8A / SPORTS / FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Jayhawks focus on perfecting base running signals for upcoming games
BY HANNAH WISE
hwise@kansan.com
After an impressive showing in Jacksonville, Fla., the Jayhawk softball team knows that there is still work to do before this weekend.
"We are going into this weekend like we haven't played a game yet," coach Megan Smith said.
coach Megan Smith The team is coming off the best start to the season in 13 years at 5-0 after spending the weekend in Florida and will head back this weekend, this time to DeLand for the Stetson-Hatter Invitational
Kansas was an offensive threat last weekend because of its hitters' power and speed. Sophomore outfielder Rosie Hull is a slapper, which provides her a lot more flexibility when she steps up to the plate. She has a lot of speed and a lot of power, hitting a home
run last weekend against North Carolina.
"I had no idea I was going to get a home run, but definitely as soon as I hit it, it was so exciting rounding the bases with my teammates." cheering
Other big hitters from the weekend were sophmore outfielder Maggie Hull, redshirt junior outfielder Liz Kocon, freshman shortstop
meeting for me;" Hull said.
of base-running signals, and cutting those down will make scoring runs easier.
runs easier.
"Obviously we needed to make more offensive adjustments this weekend," Smith said. "Today, we
man shortstop Ashley Newman and junior third baseman Marissa Ingle.
"We are going into this weekend like we haven't played a game yet."
MEGAN SMITH Coach
Despite the strong performance, the team hopes to be more consistent across the board this weekend. The players missed a number
in today, we are going to really tackle signals."
During the week of practice, refocusing and returning to the 0-0 mentality has been key.
"We want to continue to focus on what
we need to do. We hope to build on what we did last weekend, but we want our girls to focus on each game individually," Smith said.
Edited by Tali David
Junior outfieldder Maggie Hull winds up for a throw to the infield. She was one of the big hitters of last weekend's game that pushed the team to 5-0.
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