Las Cruces, N.M. ? Kansas University’s softball team set school records for runs and hits in a game during a 25-12 thrashing of New Mexico State on Saturday. The Jayhawks collected 23 hits and raised their record to 9-0.
“I’ve never been involved in a game like that in my life,” KU coach Megan Smith said. “It was an odd but exciting game.”
Earlier Saturday, Chaley Brickey’s grand slam capped a five-run seventh inning in a 5-1 victory over Weber State.
Against N.M. State, Maddie Stein went 5-for-5 with a single-game school-record eight RBIs.
Brickey’s slam, her second home run of the season, broke a 1-all tie with Weber State.
Kansas 5, Weber State 1
Kansas 000 000 5 — 5 2 1
Weber State 000 001 0 — 1 2 0
W — Alicia Pille (5-0). L — McCauley Flint (1-1).
HR — Chaley Brickey, KU.
KU highlights — Brickey 1-for-2, 4 RBIs; Daniella Chavez 1-for-3; Taylor McElhaney 1 RBI.
Kansas 25, N.M. State 12
Kansas 557 08 — 25 23 3
N.M. State 154 02 — 12 8 4
W — Sophia Temlin (1-0). L — Karysta Donisthorpe (3-1).
2B — Lily Behrmann, Chaley Brickey, Maddie Stein 3, KU; Emma Adams, Staci Rodriguez, NMS. HR — Stein, Naudin, Daniella Chavez, Jessie Roane, Taylor McElhaney, KU; Fiana Finau, NMS.
KU highlights — Stein 5-for-5, 8 RBIs; Roane 3-for-5, 3 RBIs; McElhaney 1-for-4, 4 RBIs; Brickey 3-for-4, 2 RBIs.
