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Jayhawks fight back in extras to win Border Showdown at Kauffman Stadium

Kansas City, Mo. — Catcher Jake English doubled to open the 10th inning, Collier Cranford brought pinch-runner Tyler Gerety home with a sacrifice fly, and Kansas held Missouri scoreless in the bottom half of the frame to beat its rival 4-3 Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium. “Rivalry games ...

KU softball sweeps ranked Baylor

The Kansas softball team didn't just win a series against a ranked opponent for the first in 19 years; it finished off a sweep. KU took down Baylor, which had been ranked No. 13 in the country by the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, three times at Arrocha Ballpark over the weekend: 3-2 on Friday, ...

Rosero and Pulido each score, Sporting KC beats Earthquakes 2-1

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Dany Rosero and Alan Pulido each scored a goal to help Sporting Kansas City rally from an early deficit and beat the San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 on Saturday night. Pulido, who scored a career-best 14 goals last season, put away a left-footed volley to cap the scoring in the ...

KC Current hold off Portland for a 5-4 victory in their new stadium

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Vanessa DiBernardo scored the first goal for Kansas City in its new stadium and the Current held off the Portland Thorns 5-4 on Saturday in the regular-season opener for the National Women's Soccer League. Debinha's rebound shot deflected off Thorns goalkeeper Shelby ...

Big 12’s announcement moves tournament closer to home for KU soccer

When Nate Lie first got introduced as the Kansas soccer coach in December, he expressed not only an admiration for Kansas City’s role in the current soccer landscape but an optimism for its future prospects. “We are in the soccer capital of America, or maybe 45 minutes down the road from ...

KU softball sweeps doubleheader thanks to walk-off

Angela Price put a ball in play in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Ashlyn Anderson, as the Kansas softball team was able to turn a fielding error by Wichita State into a walk-off win at Arrocha Ballpark Tuesday night. The 6-5 victory, in which Campbell Bagshaw hit a grand slam as part ...