The No. 24 Kansas Jayhawks (22-8-1, 7-2 Big 12) host No. 1 Oklahoma (31-1, 9-0 Big 12) in a three-game series starting Thursday, March 28, to Saturday, March 30, at Arrocha Ballpark. First pitch for Thursday and Friday are set for 5 p.m. CT, with Saturday’s action starting at 12 p.m.
The Kansas Track and Field team will be competing at three meets on March 29-30, with the majority of the group headed to the LSU Battle on the Bayou in Baton Rouge, and a group of six distance runners splitting between the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California and the Mike Fanelli Distance Classic in Hayward, California.
Kansas great Walt Wesley died at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, Thursday morning, former KU head coach Ted Owens informed Kansas Athletics. Wesley was 79 years old and had been fighting leukemia the past few years.
Kansas Rowing is on the road for the first official competition of the spring semester, heading to Sarasota, Florida, to compete in the Sunshine State Invitational on March 29-30.
The Kansas women’s golf team will tee it up at the PING/ASU Invitational this week, March 28-30, in a loaded 17-team field at Papago Golf Club in Phoenix.
Kansas Baseball will head to BYU for a series against the Cougars this weekend, beginning on Thursday at 7 p.m. CT. The three-game set will be the second of five Big 12 series on the road this season for the Jayhawks.
Wyvette Mayberry and Danai Papadopoulou have been selected to the 2023-24 Academic All-District Women’s Basketball Team, which recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their performances on the court and in the classroom.
Kansas women’s tennis returns home for a busy weekend of competition as the Jayhawks host Saint Louis, No. 7 Texas and No. 22 Oklahoma to the Jayhawk Tennis Center this weekend.
Freshman diver Shiyun Lai has been named an All-American Second Team selection for the one and three-meter diving events, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced Tuesday.
After sweeping Houston on the road last weekend, Kansas softball has earned distinctions in three nationals polls this week. KU is ranked No. 18 in the Softball America Poll, No. 21 in the D1Softball Poll and No. 24 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. Kansas is also receiving votes in the NFCA coaches poll.
The third annual Buck O’Neil Classic is set to return this year, with the venue changing to Hoglund Ballpark this season. The game will be played on April 9 against Nebraska at 6 p.m. CT. Kansas will also continue its partnership with the Kansas City Monarchs and play at Legends Field on May 7 against Omaha at 6 p.m. CT.