The Kansas baseball team rebounded from a season-opening loss on Friday to win its next two games on Saturday and Sunday and claim a series win on the road at UTRGV in Edinburg, Texas. "First and foremost, UTRGV is a really good team," KU coach Dan Fitzgerald said in a press release. "What an unbelievable environment to play in and one that we were intentional in scheduling to get an atmosphere like this and ...
The Kansas softball team took a step forward during the Jayhawks’ second straight weekend event at South Florida, winning four out of five games — headlined by a 7-2 victory over the host Bulls to avenge their previous loss — to improve to 7-4 on the young season. KU beat Indiana State convincingly on Thursday, but lost to Boston College after allowing three sixth-inning runs. However, the Jayhawks ...
AMES, Iowa — As pivotal as Iowa State’s 20-2 first-half run might have been in the Cyclones’ win over Kansas on Saturday afternoon, the defense they played before they took the lead — when their offense wasn’t hitting anywhere near as many shots — might have been even more impactful. “They just pressured the crap out of us,” KU coach Bill Self said. That has long been a hallmark of ISU teams ...
AMES, Iowa — A day on which both No. 9 Kansas and No. 5 Iowa State were wearing throwback uniforms seemed like an appropriate occasion for an old-fashioned rock fight. The Jayhawks and Cyclones delivered that style of play for about 13 minutes on Saturday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum — before one team figured out how to play effective offense and the other didn’t. ISU embarked on a 20-2 run over five ...
It’s becoming increasingly rare that a team gets a chance at revenge in the modern Big 12. As part of the league’s revamped 18-game schedule with 16 schools now in the conference, each team plays just three of its opponents twice and the other 12 once each. As Kansas heads down the stretch in the final seven games of league play, three schools will have opportunities to avenge prior defeats against the ...
Determining exactly how the pieces fit together is always a process for the Kansas baseball team. The proof is in head coach Dan Fitzgerald’s office, where mounted on the wall is the lineup card from his first victory at Kansas: a 5-1 win over Valparaiso on Feb. 17, 2023. “(Kodey) Shojinaga was on the bench,” Fitzgerald said — he finished that season as the conference’s freshman of the year. ...