DeLand, Fla. ? Kansas University’s softball team ran its winning streak to seven and improved to 19-1 with a pair of victories Friday in the Stetson Classic.
The Jayhawks defeated La Salle, 8-1, and Chattanooga, 11-1.
Against La Salle, KU broke open a close game with six runs in the top of the seventh. Bryn Houlton (2-0) earned the victory, and Alicia Pille picked up her third save.
Pille (10-0) pitched a two-hitter against Chattanooga. The Jayhawks exploded for seven runs in the first and added three more in the second.
Lily Behrmann tagged a home run against La Salle, and Maddie Stein and Daniella Chavez homered against Chattanooga.
Behrmann went 3-for-4 in KU’s victory over La Salle and added two RBIs against Chattanooga.
KU will meet Chattanooga at 10 a.m. and Stetson at 3 p.m. today.
Kansas 8, La Salle 1
Kansas 001 100 6 — 8 13 1
La Salle 000 100 0 — 1 6 6
W — Bryn Houlton (2-0). L — Alicia Aughton (0-2). S — Alicia Pille (3).
2B — Chaley Brickey, Maddie Stein, Jessie Roane, KU. HR — Lily Behrmann, KU.
KU highlights — Behrmann 3-for-4, 2 RBIs; Brickey 2-for-5, 3 RBIs; Roane 2-for-4; Shannon McGinley 2-for-5.
Kansas 11, Chattanooga 1
Chattanooga 010 00 — 1 2 4
Kansas 731 0x — 11 12 0
W — Alicia Pille (10-0). L — Taylor Deason (5-3).
2B — Maddie Stein, Amanda Organ, KU; HR — Nicole Osterman, C; Maddie Stein, Daniella Chavez, KU.
KU highlights — Stein 2-for-3, 2 RBIs; Briana Evans 2-for-2, RBI; Jessie Roane 2-for-2; Lily Behrmann 2 RBIs; Chavez 2 RBIs; Chaley Brickey RBI; Chanin Naudin RBI; Shannon McGinley RBI.
