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Wichita State's independent, student-run news source

The Sunflower

Primer to the Final Four game

Primer to the Final Four game

Editor-in-Chief April 3, 2013

Wichita State’s run to the Final Four has been nothing short of impressive. It includes a win over the top-ranked team in the country and the Big 10 tournament champions.  Now the Shockers will have...

Sports Briefs – April 3

April 3, 2013

Softball home game rescheduled Wichita State’s softball home game against Oklahoma State has been rescheduled from 7 p.m. Wednesday. The teams will now play at 4 p.m. Wednesday.   Shocker wins golf...

Shockers’ tempo too much for UMKC to handle

Sports Reporter April 3, 2013

Home sweet home. After being swept in their away trips to Baylor, Tulsa and Oklahoma State, Wichita State men’s tennis put the ship back on course with a win over the University of Missouri-Kansas City...

Sun Devils outlast Shockers on cool evening

Sports Reporter April 3, 2013

The Shockers couldn’t capitalize on any of the breaks they got last night. RJ Ybarra drove in the game winning run in the ninth inning as the No. 22 Arizona State Sun Devils (16-8-1, 5-4 Pac-12) ground...

Armstead makes most of season by carrying Shockers into April

Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2013

LOS ANGELES—It was the second game of the season at Virginia Commonwealth when Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall started believing.  Senior point guard Malcolm Armstead, a transfer from Oregon playing...

Marshall cuts down the net as the Shockers beat the OSU Buckeyes to advance to the Final Four.

Shockers enter land of the giants to prove they belong

Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2013

LOS ANGELES—Call it a fairy tale if you want—Wichita State men’s basketball coach Gregg Marshall doesn’t care.  After WSU upset Ohio State on Saturday 70-66 in the Staples Center to advance to...

Ehimen Orukpe looks to block the shot of La Salles Ramon Galloway in the first half.

Shockers clobber La Salle to earn first trip to Elite Eight since 1981

Editor-in-Chief March 29, 2013

LOS ANGELES—When the final buzzer sounded in Wichita State’s 72-58 win over La Salle on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament west regional semifinal, the celebrations were kept to a minimum. Not that winning...

Shocker athelte honored for her skill

Sports Reporter March 28, 2013

Montse Blasco Fernandez, a Junior, was named The Valley women’s tennis player of the week early yesterday afternoon for her two wins in singles play. “It’s the first time I’ve ever gotten that,”...

Shockers soar past Falcons in a two-game sweep

Sports Reporter March 28, 2013

The Wichita State Shockers keep winning when they face the Air Force Falcons at home. Aaron LaBrie pitched four perfect innings out of the bullpen and Joe Haddox’s eighth inning two out two RBI single...

Coach Greg Marshall address questions from the press.

WSU and La Salle ready to add to their rich histories

Editor-in-Chief March 27, 2013

LOS ANGELES—The Shockers know they aren’t in Kansas anymore, nor are they complaining about it.  “First of all, I love the weather,” Wichita State men’s basketball coach Gregg Marshall said....

Dearman’s late hit lifts Shockers over Air Force

Sports Reporter March 27, 2013

The Wichita State Shockers received a big lift from an unlikely source. Tanner Dearman drove in the go-ahead run which turned out to be the game winning run and WSU (13-11) defeated the Air Force Falcons...

Ehimen Orukpe checks his luggage after getting off the plane in Los Angeles.

Shockers arrive in LA for Sweet 16

Editor-in-Chief March 27, 2013

Dream season it wasn’t for the Wichita State men’s basketball team—but that doesn’t mean they can’t have a dream finish.  “The stars are aligning,” WSU coach Gregg Marshall said. “It’s...

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