KU Women’s Tennis Earns NCAA Tournament Bid
The Kansas women’s tennis team earns an NCAA Tournament berth for the first time since 2019. Freshmen from that team joined a current top 25 squad, as KU faces UC Santa Barbara in the first round at Stanford. The winner plays Stanford or Southeast Missouri State, with host Stanford as top seed. Kansas finished 15-10 and 4-5 in the Big 12, reaching the Big 12 semifinals before a loss last week.
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Malkia Ngounouve
Sonia Smagina
Jayhawks
UC Santa Barbara
University of Stanford
Stanford
Southeast Missouri State
Cardinal
Todd Chapman
Chapman
Uc-Santa Barbara
Free State Softball Rallies Past Lawrence High in City Showdown
In a fierce back and forth at Firebird Softball Stadium, Free State defeated Lawrence High 12-10. The Firebirds, now 9-7, surged with nine runs from the fourth to sixth innings while Lawrence High, 3-12, plated six in the fifth. Coach Charley Bowen praised Lawrence’s effort and noted they must curb big innings. Leah Mueller scored on Kinsey Clapton’s RBI groundout after Kay Lee Richardson opened the game with a clean first inning.
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Lawrence High
Firebird
Firebirds
Lions
FSHS
Charley Bowen
Kay Lee Richardson
Leah Mueller
RBI
Kinsey Clapton
Richardson
Madalyn Crawford
Kansas Hoops Eyeing Transfers With KU Ties
Kansas basketball keeps tabs on transfer targets with ties to the program as Christian Braun and Jalen Wilson decide on the NBA draft. If either stays in the draft, Kansas would open a scholarship, prompting interest in several candidates including Tyrese Hunter and Kevin McCullar Jr. and a pair who played near KU in recent seasons.
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SMU
Kendric Davis
Memphis
South Dakota State
Baylor Scheierman
Creighton
Jayhawks
Christian Braun
Jalen Wilson
Kansas
Iowa State
Tyrese Hunter
Texas Tech
Kevin McCullar Jr
Bill Selfs
Witt Jr. 1st MLB homer fuels Royals win over Cardinals
Kansas City Royals edge St. Louis 7-1 as Bobby Witt Jr hits his first major league homer driving in two and scoring twice. MJ Melendez debuts with a hit, Edward Olivares adds a career best four hits, while Brad Keller works 6 1/3 innings in the win ending KC's four game skid.
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Bobby Witt Jr
Brad Keller
Kansas City Royals
St. Louis Cardinals
Witt
MJ Melendez
Edward Olivares
Royals
Keller
Dakota Hudson
Hudson
Nicky Lopez
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