KU softball set records for doubles, home runs

By J-W Staff Reports     May 15, 2001

Kansas University’s softball team set school records for doubles and home runs during the 2001 season.

The Jayhawks slammed 86 two-base hits, led by Katie Campbell’s 16, to eclipse the old mark by two. And led by Leah Tabb’s school-record 12 homers, the Jayhawks crashed 26 round-trippers, three more than the school standard.

Batting

Player AB R H RBI Avg.
Courtney Wright 175 23 55 34 .314
Erin Garvey 182 32 56 7 .308
Megan Urquhart 182 36 56 26 .308
Shelly Musser 140 24 43 18 .307
Christi Musser 152 33 44 24 .289
Amy Hulse 155 20 44 16 .284
Leah Tabb 163 38 45 38 .276
Leah Hansen 114 11 31 10 .272
Dani May 38 5 9 1 .237
Katie Campbell 156 10 35 23 .224
Sandy Smith 41 0 9 4 .220
Mel Wallach 24 10 3 0 .125
Kelly Campbell 10 0 1 1 .100
Leah Mountain 6 0 0 0 .000
Team BA: .280. Opponents BA: .249. Individual leaders:2BKa. Campbell 16. 3BS. Musser 5. HRTabb 12 (school record). BBTabb 28. SOTabb 34. SHGarvey 10. SBS. Musser 16.

Pitching

Pitcher G IP W L ERA
Kara Pierce 38 205.2 22 11 1.91
Kirsten Milhoan 27 121.2 8 13 2.76
Kelly Campbell 20 61 2 3 3.33
Team ERA: 2.40. Opponents ERA: 3.45

Kansas scored 242 runs, the second-highest total in school history. Only the 1980 team scored more (324).

Tabb, a junior from Oklahoma City, also led the Jayhawks in runs (38), RBI (38), walks (28) and strikeouts (34).

Four Jayhawks batted over .300, led by shortstop Courtney Wright’s .314 mark. Both outfielder Erin Garvey and third baseman Megan Urquhart batted .308. Oft-injured Shelly Musser finished at .307 after leading the team with a .313 average in 2000.

Kara Pierce, named Big 12 Conference freshman of the year, led the pitchers with a 22-11 record and a 1.91 earned run average.

Kansas also committed just 64 errors, its lowest total in six years, but coach Tracy Bunge noted the need for improvement.

“Defensively, we’ve got to get more consistent,” Bunge said. “We need to work with Courtney Wright, and we’ve got to throw out more people from behind the plate.”

Wright was charged with 20 errors, nearly a third of the team total. And KU’s catchers threw out only eight of the 61 runners who attempted to steal.

Kansas wound up with a 10-8 Big 12 Conference record and tied for third in league standings. Overall, the Jayhawks were 32-27.

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