LAWRENCE, Kan. – No. 13 Arizona run-ruled Kansas to secure the series win and improve to 35-7 (12-5 Big 12). The Wildcats won their fifth straight conference series with the victory over the Jayhawks.  
 
The Cats scored 15 runs on 11 hits and Miranda Stoddard led the way going 2-for-2 with four RBI. Paige Dimler followed with three RBI and three runs scored. Tayler Biehl and Dakota Kennedy both drove in two runs each.
 
Arizona struck first with seven runs in the opening inning. Sydney Stewart was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to drive in the first run. Following Stewart, Dimler picked up a walk to bring in the second run. Stoddard and Biehl each drove in a pair of runs with two singles. Kennedy hit her eighth double of the season to bring Arizona's seventh run of the inning across.
 
In the second, the Wildcats plated six runs on seven hits to take a 15-0 lead. Stoddard singled up the middle for the second time in the game to drive in two runs and an error by the Jayhawks on the play allowed a third run to score. Kennedy had an RBI fielder's choice to bring in the second run of the inning. Emily Schepp hit an RBI pinch-hit single and Kaiah Altmeyer had an RBI single to round out the inning.
 
In the bottom of the fourth, Kansas scored three runs to avoid the shutout. A single through the left side brought a pair of runs across for the Jayhawks. The third run scored on a bases-loaded walk.
 
Devyn Netz pitched the first two innings, not allowing a baserunner and striking out three of the six batters she faced. Brooke Mannon entered in the third and went 1.4 innings but allowed three runs on two hits. Sarah Wright (1-0) threw the last 1.1 innings and did not allow a hit or run to score to pick up her first win of the season.

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The Cats will close out the weekend against the Jayhawks on Sunday, April 13 at 10 a.m. MST.