Saturday night will bring yet another in a series of the most significant games in Kansas baseball history. This time, the Jayhawks have a chance to put themselves one win away from a regional championship and a first-ever super regional berth. But they will have to do what KU's football and men’s basketball teams have been unable to in recent years and take down Arkansas in the postseason. The game will be ...
When Kansas broadcaster Brian Hanni and the rest of the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic organizers made the decision to move the event to early June this year, due to concerns about hotel and flight availability during the FIFA World Cup, there was some concern it might end up being a “B-plus-caliber year” for the long-running charity basketball game. But those worries proved to be unfounded: “Honestly, this ...
The Kansas baseball team is one win away from the first super regional appearance in program history. The Jayhawks rallied with four unanswered runs to take down second-seeded Arkansas 5-3 at Hoglund Ballpark on Saturday night. “I thought they competed at a super high level and they were poised and they were prepared and they loved the moment,” KU coach Dan Fitzgerald said. “It was really fun. Proud of ...
Amid a raucous environment at Hoglund Ballpark on Friday, with a record crowd of 3,571 on hand for Kansas’ first-ever NCAA regional action in Lawrence, perhaps no Jayhawk received a warmer reception from the KU fans than left fielder Brady Ballinger. It began when Ballinger, still recovering from a hamate bone injury suffered in the Jayhawks’ regular-season finale at BYU, was announced as a non-starter; it ...
For the first time since 2014 and the first time ever at Hoglund Ballpark, the Kansas baseball team has won an NCAA regional game. The Jayhawks hit a series of early homers, weathered a gradual comeback from Northeastern in the middle innings and cashed in late for a couple of insurance runs against the Huskies’ bullpen on their way to a 6-3 victory on Friday afternoon. Shortstop Tyson LeBlanc was ...
The Northeastern baseball team entered Friday’s game at Kansas as the national leader in stolen bases by a margin of 29 more than its next closest competition. But the Huskies’ proclivity for running dealt them a key blow in a big moment of Friday’s NCAA regional opener. “Hindsight, obviously, it probably wasn’t the best decision,” Northeastern coach Mike Glavine said, “but I just didn’t want ...