Palm Springs, Calif. ? Kansas University’s softball team split a pair of games during Friday’s first day of the Palm Springs Classic. KU beat Utah, 2-1, but fell to BYU, 3-0.
Against the Utes, freshman Elle Pottorf notched a base hit in the top of the eighth to score sophomore Nicole Washburn and give KU the victory.
Junior reliever Serena Settlemier (2-2) picked up the win. Freshman Cyndi Duran led the Jayhawks offense by going 3-for-4. Kansas was no-hit by the Utes (7-0).
| Kansas | 000 | 001 | 01 | — | 2 8 2 |
| Utah | 100 | 000 | 00 | — | 1 5 2 |
W — Serena Settlemier, 2-2. L — Gourdin, 2-3.2B — Jessica Moppin, KU; Durrence, Utah.Kansas highlights — Settlemier 3 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 3 strikeouts; Cyndi Duran 3-for-4; Moppin 1-or-3, RBI; Elle Pottorf 2-for-3, run.BYU 3, Kansas 0
| BYU | 011 | 000 | 1 | — | 3 6 0 |
| Kansas | 000 | 000 | 0 | — | 0 0 2 |
W — Boyce, 2-0. L — Christina Ross, 2-2.
