LAWRENCE — The Large 12 Convention officiating crew that labored this previous weekend’s Kansas soccer recreation at Missouri has been punished for a mistake made throughout that matchup.
In keeping with a Large 12 launch Tuesday, that crew is now not going to work its subsequent scheduled project for this upcoming Friday — Sept. 12. The discharge outlined, “The Large 12 officers in Saturday’s Kansas-Missouri recreation allowed a punt to happen on a free kick in violation of Rule 2 Part 16 Article 6 of NCAA Soccer guidelines.” The discharge didn’t additional specify when the precise play occurred, however early within the first quarter, after Missouri took a 6-0 lead, the Tigers’ kickoff did seem like executed as a punt.
“We consider we have now top-of-the-line officiating packages in school soccer,” Large 12 Chief Soccer & Competitors Officer Scott Draper mentioned within the launch. “When the Convention’s excessive customary for officiating will not be met, the Large 12 will take motion.”
Kansas would go on to lose the sport 42-31 towards Missouri, and drop to 2-1 general this season. Though the Jayhawks would take a 21-6 lead within the first quarter, and lead at totally different factors within the second half as effectively, they couldn’t maintain off the Tigers. Now, with its non-conference video games completed, KU will look forward to Large 12 play.
League play begins for Kansas on Sept. 20, at house towards West Virginia. Proper now, the Jayhawks are within the midst of an open week. Following that recreation, KU will probably be again at house for a Sept. 27 matchup towards Cincinnati.
Jordan Guskey covers College of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the 2022 Nationwide Sports activities Media Affiliation’s sportswriter of the yr for the state of Kansas. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.