Fourth-year junior Alex Jones tied her career high with eight strikeouts, and Mariah Montgomery drove in two runs as Kansas University softball concluded the Tiger Invitational with a 10-2, five-inning rout of Bryant on Sunday.
Kansas (7-2) went 3-1 at the tournament. Bryant fell to 1-3.
Jones improved to 2-0.
Montgomery went 2-for-2 with two RBIs, a double and a run scored. She led the Jayhawks at the tournament with a .600 batting average, while Maggie Hull had five RBIs at the tourney.
Kansas will face Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 3 p.m. Thursday in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Bryant 000 02 — 2 4 2
Kansas 214 03 — 10 10 1
W — Alex Jones, 2-0. L — Brittany Hart, 1-1.
2B — Kendall Corder, Aubrey Mable, Bryant; Marian Montgomery, Chaley Brickey, KU.
KU highlights — Jones 5 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K; Montgomery 2-for-2, R, 2 RBIs; Cassen Salamone 2-for-3, R; Brickey 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI.
