Shutout victory leads to softball sweep

Monday, March 26, 2007

Behind a shutout performance by the pitching staff, the Kansas softball team completed the two-game road sweep of Oklahoma State Sunday with a 2-0 victory at Cowgirl Stadium in Stillwater, Okla.

Kansas struck early, although not often, as sophomore catcher Elle Pottorf’s two-run homer in the first-inning gave the team its only runs of the game.

On this day, it was more than enough. Sophomore pitcher Valerie George scattered three hits during 6 2/3 innings of scoreless-work. Her performance in a pressure-laden second was key to maintaining the Jayhawks’ slim lead. The Tucson native found herself in a situation with two runners on base and no outs before striking out the next two batters and coaxing a ground-out to end the inning.

Senior pitcher Kassie Humphreys came on during the seventh and faced only a pair of Cowgirl hitters before earning the save and securing George’s seventh win of the season.

The victory moves Kansas to 23-9-1 on the season and points the team in the right direction as the Jayhawks begin battle with the rest of the Big 12 Conference.

Up next on the schedule is a Wednesday double-header against Missouri State of the Missouri Valley conference.

Kansas will return home for a two-game series against Baylor starting Saturday.

Kansan sportswriter Daniel Molina can be contacted at dmolina@kansan.com.

— Edited by Darla Slipke

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