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Softball finishes 4-0 in South Alabama Invitational

Grant Cohen February 29, 2016

The Shockers won all four of their games in the South Alabama Invitational this weekend, with victories over Dartmouth, South Alabama and two against Bowling Green. Wichita State started off the showcase...

Seniors raise trophy, jerseys in emotional farewell

Evan Pflugradt February 28, 2016

Every story has an end, but none in Koch Arena were ready to open the final chapter as five Wichita State seniors said their final farewells.Fans, players and coaches cried and celebrated as Ron Baker,...

Seniors prepare for emotional finale

Evan Pflugradt February 25, 2016

Five years ago, Ron Baker made the four-hour drive from Scott City to Wichita and unpacked his belongings into a two-person room in Fairmount Towers with roommate Evan Wessel. A year later, Fred VanVleet...

Baker, Grady lead as Shockers roll past Loyola in final road game

Evan Pflugradt February 25, 2016

Fred VanVleet has had a pretty generous history shooting the ball at Gentile Arena. Wednesday was anything but.Leading up to Wednesday night, VanVleet had not missed a shot in his two games in the arena...

Shockers making noise with season winding down

Nick Beach February 25, 2016

Fourteen seconds into the start of last Thursday’s game against Missouri State, Shaq Morris threw down an alley-oop pass from Fred VanVleet and the Shockers made an early statement on the Bears.Wichita...

Baseball team drops second straight game

Joshua Duncan February 25, 2016

Oral Roberts scored in each of the first four straight innings to gather a six-run lead over WSU on Wednesday, a 6-4 loss.A single in the first inning from Michael Huntgate drove in Nick Roark for an early...

Softball looks to end slow start in Mobile, Alabama

Grant Cohen February 25, 2016

While the Shockers’ first three losses of the season came from ranked teams two weeks ago, the Wichita State softball team lost three out of five games in Las Vegas last week and started out the season...

Shockers finish 2-3 in Demarini Desert Classic

Grant Cohen February 22, 2016

Wichita State fell short of their five-win expectations, but left Las Vegas with multiples wins.WSU started out with a 13-2 win over San Jose State in six innings. Liz Broyles and Cassidy Kelsheimer hit...

Shockers smash 31 runs, win opening series

Joshua Duncan February 22, 2016

The Shockers put up 31 runs in a three-game series against Northern Colorado over the weekend.Wichita State took the series with two wins and one loss after coming short Sunday, a 4-3 loss.Northern Colorado...

Shockers claim back-to-back-to-back MVC titles

Evan Pflugradt February 22, 2016

Back-to-back and back again.Wichita State claimed the Missouri Valley Conference Title for the third straight season — the fourth in the last five seasons — with a 33-point blowout victory over Indiana...

Freshman Markis McDuffie stuffs the ball Thursday night against Missouri State at Charles Koch Arena. It was one of 10 slam dunks for the Shockers as they went on to defeat the Bears 99-68.

Sophomores post career-highs; Shockers slam their way to victory

Evan Pflugradt February 19, 2016

If basketball rims were alive, the cylinder in Charles Koch Arena certainly is nearing its grave after Thursday night.The Shockers jammed a season-high 10 dunks as Wichita State defeated Missouri State...

Frankamp could be turning it on just in time

Nick Beach February 18, 2016

The crowd in Charles Koch Arena regularly gasps as the ball separates from the right-hand of sophomore guard Conner Frankamp. Monday things were no different.With the game clock winding down in the first...

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