College Station, Texas ? What’s wrong with Courtney Wright?

Wright was Kansas University softball’s offensive MVP last season after leading the Jayhawks with a .314 batting average and earning second-team All-Big 12 honors.

This season Wright, a senior from Tucson, Ariz., is hitting a dismal .129 with just eight hits in 62 at-bats. An off-season shoulder injury that limited her to designated player duties instead of her normal shortstop position hasn’t helped.

“She’s never gotten on track all season,” KU coach Tracy Bunge said. “I just feel she’s a couple of hits from breaking out of it.”

Bunge hopes Wright breaks out of it this weekend when the Jayhawks tangle with Texas A&M. Single games are scheduled at 4 p.m. today and noon on Sunday at the Aggies’ softball complex.

“If she gets hot,” Bunge said of Wright, “she could be a key factor.”

Bunge is also hoping Katie Campbell becomes untracked. Campbell, who led the Big 12 with 16 doubles in 2001, has five doubles and three homers this season, but her batting average has skidded to .217.

“Both Katie and Courtney are thinking about it too much,” Bunge said. “I think if you cut their brains off they’d be all right.”

Kansas is at a crossroads in the league race. With a 2-5 record, the Jayhawks need a sweep of the Aggies to climb back into contention. To do so, they’re going to have to boost their scoring output.

Of the Jayhawks’ five conference defeats, four have been by one run. Three have been by 2-1 counts. The other was a 1-0 loss at Baylor.

Left fielder Christi Musser and third baseman Megan Urquhart have supplied most of the punch so far. Musser is hitting .390 with a team-leading 21 runs batted in. Urquhart isn’t far behind with a .317 average and 20 RBIs.

Also, after a slow start, three-time All-Big 12 selection Shelly Musser has wielded a torrid bat lately. Musser, the Jayhawks’ center fielder, boosted her average to .305 with four hits in Thursday’s doubleheader sweep of Creighton.

Also hitting above .300 is multi-talented freshman Serena Settlemier who sports a .319 batting average and has won six of 11 decisions on the mound. Settlemier, who hails from Kelso, Wash., tossed a one-hit shutout against Creighton.

Texas A&M is in the same straits as Kansas. Despite an overall 29-9 record, the Aggies are 2-4 in league games and can’t afford many more defeats.

Kansas, 22-15 overall, will return home next weekend to entertain Texas Tech in what has been dubbed Big Blue Weekend. Members of KU’s 1992 College World Series team will be on hand for their induction into the KU Sports Hall of Fame.

The weekend will include a dinner at the Naismith Lounge on Friday night, an alumni game at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Jayhawk Field and the shrine induction prior to the 2 p.m. game against the Red Raiders.