Hile said. "We had everything going, our defense, our offense, pitching, everythin. It was a complete team effort."
The weekend showed a return of the powerful team that was 10-0 during the first two weekends of the season. The players are working together to generate runs and outs that lead to wins. This season's team has matched the total win record from the previous season after only five weeks.
LACROSSE
The difference between last season and this season is due to the coaching staff changing the program's atmosphere during the fall and the winter.
"We really have made it a point to work extremely hard and expect to win and go out there every game expecting and wanting to win and not expecting anything less," Smith said. "I think we have a lot of young players, which has helped us. We have a lot of new talent and a lot of depth in the pitching circle, which has helped us as well."
— Edited by Helen Mubarak
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER
bschuster@kansan.com
After two losses, victorious weekend at home
In front of a small crowd, the KU lacrosse team put on a huge performance this weekend with blowout victories against St. Cloud State and Arkansas at Lawrence High School.
The Jayhawks, who played their first two home games of the season during the weekend, had a combined weekend score of 35-10.
"We were just laxin' and junk and were able to put it together for
On Friday afternoon the Jayhawks (3-4) bullied St. Cloud State (0-1) for an 18-7 victory. Francis Enright, senior from Winnetka, Ill., led Kansas again in scoring with four goals and five assists.
a good game," Enright said.
Enright also attributed his performance to his teammates, calling Vincent Santucci, a senior from Wichita, the best passer he has ever played with.
It was a quality victory for the Jayhawks, who were coming off two demoralizing losses in Colorado last weekend.
Kansas had the day off Saturday and returned to the turf on Sunday to take on division rival Arkansas (1-3).
Again, Enright led the Jayhawks in scoring with five goals and one assist. He now has 42 points on the season and is averaging 4.67 a game.
The Jayhawks caught fire early and scored often, entering halftime with an 8-2 lead.
Enright was particularly impressive in the second half when he scored after pulling off a spin move to juke a Razorback defender and streak right to the net where he sniped the goalie.
With four games left before the playoffs, Enright will need to finish as strong as he started the season if he hopes to pass his career high point total of 53 from last season.
Toward the end of the game, Kansas coach Dennis Shults put in back-up goalie Ryan Mattie, a senior from Overland Park, at the attack position.
"I told him since he wouldn't be in net today that if we got up 12 goals I'd put him in," Shults said.
The Jayhawks kept feeding Mattie the ball in hopes that he would score a goal, but he wasn't
able to put one in the net.
Kansas ended up demolishing Arkansas with a final score of 17-3. The victory keeps the Jayhawks undefeated in the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference, and makes them 5-4 overall this year.
On the whole, the weekend went very well for the Jayhawks. Shults said he was very satisfied with his team's play, with their only problem being too many penalties.
"We got to rotate all of our players this weekend, so from a team standpoint, the weekend went really well." Shults said.
The Jayhawks have three weeks off and will return to play versus divisional rival Nebraska on April 2 in Lawrence.
— Edited by Amanda Sorell
Sullinger leads No.1 Ohio State in Big 10
INDIANAPOLIS — Jared Sullinger had 15 points and 11 rebounds and No. 1 Ohio State defeated Penn State 71-60 in the Big Ten tournament final on Sunday to strengthen its case for the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament.
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Sullinger, the tournament's most outstanding player, averaged 16.3 points and 14 rebounds in the tournament to help the top-seeded Buckeyes (32-2) repeat as champions.
William Buford scored 18 points and Jon Diebler added 15 for the Buckeyes, who also won the league's regular-season title.
Talor Battle scored 24 points
and Jeff Brooks added 19 for Penn State (19-14), which reached the final for the first time.
The Nittany Lions haven't reached the NCAA tournament since 2001. Penn State was trying to become the first team since Iowa in 2001 to win four consecutive games to claim the title.
The Buckeyes won their seventh straight game and became the second team in conference history to play in the final for three straight years. They became the first repeat tournament champion since Michigan State in 1999 and 2000, and both of those teams reached the Final Four.
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