Kansas softball blanks Brooklyn

? Chaley Brickey and Maddie Stein each had two hits, and Kelsey Kessler threw a complete-game, two-hit shutout as Kansas University softball blanked LIU Brooklyn, 6-0, Sunday on the final day of the Under Armour Showcase.

Kansas won its fourth straight and ninth of 11 and improved to 15-7 overall, 4-1 in the three-day event. LIU Brooklyn fell to 8-16.

“We came out the first inning and we just went right at it,” KU coach Megan Smith said. “We were really aggressive, and I think our slappers set the tone for the entire game.”

Kessler (9-5) struck out nine and didn’t walk a batter in her seven innings.

“Our pitchers have been dominant the last two days to only give up one run,” Smith said. “Kelsey kept them off-balance and just went right at them.”

KU will host South Dakota State in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

LIU Brooklyn 000 000 0 — 0 2 3

Kansas 310 020 x — 6 9 1

W — Kelsey Kessler, 9-5. L — Shelley Prockter, 7-9.

2B — Jazmin Rodriguez, LIUB; Chaley Brickey, Kansas. 3B — Taylor Hatfield, Kansas.

Kansas highlights — Kessler 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K; Brickey 2-for-3, 2 R; Maddie Stein 2-for-4, 2 RBIs.