Softball

KU softball blown out by top-seeded Texas Tech, 14-0, in Big 12 semifinal

In its first meeting with Kansas this season, the Texas Tech softball team displayed the talent that had allowed it to win the Big 12 by a five-game margin. The Red Raiders knocked KU out of the Big 12 tournament with a 14-0 run-rule victory on Friday afternoon in the semifinal round at Devon ...

KU softball ekes out 6-5 win over UCF, advances to Big 12 semifinals

Kansas coach Jennifer McFalls had said in advance of KU’s Big 12 tournament clash with UCF that there probably weren’t two teams in the league more evenly matched than her fifth-seeded Jayhawks and the fourth-seeded Knights. That proved quite accurate on Thursday in Oklahoma City as KU ...

KU softball draws UCF for Big 12 tournament after losing 2 of 3 at OSU

After losing two out of three in a road series at Oklahoma State over the weekend, the Kansas softball team finished fifth in the 11-team Big 12. The Jayhawks will face No. 4 seed UCF in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. KU, ...

KU softball wins series against Iowa State on Soles’ walk-off home run

Junior first baseman Anna Soles hit a walk-off home run in extra innings to deliver the Kansas softball team a 4-2 victory over Iowa State on senior day at Arrocha Ballpark. The result on Saturday afternoon gave KU its sixth series win of Big 12 play as the Jayhawks improved to 32-16 overall, ...

KU softball enters home stretch with postseason berth at stake

To achieve a 30-win season for the first time as a collegiate head coach, Jennifer McFalls admits, has taken a bit longer than she would have thought. KU hired McFalls, a longtime Texas assistant, in the fall of 2018. The Jayhawks struggled early and got disrupted, like so many programs, by ...

Late home run dooms KU softball in 4-2 loss to Missouri

Just as soon as the Kansas softball team built some momentum amid a dull offensive performance against Missouri on Wednesday, the Tigers snatched it back. Anna Soles’ two-out, two-RBI triple tied the Border War at 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning. But just a few moments later, Missouri ...