After battling the cold and swirling winds Saturday, the Jayhawks lost two disappointing contests to begin their weekend in Denton, Texas. Sitting at 6-11 and in desperate need of a victory, coach Tracy Bunge and her seniors held a meeting.

“Saturday was frustrating in all aspects; not any part of our game was good,” Bunge said. “But we had a really good conversation afterwards — and everyone was on the same page heading into Sunday.”

Obviously something clicked, as Kansas exploded for 10 runs in their dominant victory over Harvard, ending their weekend on a real high note.

“It was great to see such a positive response to yesterday’s adversity,” Bunge said, “We were a totally different team (Sunday).”

The Jayhawks now head back to Lawrence a confident bunch, hoping to keep the momentum rolling into next weekend when they host the KU Invitational. Coach Bunge knows a winning mentality will be key down the stretch.

“We need to feel good about ourselves,” she said, “because this is how we need to play all season long.”

Saturday: Game 1 — Harvard 3, Kansas 2

A heartbreaking loss for the Jayhawks, as Harvard got great pitching from Rachel Brown and an RBI single from Melissa Schellberg to walk off with the victory.

Stevie Crisotso put the Jayhawks on the board with an RBI triple in the 3rd inning, and Val Chapple plated Dougie McCauley to tie the score at 2 in the sixth inning. But Amanda Jobe was stranded on third in the top of the 7th, setting up the game winning heroics of Schellberg for the Crimson. Allie Clark took the loss for Kansas, despite pitching three and a half effective innings.

WP — Brown (1-0) LP — Clark (0-1) SV — none HR — none

Saturday: Game 2 — North Texas 5, Kansas 2

A rough outing in the field for the Jayhawks, as they committed three errors which led to three unearned runs for North Texas.

Liz Kocon smashed an RBI double in the 6th inning, but the Jayhawks couldn’t overcome their defensive struggles, despite a gritty five innings from Val George. Ashley Lail struck out five over her seven innings, and Sarah Jones had three hits to lead the Mean Green.

WP — Lail (3-1) LP — George (5-5) SV — none HR — Waters, R.(1) (NT)

Sunday: Game 1 — Kansas 10, Harvard 1

Kansas shook off a disappointing Saturday in a big way, pounding the Crimson with a well balanced attack in a five inning victory. The Jayhawks tallied a season high 13 hits from nine different players, including homeruns from Val Chapple and Brittany Hile. Val George collected her 6th victory of the season for Kansas, scattering five hits and striking out five in the run-rule shortened contest.

WP — George (6-5) LP — Vertovez (0-1) SV — none HR — Chapple(1); Hile(2)

— — Edited by Realle Roth