Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Opposing ballparks have felt might comfy for the Kansas softball team this season. The Jayhawks have a 22-9-1 record away from Arrocha Ballpark.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Kansas (29-18-1, 5-8) will take its road-winning ways north to square off against Nebraska (34-15, 7-6) tonight at 6:30. The road trip continues with a double-header against Creighton (32-10-1, 14-3-1 Missouri Valley Conference) on Thursday.
Both Nebraska and Creighton could have RPI’s in the top 50 by the end of the season, so wins this week would look good on the Jayhawks postseason resume.
The Cornhuskers sit fifth in the Big 12 Conference, the Jayhawks, are in sixth place.
The last time these two met in early April at Arrocha Ballpark, the Cornhuskers walked away with a 3-0 victory, which started a downward fall the Jayhawks are still trying to dig themselves out of.
Kansas is 3-5 since the loss earlier this month and has won those three games on the road.
Nebraska pitcher Ashley DeBuhr led her team in the victory, allowing only two hits and striking out 12 Jayhawks.
DeBuhr (17-7) was named last week’s Louisville Slugger/NFCA Co-Player of the Week. She is second in the Big 12 with 229 strikeouts, averaging of 9.21 strikeouts per outing.
Nebraska is 10-4 in the month of April, averaging almost four runs per game.
Kansas snapped a five-game losing streak at Texas Tech this past weekend, sweeping the Red Raiders and possibly putting the offensive woes behind them.
Kansas had not scored a run in 31 consecutive innings entering the Texas Tech series.
In the month of April, the Jayhawks are 4-8 averaging just under two runs per game offensively.
Sophomore shortstop Stevie Crisosto is on pace to set several Jayhawk records this season.
With 10 games to play, she ranks fifth for runs scored with 30 and is in a tie for third with four home runs and her nine doubles and 12 stolen bases are tied for fifth in their respective categories all-time among Kansas sophomores.
Crisosto’s batting average is .322 and is second on the team with a .483 slugging percentage. She leads the team with 69 total bases and has 12 stolen bases to lead the team as well.
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Senior pitcher Kassie Humphreys had a solid weekend against Texas Tech. In 12 innings of work against the Red Raiders, she held the team to just four hits and two runs.
Senior pitcher Kassie Humphreys had a solid weekend against Texas Tech. In 12 innings of work against the Red Raiders, she held the team to just four hits and two runs.
She is tied for second best in the Big 12 holding teams to a .187 batting average.
Kansas leads the all-time record 48-44 against Nebraska.
Kansan sportswriter Evan Kafarakis can be contacted at ekafarakis@kansan.com.
— Edited by Ryan Schneider
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