Softball Travels to Kansas for Top-25 Series​
Unanimous No. 1-ranked Oklahoma Softball looks to continue its unbeaten start to Big 12 play with a three-game conference series at No. 24/RV Kansas beginning Thursday, March 28.
First pitch on Thursday is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT followed by a 5 p.m. start on Friday and a noon Saturday finale. The series will be broadcast on ESPN+ and 1560 AM/103.3 FM The Franchise 2.
The Big 12-leading Sooners enter the series two full games ahead of third-place Kansas in the conference standings.
OU leads the all-time series 78-44 with a 26-12 mark in Lawrence and a 67-13 record under head coach Patty Gasso. The Sooners have won 19 straight games against KU including a three-game sweep at home last April.
The series marks the beginning of a challenging seven-game road stretch for Oklahoma, as the top-25 series against the Jayhawks is followed by a visit to No. 2/2 Texas next weekend and a rescheduled April 9 midweek at red-hot Wichita State.
SCOUTING THE JAYHAWKS​
Kansas enters the weekend 22-8-1 on the season with a 7-2 mark in Big 12 action, two full games behind OU in the conference standings. The Jayhawks have won 19 of their last 22 including Big 12 sweeps of then-No. 13/19 Baylor and Houston. KU entered the top-25 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll this week at No. 24.
Campbell Bagshaw is the Jayhawks' leading hitter, carrying a .317 average into the week with five doubles, two home runs and 24 RBIs. Hailey Cripe has driven in 23 with a KU-best seven doubles and hits .309 while Lyric Moore bats .307 and leads the club with five home runs. The Kansas lineup bats .278 as a team while scoring 4.77 runs per game.
Right-hander Katie Brooks and southpaw Kasey Hamilton combine to form a formidable pair, anchoring the Kansas pitching staff. Brooks is 10-2 with a 1.89 ERA, striking out 53 and walking 46 over 74.0 innings of work. She has yet to allow a home run this season, limiting opponents to a .246 average. Hamilton has fanned 71 and walked 37 across 101.1 innings, going 9-5 with a 2.28 ERA and a .207 batting average against.
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3/28 5PM CST vs Jayhawks
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