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Shocker Brew 4/10: Leaps and Bounds

Shocker Brew 4/10: Leaps and Bounds

Today, Palen earns back-to-back AAC weekly award and Shocker softball took on top-ranked Oklahoma

Zach Garrett
April 10, 2024

Good morning! Wichita State track and field has taken off as of late. Not only do the weekly awards keep flooding in, but the women’s Heptathlon, with Destiny Masters at the helm, landed at the No. 2 spot in the USTFCCCA event squad rankings.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

👟 Palen earns back-to-back AAC weekly award
🥎 Shockers take on top-ranked Oklahoma
🌾 And much, much more!

🌾 ONE BIG THING

For the second time in two weeks, Shocker track and field high jumper, Brady Palen, was named the AAC Field Athlete of the Week. The senior leaper cleared an outdoor best of 2.20m/7’2.5” to win the high jump event at the Arkansas Spring Invitational. Palen has now jumped over seven feet 19 times in his career, and his most recent clearance ties for fifth in the NCAA and leads the AAC by nine centimeters.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Late Rally. Shocker baseball staged a comeback late in the game, but it wasn’t enough as the team fell 9-5 to Oklahoma State on Tuesday night. The Shockers out-hit the Cowboys 14-8 but stranded a team-high 16 runners on base. After giving up five runs through the first three innings, the Shockers came to life in the fifth inning to score two runs while Lane Haworth and Kam Durnin helped bring in three runs in the eighth and ninth innings.

🔼 Sea of Yellow. Alison Cooper came in relief to hold the top-ranked Sooners scoreless during her six innings of work, but Shocker softball was unable to plate any runners in the 7-0 loss. Cooper allowed only six hits and struck out five in her performance in the circle to highlight the night. The Shockers had four hits on the night, with Addison Barnard knocking the only extra-base hit for the Black and Gold.

🔼 Split Results. Shocker women’s tennis completed its doubleheader, splitting the two matches to finish 1-1 at the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex. The Shockers fell to Tulsa 4-1 and bounced back to sweep UMKC, 4-0 later in the day. Xin Tong Wang finished as the only Shocker to win both her singles matches playing on Court 1 in both matchups.

🗣️ "It was great to bounce back with a good and complete performance against UMKC. We're still getting stronger, more confident, and the most important thing for us now is just staying resilient." - Collin Foster

📊 See where the Shockers landed in the latest ITA Rankings

🔼 Final Round. Wichita State women's golf wrapped up its final regular season tournament of the year with a ninth-place finish in the Oral Roberts Spring Invitational. Kate Tilma finished as the low Shocker on the team after tying for 26th with a 12-over-par tournament.

🤔 SHOCKER TRIVIA

Familiar Foe. Wichita State and Oklahoma State are no strangers to each other as the two faced off for the 106th time on Tuesday night.

Our question today: do you know how many times Shocker baseball has faced Oklahoma State in the postseason?

Think you got it? Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*All times Central

Wednesday, April 10

⚾️ Baseball vs. Kansas State @ 6:00pm in Manhattan, KS | Watch | Listen | Live Stats

Thursday, April 11

👟 Track and Field @ Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, CA | Watch
👟 Track and Field @ KT Woodman Classic in Wichita, KS | Meet Info

Friday, April 12

🌾 Click here to see the full Wichita State Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 15 times!

The Shockers and the Cowboys have faced off against one another 15 times in NCAA postseason play including a pair of matchups in the College World Series.

🌾 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!