SACRAMENTO, CALIF. ? Kansas University’s softball team defeated Middle Tennessee State, 3-0, then fell to Nebraska, 6-3, Saturday in the Capitol Classic. KU went 3-3 in the tourney.
Christi Musser homered and Melanie Wallach doubled twice for the Jayhawks (14-10) against Middle Tennessee. Kara Pierce pitched a three-hit shutout to raise her record to 6-4.
Kansas 3, Middle Tennessee State 0
Kansas 100 110 0 3 10 0
Middle Tennessee State 000 000 0 0 3 1
Kara Pierce and Katie Campbell; Stacy Preator and Lindsay Azevedo. W Pierce (6-4). L Preator (1-6). 2B KU: Melanie Wallach 2. HR KU: Christi Musser.
Nebraska 6, Kansas 3
Kansas 100 200 0 3 9 2
Nebraska 112 020 x 6 11 1
Kelly Campbell, Serena Settlemier (4) and Dani May; Leigh Ann Walker, Peaches James (6) and Amber Burgess. W Walker (10-2). L Campbell (2-2). 2B KU: Shelly Musser, Christi Musser, Amy Hulse. HR NU: Kim Ogee, Leigh Suhr, James.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. ? Kansas University’s softball team defeated Middle Tennessee State, 3-0, then fell to Nebraska, 6-3, Saturday in the Capitol Classic. KU went 3-3 in the tourney.
Christi Musser homered and Melanie Wallach doubled twice for the Jayhawks (14-10) against Middle Tennessee. Kara Pierce pitched a three-hit shutout to raise her record to 6-4.
Kansas 3, Middle Tennessee State 0
Kansas 100 110 0 3 10 0
Middle Tennessee State 000 000 0 0 3 1
Kara Pierce and Katie Campbell; Stacy Preator and Lindsay Azevedo. W Pierce (6-4). L Preator (1-6). 2B KU: Melanie Wallach 2. HR KU: Christi Musser.
Nebraska 6, Kansas 3
Kansas 100 200 0 3 9 2
Nebraska 112 020 x 6 11 1
Kelly Campbell, Serena Settlemier (4) and Dani May; Leigh Ann Walker, Peaches James (6) and Amber Burgess. W Walker (10-2). L Campbell (2-2). 2B KU: Shelly Musser, Christi Musser, Amy Hulse. HR NU: Kim Ogee, Leigh Suhr, James.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. ? Kansas University’s softball team defeated Middle Tennessee State, 3-0, then fell to Nebraska, 6-3, Saturday in the Capitol Classic. KU went 3-3 in the tourney.
Christi Musser homered and Melanie Wallach doubled twice for the Jayhawks (14-10) against Middle Tennessee. Kara Pierce pitched a three-hit shutout to raise her record to 6-4.
Kansas 3, Middle Tennessee State 0
Kansas 100 110 0 3 10 0
Middle Tennessee State 000 000 0 0 3 1
Kara Pierce and Katie Campbell; Stacy Preator and Lindsay Azevedo. W Pierce (6-4). L Preator (1-6). 2B KU: Melanie Wallach 2. HR KU: Christi Musser.
Nebraska 6, Kansas 3
Kansas 100 200 0 3 9 2
Nebraska 112 020 x 6 11 1
Kelly Campbell, Serena Settlemier (4) and Dani May; Leigh Ann Walker, Peaches James (6) and Amber Burgess. W Walker (10-2). L Campbell (2-2). 2B KU: Shelly Musser, Christi Musser, Amy Hulse. HR NU: Kim Ogee, Leigh Suhr, James.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. ? Kansas University’s softball team defeated Middle Tennessee State, 3-0, then fell to Nebraska, 6-3, Saturday in the Capitol Classic. KU went 3-3 in the tourney.
Christi Musser homered and Melanie Wallach doubled twice for the Jayhawks (14-10) against Middle Tennessee. Kara Pierce pitched a three-hit shutout to raise her record to 6-4.
Kansas 3, Middle Tennessee State 0
Kansas 100 110 0 3 10 0
Middle Tennessee State 000 000 0 0 3 1
Kara Pierce and Katie Campbell; Stacy Preator and Lindsay Azevedo. W Pierce (6-4). L Preator (1-6). 2B KU: Melanie Wallach 2. HR KU: Christi Musser.
Nebraska 6, Kansas 3
Kansas 100 200 0 3 9 2
Nebraska 112 020 x 6 11 1
Kelly Campbell, Serena Settlemier (4) and Dani May; Leigh Ann Walker, Peaches James (6) and Amber Burgess. W Walker (10-2). L Campbell (2-2). 2B KU: Shelly Musser, Christi Musser, Amy Hulse. HR NU: Kim Ogee, Leigh Suhr, James.
Nobody can accuse Kansas University coach Tracy Bunge of having a soft softball schedule.
The Jayhawks played six ranked teams during tournaments in Phoenix and Las Vegas last month. Now KU will face two more ranked clubs this weekend in a four-team tourney in Tallahassee, Fla.
Today the Jayhawks will clash with No. 16-ranked Florida State. On Saturday, they’ll meet No. 22 Mississippi State and unranked Texas. Sunday matchups will be determined by won-lost records on Friday and Saturday.
Freshman pitcher-first baseman Serena Settlemier is leading the Jayhawks in hitting with a .550 average. Left fielder Christi Musser is close behind at .520. Settlemier and Musser share the team RBI lead with six apiece.
Kansas, 4-6, boasts an impressive .280 team batting average and 10 home runs, but the team earned run average is a lofty 3.83.
Kelly Campbell doesn’t have any decisions, but the senior right-hander has compiled a 1.14 ERA in 14 innings of relief. However, Kara Pierce, Big 12 freshman of the year in 2001, has a 2-3 record with a 4.48 ERA while junior Kirsten Milhoan checks in at 0-1 with a 6.39 ERA. Settlemier is 2-2 with a 3.85 ERA.
Kansas is scheduled to play its home opener next Tuesday afternoon against Washburn.
Nobody can accuse Kansas University coach Tracy Bunge of having a soft softball schedule.
The Jayhawks played six ranked teams during tournaments in Phoenix and Las Vegas last month. Now KU will face two more ranked clubs this weekend in a four-team tourney in Tallahassee, Fla.
Today the Jayhawks will clash with No. 16-ranked Florida State. On Saturday, they’ll meet No. 22 Mississippi State and unranked Texas. Sunday matchups will be determined by won-lost records on Friday and Saturday.
Freshman pitcher-first baseman Serena Settlemier is leading the Jayhawks in hitting with a .550 average. Left fielder Christi Musser is close behind at .520. Settlemier and Musser share the team RBI lead with six apiece.
Kansas, 4-6, boasts an impressive .280 team batting average and 10 home runs, but the team earned run average is a lofty 3.83.
Kelly Campbell doesn’t have any decisions, but the senior right-hander has compiled a 1.14 ERA in 14 innings of relief. However, Kara Pierce, Big 12 freshman of the year in 2001, has a 2-3 record with a 4.48 ERA while junior Kirsten Milhoan checks in at 0-1 with a 6.39 ERA. Settlemier is 2-2 with a 3.85 ERA.
Kansas is scheduled to play its home opener next Tuesday afternoon against Washburn.
Nobody can accuse Kansas University coach Tracy Bunge of having a soft softball schedule.
The Jayhawks played six ranked teams during tournaments in Phoenix and Las Vegas last month. Now KU will face two more ranked clubs this weekend in a four-team tourney in Tallahassee, Fla.
Today the Jayhawks will clash with No. 16-ranked Florida State. On Saturday, they’ll meet No. 22 Mississippi State and unranked Texas. Sunday matchups will be determined by won-lost records on Friday and Saturday.
Freshman pitcher-first baseman Serena Settlemier is leading the Jayhawks in hitting with a .550 average. Left fielder Christi Musser is close behind at .520. Settlemier and Musser share the team RBI lead with six apiece.
Kansas, 4-6, boasts an impressive .280 team batting average and 10 home runs, but the team earned run average is a lofty 3.83.
Kelly Campbell doesn’t have any decisions, but the senior right-hander has compiled a 1.14 ERA in 14 innings of relief. However, Kara Pierce, Big 12 freshman of the year in 2001, has a 2-3 record with a 4.48 ERA while junior Kirsten Milhoan checks in at 0-1 with a 6.39 ERA. Settlemier is 2-2 with a 3.85 ERA.
Kansas is scheduled to play its home opener next Tuesday afternoon against Washburn.
Nobody can accuse Kansas University coach Tracy Bunge of having a soft softball schedule.
The Jayhawks played six ranked teams during tournaments in Phoenix and Las Vegas last month. Now KU will face two more ranked clubs this weekend in a four-team tourney in Tallahassee, Fla.
Today the Jayhawks will clash with No. 16-ranked Florida State. On Saturday, they’ll meet No. 22 Mississippi State and unranked Texas. Sunday matchups will be determined by won-lost records on Friday and Saturday.
Freshman pitcher-first baseman Serena Settlemier is leading the Jayhawks in hitting with a .550 average. Left fielder Christi Musser is close behind at .520. Settlemier and Musser share the team RBI lead with six apiece.
Kansas, 4-6, boasts an impressive .280 team batting average and 10 home runs, but the team earned run average is a lofty 3.83.
Kelly Campbell doesn’t have any decisions, but the senior right-hander has compiled a 1.14 ERA in 14 innings of relief. However, Kara Pierce, Big 12 freshman of the year in 2001, has a 2-3 record with a 4.48 ERA while junior Kirsten Milhoan checks in at 0-1 with a 6.39 ERA. Settlemier is 2-2 with a 3.85 ERA.
Kansas is scheduled to play its home opener next Tuesday afternoon against Washburn.
Kansas University’s softball team will be in Tampa, Fla., this weekend for the Speedline Invitational. The Jayhawks (8-8) will play Wisconsin and Florida Atlantic today, then meet UT-Chattanooga and UMass on Friday. On Saturday, KU will meet Hofstra before beginning bracket play.
Columbus, Ga. ? Kansas University split a pair of softball games against ranked opponents on Friday in the Leadoff Classic. The Jayhawks knocked off No. 24 Massachusetts 4-1 in the opener before falling 3-0 to No. 4 Alabama.
KU (7-6) is scheduled to play No. 6 Arizona State at noon today before beginning bracket play.
In the first game Friday, freshman Kara Pierce tossed a three-hitter and Leah Tabb, Courtney Wright, Katie Campbell and Christi Musser all doubled in the fourth inning as the Jayhawks spilled UMass (3-3).
Kansas snapped a 1-1 tie with a three-run fourth. Tabb started the rally with a one-out double and scored on Wright’s two-bagger down the right-field line.
Albuquerque, N.M. Kansas University dropped its first game of the softball season, 12-1 against Cal State Fullerton, but bounced back to defeat New Mexico, 7-6, Friday in the Diamond Invitational.
Leah Tabb hit home runs in both games, including a grand slam, for KU and finished the day with five RBIs.
Shelly Musser and Erin Garvey both had two runs, one hit and an RBI in KU’s victory over New Mexico. KU rallied to win that game with six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Amy Hulse went 3-for-3. Box scores on Page 9C.
Kansas University’s softball team beat Dodge City CC, 8-4, and lost to Washburn, 7-5, on Saturday at Jayhawk Field.
Leah Tabb had two hits, including a double, with two RBIs versus Washburn. Katie Campbell had a hit and two RBIs.
Kelly Campbell pitched five innings to earn the victory in the nightcap. She struck out six. Mel Wallach pitched the final two innings. Courtney Wright, Tabb and Katie Campbell had back-to-back doubles in the fifth. KU will meet Johnson County CC at noon today and will play again at either 2 p.m. or 4 p.m.
