Shocker Brew 8/23: All About Consistency

Today, Shockers set for ESPN Events Invitational and moving from right to left

Author

Zach Garrett
August 23, 2024

Good morning! Meet the full lineup for Shocker Volleyball heading into the 2024 season.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition of the Shocker Brew?

🏀 Shockers set for ESPN Events Invitational
🏐 Moving from right to left
🌾 ​ And much, much more!

🌾 ONE BIG THING

Wichita State men's basketball will spend Thanksgiving competing in the 2024 ESPN Events Invitational at the Walt Disney World Resort. The four-team field features the Shockers of course, plus a trio made up of Florida, Minnesota and Wake Forest. The Shockers are making their third appearance in the ESPN Events Invitational, but the first since 2015. The Black and Yellow will face off against the Gophers to start the tournament on November 28, and will then await either one of Florida or Wake Forest for game two.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 All About Consistency. Wichita State volleyball’s Brooklyn Leggett came in as a right-side hitter, a position where Sophia Rohling took almost all the swings last season, but now with Rohling gone, playing time opened. Following two-a-day practices this month, coach Chris Lamb's stats say, Leggett, despite her initial position, is WSU's most consistent scorer on the left. She consistently records kill percentages of 38 percent or higher.

🗣️ "Once you start getting to 38 percent kills on the left side, you're really thinning the herd of who can do it and who can't. That's a magic number in our league. Not everybody's got it." - Chris Lamb, head coach

🔼 The Roundhouse Podcast. On the latest episode of the Roundhouse Podcast, Wichita State men’s basketball’s Matej Bosnjak joins the program to talk about his home country, his favorite foods and his passion for his soccer club. Plus, the big man talks about his decision to come to Wichita State and why he will wear the No. 17 for the Shockers this season.

🤔 SHOCKER TRIVIA

Summer League Strikeouts. Today’s trivia question…which Shocker baseball summer standout recorded 26 strikeouts in 18 innings of work in the Cape Cod League?

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*All times CST

Saturday, August 24

🏐 Volleyball vs. Kansas State (exhibition) @ 4 p.m. in Wichita, KS | Tickets

Friday, August 30

👟 Cross Country @ Terry Masterson Twilight Classic in Hutchinson, KS

🏐 Volleyball vs. Kennesaw State @ 11 a.m. in Kennesaw, GA

Saturday, August 31

🏐 Volleyball vs. Indiana @ 9 a.m. in Kennesaw, GA

🏐 Volleyball vs. Kennesaw State @ 2:30 p.m. in Kennesaw, GA

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Playing with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox this summer, Anderson held opponents to a .243 batting average as the team went on to win the Cape Cod League's East Division Championship.

🌾 Have a great weekend, y’all!