Kansas University’s softball team won its ninth straight game, and Alicia Pille improved to 17-0, as the Jayhawks defeated Georgia State, 8-6, in the Rock Chalk Challenge on Saturday at Arrocha Ballpark.
Daniella Chavez hit a three-run home run and went 3-for-4, and Chanin Naudin also homered.
Chavez droved in four runs and scored two.
“She’s locked in and having really good at-bats,” KU coach Megan Smith said of Chavez. “She has such a calm mindset, and she’s very confident in herself. Every time she comes up, I know she has a game plan and she’s going to stick with her game plan. She kept on attacking and producing for us.”
The Jayhawks (28-2) scored four runs in the first inning and led 8-3 after six innings.
Georgia State scored three runs in the seventh, but KU held on.
KU will meet Georgia State again at 10:30 a.m. today at Arrocha Ballpark.
Georgia State 021 000 3 — 6 8 1
Kansas 411 101 x — 8 11 0
W — Alicia Pille (17-0). L — Chelsea Stanfield (4-3).
2B — Ivie Darke, GS; Jessie Roane, KU; 3B — Lily Behrmann, KU. HR — Megan Litumbe, Lauren Coleman, GS; Daniella Chavez, Chanin Naudin, KU.
KU highlights — Chavez 3-for 4, 4 RBIs, 2 runs; Roane 3-for 4, RBI, run; Behrmann 2-for-2, RBI, 2 runs; Naudin 2-for-3, RBI, run.