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Number BY THE NUMBERS
Kansas defeated No. 14 Baylor on Saturday afternoon, marking the eighth year in a row that the Jayhawks have knocked off at least one nationally-ranked opponent.
Schedule UPCOMING HOME GAMES
Tickets Creighton (April 4)
Tickets Wichita State (April 11)
Tickets Oklahoma (April 13-15)
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Notes QUICK HITS
- Kansas went 1-3 on the week after a midweek matchup with SIU-Edwardsville and a three-game series with Baylor. KU enters the eighth week of the 2017 campaign with a 19-14 overall mark and a 1-2 Big 12 record.
- The Jayhawks’ win over No. 14 Baylor is the first victory over a ranked opponent this season. Kansas improved to 1-2 against foes in the national rankings.
- KU’s walk-off victory against the Lady Bears also snapped a 10-game losing skid. Kansas’ last win against BU came during the 2013 season.
- The win over Baylor was the second time in the last three seasons that Kansas has defeated a nationally-ranked team during its ‘Jayhawks for a Cure’ game, which raises awareness for kidney cancer.
- Junior outfielder Erin McGinley hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning, lifting Kansas past the Lady Bears in the second game of the series and giving KU its first extra-inning win of the year.
- Sophomore Alexis Reid earned the win in the circle against Baylor. She now has victories against two ranked opponents in her career. As a freshman, she defeated nationally-ranked Oklahoma on the road.
- Sophomore Emily Bermel has led the team with a .375 batting average over the last four games.
- McGinley led the squad with five hits, including two for extra bases, in the four games played last week.
