KU softball takes 1-0 victory

? Kansas University sophomore Kelsey Kessler threw a complete-game four-hitter and struck out a KU-record and career-best 15 in a 1-0 Kansas University softball victory over Chattanooga on Sunday in the UCF Knights Invitational.

Kessler (1-1) didn’t walk a batter over the full seven innings.

KU will face Fordham on Friday in the first of five games at the College of Charleston Classic in Charleston, W.Va.

Kansas 000 100 00 — 1 6 0

Chattanooga 000 000 0x — 0 4 0

W — Kelsey Kessler, 1-1. L — Taylor Deason, 0-2.

2B — Anyssa Robles, Sarah Beth Roberts, Chattanooga.

Kansas highlights — Maddie Stein 2-for-3, RBI; Chaley Brickey 1-for-2; Kessler 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 15 K.