The Kansas Jayhawks recorded the second-best final round score at the Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic on Wednesday to move up six spots in the standings and secure a sixth-place finish at the competitive 20-team tournament at San Diego Country Club.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas baseball (5-5, 0-0 Big 12) travels to Omaha to play the UNO Mavericks (4-5, 0-0 Summit League) March 12-13 for a four-game series. The series was originally scheduled March 12-14 in Kansas, but due to impending inclement weather, it was moved to Tal Anderson Field.
Competition will start with a doubleheader Friday at 11 a.m. and conclude with another doubleheader Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Ritch Price is 6-0 against Omaha in his career.
The Jayhawks are fresh off a series win against St. Louis, beating the Billikens in the series final 7-5 in 12 innings to claim the series. KU dropped the series opening contest to SLU, but rebounded in game two behind strong pitching performances by Cole Larsen and Jonah Ulane. Larsen earned the start and tossed a career-high seven innings pitched with eight strikeouts. Ulane tied his season-best with two innings pitched for his first of two saves on the weekend. The series clincher was a back-and-forth battle between KU
SAN DIEGO – The Kansas Men’s Golf program is in 12
th place at the Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic after two days of competition. The Jayhawks are two strokes away from cracking the top 10 of the 20-team field.
The tournament will wrap up Wednesday with the final 18 holes.
On Tuesday, the Jayhawks battled tough, windy conditions at San Diego Country Club. William Duquette and Luke Kluver each posted the low round of the day for Kansas with matching 75s.
Duquette is tied for 13
th overall at +1, while Kluver is in the top 20, tied for 19
th at +2. Of the 112 golfers in the field, only five broke par in Tuesday’s second round. The average score on Tuesday was 77.10, one day after it was 74.74.
Kansas men’s basketball will be the No. 2 Seed for the 2021 Big 12 Championship, March 10-13, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. KU will play the winner of No. 7 Oklahoma and No. 10 Iowa State in the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 11, at 5:30 p.m. (Central). Oklahoma and Iowa State will play Wednesday, March 10, at 8:30 p.m.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas baseball’s four-game series against the UNO Maverick has been moved to Omaha. The Jayhawks will play a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 12 at Tal Anderson Field before concluding the series with another doubleheader Saturday starting at 10 a.m.
The four-game series was moved out of precaution due to the impending inclement weather in the Lawrence area.
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