The Big 12 conference champion Kansas soccer team competed in two spring exhibition games in Indiana last weekend.

The team’s first stop was in Indianapolis on Saturday where the Jayhawks flew past the Purdue Boilermakers, 3-0. Junior forward Caroline Smith, sophomore forward Lacey Novak, and Jenifer Thomas, a transfer player from Texas Tech, scored the goals for the Jayhawks.

On Sunday, the Jayhawks traveled to Bloomington, Ind., and took on the Indiana Hoosiers. There the Jayhawks suffered their first defeat of the exhibition season, 2-0.

Overall, the Jayhawks are 2-1 in spring play. After three games the team is finding out what kinks to work out before next season.

“Playing three games has been good for us because it has allowed us to make some adjustments so that we are ready to go in the fall,” Thomas said.

Thomas is excited to be a part of the Kansas soccer team after playing for Texas Tech last year.

“I’m looking forward to next season because of the success this team had last fall, and I’m excited to have an opportunity to be a part of it,” Thomas said.

Junior goalkeeper Erin Ferguson said the spring season was helping the team recognize its strengths and weaknesses and release built-up energy.

“I believe we are coming together very well, both on and off the field,” she said. “The games gave us a chance to release all the pent-up energy on someone other than ourselves.”

Kansas went 18-5-0 last season, which gave the team its first Big 12 Championship. Kansas also made it to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the second round to Nebraska.

The Jayhawks are working on all the little things to make them better as a team, and individually. Ferguson said that the training the team was going through helped it see strengths and build its on-the-field skills.

The Jayhawks play at 5 p.m. today against the Blue Valley Stars U-15 club, at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.