Softball will nearly double the 11 games it played in the first month of its season over spring break.

The Huskies (6-5) will play nine games in eight days over spring break. They will play two four-game tournaments and square off in their first non-tournament game of the season.

Wichita State Tournament

The Huskies will face the San Diego State Aztecs (11-7) at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and the Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos (5-9) at 6 p.m. Saturday in Wichita, Kan. They will then face North Dakota (0-5) at 12:30 p.m. Sunday and the Wichita State Shockers (8-6) at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

“I think it’s going to be a good balance between postseason teams and teams that are pretty comparable to us,” said head coach Christina Sutcliffe. “I think we’re on a pretty good rhythm right now, so I’m excited going into it.”

Missouri-Kansas City

The Huskies will then play their first non-tournament game in a rematch against Missouri-Kansas City at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo.

The Kangaroos have averaged 3.9 runs per games, but they have surrendered an average of 6.6 runs per game.

Jayhawk Invitational

The Huskies begin their second four-game tournament against the Jackson State Lady Tigers (5-14) at 1 p.m. March 14 and the Kansas Jayhawks (11-6) at 3:30 p.m. March 14 in Lawrence, Kan. They will then play the Nebraska Cornhuskers (12-6) at 1 p.m. March 15 and Kansas at 3:30 p.m. March 15.

Sutcliffe said defense, “hands down,” has been the team’s biggest improvement since the beginning of the season, but she’s still looking for consistency at the plate.

“Last weekend was the first weekend where we put up some really good offensive numbers, so I’m hoping that we can continue with that,” Sutcliffe said. “But just having that consistency of — I know we’re not going to put five, six runs up every game — knowing that we can do that and doing that more often than not … will help our pitchers down the stretch.”

After playing their first 11 games during a school week, Sutcliffe said getting away from school for a week and focusing solely on softball can be beneficial.

“I think it’s good because a lot of them have midterms this week, so this is a real stressed-out week for them,” Sutcliffe said. “I think it’s nice that when we go on spring break they can kind of just forget all about school and actually just get to play ball. …

“Toward the end of the stretch, their bodies get pretty sore, but I think it prepares them for conference and gets them ready for the grind.”