Last season, the leaderboard for any given defensive statistical metric had a pretty good chance of reading "Illinois" at the top. The Fighting Illini allowed just 12.8 points per game — the fewest in the nation — and led the country in categories like interceptions (24), overall takeaways (32) and defensive red zone touchdown percentage (35.5%). And while offseason attrition eroded some of their defensive ...
Just as soon as Kansas earned an equalizer more than an hour in the making off the head of Kate Dreyer, Missouri took back its lead. Kylee Simmons threaded a pass through to Jessica Larson in a threatening position, and Larson took a touch out to her right before slicing the ball past goalkeeper Melania Pasar for her first career goal, which put the Tigers back ahead 2-1 with precious little time remaining ...
Jerry Tuckwin served in the Haskell Indian Nations University athletic department in various capacities as a coach and administrator for more than 30 years, and had just as many students earn All-American honors in cross-country, track and field and marathon running during that time. The awards, though, were never the focus. As he put it, "We’re kind of a humble people, and that’s how I was trying to ...
One month after unveiling entirely new football jerseys, Kansas has added another wrinkle to its game-day wardrobe. The Jayhawks will wear all-new all-black "Blackhawk" uniforms when they take the field Friday night in prime time against Illinois, the team announced Sunday, as a result of what head coach Lance Leipold characterized as a player-led campaign started by safety Kenny Logan Jr. “I’ve had them ...
With Lance Leipold in charge at Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater, his alma mater, the Warhawks played in the national championship seven of his eight seasons. Five of those years, Bret Bielema was the head coach just up the road in Madison at Division I Wisconsin, the biggest college program in the state, where over the course of his career he led the Badgers to a pair of bowl wins and, at one point, three ...
Arkansas State took as many shots Thursday night as Kansas scored goals, and the Jayhawks kept their unbeaten nonconference run going by shutting out the Red Wolves 3-0 at Rock Chalk Park. Hallie Klanke assisted on a second-minute strike for Lexi Watts and a 52nd-minute drive across the face of the goal for Brie Severns, her second two-assist match in a row. Freshman Montelene Dymond added a third goal off a ...