Kansas State center Breanna Lewis was selected with the 23rd overall selection in the second round of the 2017 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings on Thursday night at the WNBA’s annual draft event. According to a release from K-State Athletics, Lewis becomes the eighth player in school history to be selected during the WNBA Draft. Lewis is the 11th player overall to become a part of the league and first since Brittany Chambers and Jalana Childs in the 2013 season. Dallas, coached by Fred Williams, finished fifth in the Western Conference regular season standings with an 11-23 record during…
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Behind Will Brennan’s four-hit night and Justin Heskett’s third consecutive quality start, K-State picked up its 17th victory of the season and 1,800th win in program history Thursday night against No. 6 Texas Tech, 5-3, at Tointon Family Stadium. According to a release from K-State Athletics, K-State (17-16, 2-8 Big 12) scored all five runs in the first five innings, but held off Texas Tech (29-8, 6-4) to take game one of the three-game set. It was the Wildcats’ second win over a top-10 team this season (No. 4 South Carolina). Heskett sat down the first seven Red Raider hitters…
(AP) Jason Vargas carried a shutout into the eighth, the Royals finally generated some early offense and Kansas City held on to beat Oakland 3-1 on Thursday night and snap an eight-game skid against the A’s. Vargas (2-0) scattered four hits and a walk over 7 2/3 innings, striking out eight, in his second straight crisp performance. The left-hander only allowed one runner to reach second base in his longest outing since Aug. 13, 2014, when Vargas shut out the Athletics at Kauffman Stadium. Kelvin Herrera served up a homer to Rajai Davis and a double to Jed Lowrie in…
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(AP) Andrew Triggs pitched six shutout innings, Jed Lowrie drove in three runs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3 Wednesday night. Triggs (2-0) scattered four hits and a walk, striking out three. It was the former Royals farmhand’s second solid start this season, having allowed one unearned run over 5 1/3 innings against the Angels. Triggs combined with Ryan Dull to extend the Royals’ scoreless-inning streak to 19 before Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer drove in runs off reliever Liam Hendricks in the eighth. Raul Mondesi homered in the ninth. Jason Hammel (0-1) gave up four…
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Jake Scudder’s two-out RBI double in the first inning was the only run the Kansas State offense could muster against Nebraska Tuesday night, as the Cornhuskers scored six unanswered runs to win 6-1 at Tointon Family Stadium. Nebraska (20-11-1) sweeps the season series with K-State (16-16) after an 11-1 win in Lincoln on March 28. The Huskers have one loss in their last 12 games while the Wildcats have one win over their last 11. “We just couldn’t produce much, offensively,” head coach Brad Hill said after the game. “We had maybe four opportunities with two-out RBI situations. If we…
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Kansas State soccer will play a program-high 18 matches during the 2017 season, including a complete Big 12 schedule for the first time in program history. During the 2017 schedule, the Wildcats will host a program-record eight home matches at the K-State Soccer Complex, including four Big 12 matches. “We are excited for our fall schedule and the challenges it brings,” said head coach Mike Dibbini. “We open with a tough weekend with Pac 12 opponents, Oregon State and Oregon. These matches along with the remainder of our non-conference matches will prepare us to see where we need to be…
Kansas State’s attempt to win its first conference series of the season, and just its third-ever road series against Oklahoma State, proved unsuccessful Sunday as K-State dropped a 6-3 decision to the Cowboys at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. According to a release from kstatesports.com, K-State (16-14, 1-7 Big 12) cut the deficit to a single run on two separate occasions, only to see Oklahoma State (19-11, 3-6) extend its lead each time and complete a wire-to-wire victory in the series’ rubber match. In the 106-year history of the series, K-State has won just two road series at OSU (1971, 2009)…