The soccer team split its weekend for the second consecutive week by beating Northwestern University on Friday and losing to Illinois State Univerity (3-2) on Sunday.

The Jayhawks (2-2) defeated No. 14 Northwestern (2-2-2) on Friday 2-1, when it got goals from freshman midfielder Caroline Kastor and senior forward Kaitlyn Cunningham.

Cunningham, who played high school soccer at Geneva High School in suburban Chicago, played in front of her home crowd for the first time since coming to Kansas.

The Northwestern Wildcats controlled most of the game. The team had 13 shots compared with the Jayhawks' nine. The Wildcats also had seven corner kicks compared with Kansas’ two.

Coach Mark Francis emphasized physical play this week at practice and it showed.

Kansas committed 11 fouls compared with Northwestern’s seven.

The weekend also marked the return of 2009 scoring leader Emily Cressy.

The junior forward scored in Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Illinois State.

Cressy played all 180 minutes this weekend.

The Illinois State University Redbirds, who did not have a game on Friday, looked well rested.

The Redbirds out-shot the Jayhawks 18 to four; however, only three of these shots were on targets.

Kansas heads to Las Vegas on Friday to play in the UNLV Nike Rebel Classic. The Jayhawks will face California State Northridge (2-3) on Friday afternoon and will then play Oregon (2-1-2) on Sunday.

— Edited by Emily McCoy.