Sam Claire grew up in Kansas City before moving to Eudora, and the University of Kansas always loomed large for the senior softball pitcher. So when KU called, it was special. The Eudora ace will play softball in Lawrence upon the conclusion of her final high school season. Eudora softball, ...
Of all the teams affected in one way or another by the latest round of conference realignment, the Big 12 Conference softball teams have to be among the most relieved. With Oklahoma and Texas leaving the league, a new world of possibility opens for everyone else in it. It’s not just that ...
Former Kansas pitcher Kasey Hamilton is pursuing an opportunity to continue playing softball in a new professional league. Women's Professional Fastpitch, which is entering its second season of play beginning on June 20, is playing a four-team schedule this season. One of the teams, the ...
The Kansas softball team was not picked for the 64-team field of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, which was announced Sunday evening. The Jayhawks closed the Big 12 Conference tournament with their highest win total of head coach Jennifer McFalls' tenure at 28-25-1, and vastly exceeded their previous ...
Oklahoma City — The Kansas softball team opened its matchup against Oklahoma on Thursday with three straight hits and then did not record another for the remainder of the game. Those three hits amounted to just one run. And in the ensuing innings, the Sooners did what the Sooners tend to do ...
Oklahoma City — Sophomore shortstop Hailey Cripe tied a Big 12 Conference record by driving in five runs, becoming just the fifth player to do so in the league’s softball tournament, and she led the Kansas softball team to a 6-5 win over Houston at Devon Park on Wednesday night. Cripe hit ...
After losing 10 consecutive games to conclude the regular season, the Kansas softball team slid to seventh in the Big 12 Conference and will play last-place Houston to open the league's postseason tournament Wednesday at 5 p.m. The Big 12 championship at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium ...
A series of ill-timed defensive errors in the middle innings sank the Kansas softball team in Thursday’s series opener at Arrocha Ballpark, as the Jayhawks fell 8-6 to BYU. “Routine outs that we make every day in practice — mentally, physically, just didn’t execute in those ...
