Meghan Miller seemed a bit surprised about reaching a personal high in saves.

“Some weren’t too difficult, but that’s the way I prefer it,” Miller said, smiling.

Kansas University goalkeeper Miller had a career-high seven stops, helping KU topple Oklahoma, 3-1, in Big 12 Conference soccer Friday afternoon at SuperTarget Field.

Now Miller can look ahead to Sunday’s game at Michigan — a trip she has anticipated all season. Although raised in Seattle, Miller was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., home of the Wolverines.

“I have all kinds of family there,” Miller said, “so it’s like a mini-going home for me. I was born there, my parents went to school there and so did my brother.”

Kansas is playing Michigan late in the season because of an open date on the schedule — only 11 Big 12 teams sponsor varsity soccer programs.

“It is a little different,” said Monica Brothers, a junior forward who scored the Jayhawks’ second goal, “but we’ll use the same approach we did today. We’ll put our shoes on and play.”

The Jayhawks had their shoes laced Friday, scoring all of their goals in the first 29 minutes, then protecting the advantage the rest of the way.

“We were ready to play,” KU coach Mark Francis said. “Oklahoma beat us here last year, so there was some vengeance involved in that. And it was a big win in terms of the big picture.”

Kansas University junior midfielder Rachel Gilfillan, right, holds possession against Oklahoma midfielder Ashley Lacey during the first half. The Jayhawks beat the Sooners, 3-1, Friday at SuperTarget Field.

In other words, Francis believes Friday’s win could go a long way toward securing an NCAA Tournament berth.

“Four or five teams from the Big 12 will be taken, I think,” Francis said, “and us and Oklahoma are probably going to be in that four or five.”

Kansas climbed to 13-4-1 overall — the 13th win tied the school record set two years ago — and 5-3-1 in the league. OU is 8-5-4 overall and treading on treys in league play at 3-3-3.

Less than seven minutes had elapsed before Kansas snatched a 1-0 lead. Forward Caroline Smith’s shot glanced off Oklahoma goalkeeper Catherine Wade’s leg to midfielder Lauren Williams, who drilled the ball into the net.

A dozen minutes later, Oklahoma knotted the count at 1 when forward Becky Nelson broke loose in the box and drilled a shot high into the upper right corner of the net above a diving Miller.

The tie didn’t last long — just four minutes. With 22:18 showing, Amy Geha and Rachel Gilfillan crossed the ball in front of the box to Brothers, who rang the bell.

Six minutes after that, Smith added to her school-record goal count with No. 16 — a shot from the right side of the box that clipped the left goal post and ricocheted in.

With a little more than 61 minutes to go, Kansas led 3-1. The remaining one hour and one minute featured a few near misses, but no scores.

“We probably could have had two or three goals in the second half,” Francis said, “but their goal keeper made some nice stops. Also, when you’re ahead 3-1, there’s no reason to hurry, and we were pretty patient.”

Many of the KU regulars sat out the late going, including Smith, who watched the last 21 minutes from the sideline.

Sunday’s game at Michigan is scheduled for 1 p.m.

“Michigan is a very good team,” Francis said. “They were in the (NCAA) Elite Eight last year. Mentally, that’ll be the challenge. We’ve been playing in the conference for six weeks and we have to bring the same intensity as the last few weeks.”

Kansas will play its home finale next Friday afternoon against Oklahoma State.