Kansas womenโs golf moved up four spots to ninth after completing round two at the ASU/PING Invitational at Papago Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona. The Jayhawks tallied a 1-over (289) Saturday, which is 13 strokes better then its first-round score.
After a tight game on Friday night, the No. 24-ranked TCU Horned Frogs scored early on Saturday to build a lead they would hold for the entire game in an 18-5 victory against the Kansas Jayhawks. Sophomore Chase Jans extended his hitting streak to 17 games in the setback.
The conference opener on Friday night at Lupton Stadium was a back-and-forth battle that ended with the No. 24-ranked TCU Horned Frogs beating the Kansas Jayhawks 8-6. Sophomore LSU transfer Luke Leto and junior Cowley Community College transfer Janson Reeder each hit home runs in the game.
The Kansas Jayhawks will host Arkansas on Sunday, March 26, in the Great Eight of the WNIT, the tournament announced Friday. Tipoff will be at 2 p.m. CT at Allen Fieldhouse and the game will be televised on Big 12 NOW on ESPN+.
Kansas womenโs golf completed the first round at the ASU/PING Invitational at Papago Golf Club Friday in Phoenix, Arizona. Kansas finished day one in 14th with a 302 (+14) round total. Kansas posted 14 birdies as a team and is one shot from 11th and six shots behind a five-way tie for sixth.
Taiyanna Jackson registered her 20th double-double of the season Thursday night to lift the Kansas Jayhawks to a 64-55 win over Nebraska at Allen Fieldhouse in the Super 16 round of the WNIT.