Kansas starters:

4/cf/Limbaugh; 39/rf/Linduff; 41/ss/Cripe; 22/1b/Soles; 75/dp/Boyer; 6/2b/Bagshaw; 25/c/Amezcua; 5/3b/Stafford; 1/lf/Pitts; 26/p/Barber;

Illinois State starters:

15/lf/Wolford, Tat; 4/cf/Larson, Juli; 7/3b/Atkinson, Be; 13/1b/Calhoun, Mor; 2/dp/Flowers, Lau; 55/p/Meeks, Hanna; 14/rf/Rummans, Pai; 1/2b/Boyer, Ava; 30/ss/Boyer, Ella; 16/c/Bognar, Bail;

1st Inning

Top of 1st - KANSAS batting

Limbaugh lined out to ss (2-1 BBK).

Linduff walked (3-2 BFBBFB).

Cripe reached on a fielder's choice (1-1 KB); Linduff out at second ss to 2b.

Cripe advanced to second on a wild pitch.

Soles doubled to right center, RBI (3-1 BBFB); Cripe scored.

Boyer hit by pitch (0-0).

Bagshaw singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Boyer advanced to second, advanced to third on a fielding error by rf; Soles scored.

Amezcua out at first p to 2b to 1b (0-1 F).

Bottom of 1st - ILLINOIS batting

Wolford, Tat singled to left field (1-2 KBK).

Larson, Juli singled up the middle (2-2 KBBKF); Wolford, Tat advanced to second.

Atkinson, Be struck out swinging (3-2 BFBKBS).

Calhoun, Mor grounded out to ss (0-0); Larson, Juli advanced to second; Wolford, Tat advanced to third.

Larson, Juli advanced to third; Wolford, Tat scored on a passed ball, unearned.

Flowers, Lau struck out looking (3-2 BBKBKK).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
KANSAS	2	2	1	2
ILLINOIS	1	2	0	1

2nd Inning

Top of 2nd - KANSAS batting

Stafford flied out to cf (0-1 K).

Pitts popped up to 3b (0-0).

Limbaugh flied out to cf (3-1 BKBB).

Bottom of 2nd - ILLINOIS batting

Meeks, Hanna struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2 BKKBS).

Rummans, Pai popped up to 1b (1-2 BFK).

Boyer, Ava struck out looking (2-2 BKKBK).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
KANSAS	0	0	0	0
ILLINOIS	0	0	0	0

3rd Inning

Top of 3rd - KANSAS batting

Linduff popped up to 3b (1-0 B).

Cripe walked (3-0 BBBB).

Soles out at first 1b to 2b to 1b (2-1 BFB); Cripe advanced to second.

Boyer grounded out to p (3-2 BBBKKF).

Bottom of 3rd - ILLINOIS batting

Boyer, Ella hit by pitch (1-1 BF).

Wolford, Tat walked (3-2 BBFKBB); Boyer, Ella advanced to second.

Larson, Juli out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt (2-1 BBK); Wolford, Tat advanced to second; Boyer, Ella advanced to third.

Boyer, Ella out at third 3b unassisted, runner left early.

Atkinson, Be flied out to lf down the lf line (1-2 FFB).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
KANSAS	0	0	0	1
ILLINOIS	0	0	0	1

4th Inning

Top of 4th - KANSAS batting

Bagshaw doubled to right center (0-0).

Brinkman, Al to c for Flowers, Lau.

Moffett, Mar to dp for Meeks, Hanna.

Kemp, Gracel to p for Bognar, Bail.

Amezcua singled to shortstop (1-0 B).

Stafford singled, bunt (0-0); Amezcua advanced to second; Bagshaw advanced to third.

Pitts singled through the right side, RBI (1-1 BS); Stafford advanced to second; Amezcua advanced to third; Bagshaw scored.

Pitts advanced to second; Stafford advanced to third; Amezcua scored on a wild pitch.

Limbaugh struck out looking (3-2 BBKBFK).

Linduff doubled to center field, ground-rule, 2 RBI (2-2 KKBB); Pitts scored; Stafford scored.

Cripe doubled to left center, RBI (3-2 BBFFBFF); Linduff scored.

Soles walked (3-0 BBBB).

Boyer singled to left field (0-1 K); Soles advanced to second; Cripe advanced to third.

Bagshaw singled to left field, RBI (1-1 KB); Boyer advanced to second; Soles advanced to third; Cripe scored.

Youngblood pinch ran for Boyer.

Weber pinch ran for Bagshaw.

Amezcua flied out to lf, SAC, RBI (0-1 K); Soles scored.

Weber advanced to second; Youngblood advanced to third on a wild pitch.

Stafford homered to left center, 3 RBI (1-1 FB); Weber scored; Youngblood scored.

Liebelt, Tay to dp for Brinkman, Al.

Meeks, Hanna to p for Moffett, Mar.

Bognar, Bail to c for Kemp, Gracel.

Pitts doubled to right field (0-0).

Limbaugh grounded out to p (0-2 FKF).

Bottom of 4th - ILLINOIS batting

Flanagan to 2b for Linduff.

Youngblood to dp.

Weber to rf.

Hays to lf for Pitts.

Calhoun, Mor walked (3-1 BBFBB).

Ludwig to p for Barber.

Liebelt, Tay grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-1 BK); Calhoun, Mor out on the play.

Meeks, Hanna grounded out to 2b (1-2 KSBF).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
KANSAS	10	10	0	1
ILLINOIS	0	0	0	0

5th Inning

Top of 5th - KANSAS batting

Flanagan homered to left center, RBI (0-0).

Tatum pinch hit for Cripe.

Wallace pinch hit for Soles.

Boyer to dp for Youngblood.

Tatum struck out swinging (1-2 FBKS).

Wallace singled down the lf line (1-2 BFF).

Boyer flied out to rf (1-1 KB).

Weber grounded out to 2b (0-1 F).

Bottom of 5th - ILLINOIS batting

Moffett, Mar pinch hit for Rummans, Pai.

Tatum to 3b.

Wallace to 1b.

Stafford to ss.

Freeland, Sa pinch hit for Boyer, Ava.

Moffett, Mar singled to pitcher (2-1 BBK).

Freeland, Sa struck out swinging (1-2 BKKS).

Meshnick, Ha pinch hit for Boyer, Ella.

Meshnick, Ha singled to pitcher (0-1 F); Moffett, Mar advanced to second.

Boyer, Ella to ss for Meshnick, Ha.

Wolford, Tat singled to third base, RBI (2-2 BKKFB); Boyer, Ella advanced to second; Moffett, Mar scored.

Wolford, Tat advanced to second; Boyer, Ella advanced to third on a wild pitch.

Larson, Juli struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2 BKSBS).

Atkinson, Be singled to left field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (0-0); Wolford, Tat advanced to third; Boyer, Ella scored.

Calhoun, Mor singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Atkinson, Be advanced to third; Wolford, Tat scored.

Liebelt, Tay reached on a fielding error by ss (1-2 KKB); Calhoun, Mor advanced to second; Atkinson, Be scored, unearned.

Meeks, Hanna struck out swinging (2-2 BBKKFS).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
KANSAS	1	2	0	1
ILLINOIS	4	5	1	2

Kansas starters:

4/cf/Limbaugh; 39/rf/Linduff; 41/ss/Cripe; 22/1b/Soles; 75/dp/Boyer; 6/2b/Bagshaw; 25/c/Amezcua; 5/3b/Stafford; 1/lf/Pitts; 26/p/Barber;

Illinois State starters:

15/lf/Wolford, Tat; 4/cf/Larson, Juli; 7/3b/Atkinson, Be; 13/1b/Calhoun, Mor; 2/dp/Flowers, Lau; 55/p/Meeks, Hanna; 14/rf/Rummans, Pai; 1/2b/Boyer, Ava; 30/ss/Boyer, Ella; 16/c/Bognar, Bail;

Top of 1st - KANSAS batting

Limbaugh lined out to ss (2-1 BBK).

Linduff walked (3-2 BFBBFB).

Cripe reached on a fielder's choice (1-1 KB); Linduff out at second ss to 2b.

Cripe advanced to second on a wild pitch.

Soles doubled to right center, RBI (3-1 BBFB); Cripe scored.

Boyer hit by pitch (0-0).

Bagshaw singled to right field, RBI (0-0); Boyer advanced to second, advanced to third on a fielding error by rf; Soles scored.

Amezcua out at first p to 2b to 1b (0-1 F).

2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.

Bottom of 1st - ILLINOIS batting

Wolford, Tat singled to left field (1-2 KBK).

Larson, Juli singled up the middle (2-2 KBBKF); Wolford, Tat advanced to second.

Atkinson, Be struck out swinging (3-2 BFBKBS).

Calhoun, Mor grounded out to ss (0-0); Larson, Juli advanced to second; Wolford, Tat advanced to third.

Larson, Juli advanced to third; Wolford, Tat scored on a passed ball, unearned.

Flowers, Lau struck out looking (3-2 BBKBKK).

1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

Top of 4th - KANSAS batting

Bagshaw doubled to right center (0-0).

Brinkman, Al to c for Flowers, Lau.

Moffett, Mar to dp for Meeks, Hanna.

Kemp, Gracel to p for Bognar, Bail.

Amezcua singled to shortstop (1-0 B).

Stafford singled, bunt (0-0); Amezcua advanced to second; Bagshaw advanced to third.

Pitts singled through the right side, RBI (1-1 BS); Stafford advanced to second; Amezcua advanced to third; Bagshaw scored.

Pitts advanced to second; Stafford advanced to third; Amezcua scored on a wild pitch.

Limbaugh struck out looking (3-2 BBKBFK).

Linduff doubled to center field, ground-rule, 2 RBI (2-2 KKBB); Pitts scored; Stafford scored.

Cripe doubled to left center, RBI (3-2 BBFFBFF); Linduff scored.

Soles walked (3-0 BBBB).

Boyer singled to left field (0-1 K); Soles advanced to second; Cripe advanced to third.

Bagshaw singled to left field, RBI (1-1 KB); Boyer advanced to second; Soles advanced to third; Cripe scored.

Youngblood pinch ran for Boyer.

Weber pinch ran for Bagshaw.

Amezcua flied out to lf, SAC, RBI (0-1 K); Soles scored.

Weber advanced to second; Youngblood advanced to third on a wild pitch.

Stafford homered to left center, 3 RBI (1-1 FB); Weber scored; Youngblood scored.

Liebelt, Tay to dp for Brinkman, Al.

Meeks, Hanna to p for Moffett, Mar.

Bognar, Bail to c for Kemp, Gracel.

Pitts doubled to right field (0-0).

Limbaugh grounded out to p (0-2 FKF).

10 R, 10 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

Top of 5th - KANSAS batting

Flanagan homered to left center, RBI (0-0).

Tatum pinch hit for Cripe.

Wallace pinch hit for Soles.

Boyer to dp for Youngblood.

Tatum struck out swinging (1-2 FBKS).

Wallace singled down the lf line (1-2 BFF).

Boyer flied out to rf (1-1 KB).

Weber grounded out to 2b (0-1 F).

1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

Bottom of 5th - ILLINOIS batting

Moffett, Mar pinch hit for Rummans, Pai.

Tatum to 3b.

Wallace to 1b.

Stafford to ss.

Freeland, Sa pinch hit for Boyer, Ava.

Moffett, Mar singled to pitcher (2-1 BBK).

Freeland, Sa struck out swinging (1-2 BKKS).

Meshnick, Ha pinch hit for Boyer, Ella.

Meshnick, Ha singled to pitcher (0-1 F); Moffett, Mar advanced to second.

Boyer, Ella to ss for Meshnick, Ha.

Wolford, Tat singled to third base, RBI (2-2 BKKFB); Boyer, Ella advanced to second; Moffett, Mar scored.

Wolford, Tat advanced to second; Boyer, Ella advanced to third on a wild pitch.

Larson, Juli struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2 BKSBS).

Atkinson, Be singled to left field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (0-0); Wolford, Tat advanced to third; Boyer, Ella scored.

Calhoun, Mor singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Atkinson, Be advanced to third; Wolford, Tat scored.

Liebelt, Tay reached on a fielding error by ss (1-2 KKB); Calhoun, Mor advanced to second; Atkinson, Be scored, unearned.

Meeks, Hanna struck out swinging (2-2 BBKKFS).

4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.

Kansas at Illinois State
2/6/2026 at USF Softball Stadium (Tampa, Fla.)

Score by Innings	1	2	3	4	5		R	H	E	LOB
Kansas	2	0	0	10	1		13	14	1	5
Illinois State	1	0	0	0	4		5	7	1	4

Kansas Scorecard

#	Player	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	AB	R	H	RBI
1	#4 Presley Limbaugh	cf	* L6	* F8		* KL * G1		4	0	0	0
2	#12 September Flanagan #39 Aynslee Linduff	2b	* BB OUT		* P5	2B 8 2RBI	HR 7 1RBI	1 2	1 1	1 1	1 2
3	#20 Emma Tatum #41 Hailey Cripe	3b	FC6-4 WP		BB	2B 7 1RBI	* K	1 2	0 2	0 1	0 1
4	#7 Ava Wallace #22 Anna Soles	1b	2B 9 1RBI		* 3-4-3	BB	1B LL	1 2	0 2	1 1	0 1
5	#75 Ella Boyer #31 Audri Youngblood	dp	HBP E		* G1	1B 7	* F9	3 0	0 1	1 0	0 0
6	#13 Bailey Weber #6 Campbell Bagshaw	rf	1B 9 1RBI			2B 9 1B 7 1RBI	* G4	1 3	1 1	0 3	0 2
7	#25 Bailey Amezcua	c	* 1-4-3			1B 6 * F7 SH 1RBI		2	1	1	1
8	#5 Kadence Stafford	ss		* F8		1B WP HR 7 3RBI		3	2	2	3
9	#36 Madi Hays #1 Tehya Pitts	lf		* P5		1B RS 1RBI WP 2B 9		0 3	0 1	0 2	0 1
Totals								28	13	14	12
Runs			2	0	0	10	1				13
Hits			2	0	0	10	2				14
Errors			1	0	0	0	0				1
LOB			2	0	1	1	1				5

KANSAS	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	bf	ab	np	st
26 Barber (W)	3.0	2	1	0	2	4	13	9	59	32
11 Ludwig	2.0	5	4	3	0	3	11	11	41	29
Totals	5.0	7	5	3	2	7	24	20	100	61

WP: Ludwig [2]. HB: Barber [2]. Inher. Rnrs: Ludwig 0/1.

GO-FO: Barber 2-2; Ludwig 2-0.

Kansas at Illinois State
2/6/2026 at USF Softball Stadium (Tampa, Fla.)

Score by Innings	1	2	3	4	5		R	H	E	LOB
Kansas	2	0	0	10	1		13	14	1	5
Illinois State	1	0	0	0	4		5	7	1	4

Illinois State Scorecard

#	Player	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	AB	R	H	RBI
1	#15 Wolford, Tatum	lf	1B 7		BB		1B 5 1RBI WP	2	2	2	1
2	#4 Larson, Julia	cf	1B MI PB		* 5-4 SH		* K	2	0	1	0
3	#7 Atkinson, Bella	3b	* K		* F7		1B 7 1RBI	3	1	1	1
4	#13 Calhoun, Morgan	1b	* G6			* BB DP	1B MI 1RBI E	2	0	1	1
5	#8 Liebelt, Taylor #2 Flowers, Lauren #6 Brinkman, Alexis	dp	* KL			* DP6-4-3	E6	2 1 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0
6	#55 Meeks, Hannah #5 Moffett, Marissa	p		* K		* G4	* K 1B 1	3 1	0 1	0 1	0 0
7	#14 Rummans, Paige	ph		* P3				1	0	0	0
8	#3 Freeland, Saveea #1 Boyer, Ava	ph		* KL			* K	1 1	0 0	0 0	0 0
9	#30 Boyer, Ella #18 Meshnick, Hannah	ss			* HBP OUT		1B 1	0 1	1 0	0 1	0 0
Totals								20	5	7	3
Runs			1	0	0	0	4				5
Hits			2	0	0	0	5				7
Errors			0	0	0	0	1				1
LOB			1	0	1	0	2				4

ILLINOIS	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	bf	ab	np	st
55 Meeks, Hanna (L)	4.1	6	4	4	2	1	22	19	67	40
23 Kemp, Gracel	0.2	8	9	9	1	1	11	9	39	23
Totals	5.0	14	13	13	3	2	33	28	106	63

WP: Meeks [2]; Kemp 2 [4]. HB: Meeks [2]. SFA: Kemp. Inher. Rnrs: Kemp 1/1.

GO-FO: Meeks 6-6; Kemp 0-1.