Dates: April 29-30, 2016
Location: Terre Haute, Ind.
Stadium: Price Field
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Series: Wichita State leads, 53-35
 
Scouting Indiana State:
The Sycamores have posted a record of 14-30 so far this season, with an 8-11 record in the Missouri Valley Conference and are currently in seventh place in the conference.
 
Offensively, two players have led the Sycamores. Alexa Cavin has played in 43 Indiana State's 44 games while posting a batting average of .351. She has four doubles, one home run and 15 RBI. Brooke Riemenschneid has an average of .333 with nine doubles, one home run and 22 RBI.
 
In the circle, Bailey Benefiel has thrown a majority of the innings this season, posting a record of 8-23 and an ERA of 7.66. Abby Klopp has 17 appearances and has a record of 4.29 and a record of 2-5.
 
Series: Wichita State is 53-35 all-time against the Sycamores, and 7-6 during the Bredbenner era. The last time these two teams faced was last season. Indiana State took the series in Wichita, two games to one winning the first two, 2-1 and 9-2. Wichita State won the third game, 6-2. The two teams faced off in the MVC tournament with Indiana State winning, 5-1.
 
Shockers News and Notes:
2016: After beating Tulsa for the second time this season on Wednesday, the Shockers head to Terre Haute on an eight game winning streak and currently in sole possession of first place in the Missouri Valley Conference, with an overall record of 29-18 and a 14-5 record in MVC play.
 
So far this season, the Shockers have been led by Macklin Hitz who is hitting .376 with seven doubles, nine home runs and 42 RBI. Hitz also has 22 walks on the season. Cacy Williams and Paige Luellen have also contributed to the Shockers success, with Williams hitting .355 with four doubles, 12 home runs and 44 RBI. Luellen has an average of .349 with 10 doubles, 10 home runs, 45 RBI and a single season record, 39 walks.
 
Wichita State has two pitchers with at least 110 innings pitched with Jenni Brooks with 110.0 and Katie Malone with 125.1. Brooks has an ERA of 3.12 and an overall record of 15-6. Brooks also holds an opponent batting average of .270. Malone has a record of 11-6 and an ERA of 4.58 and leads the pitching staff with 65 strikeouts.
 
But does she get on base?
Paige Luellen had reached base in the first 28 games for the Shockers this season, but ended her 33 game on-base streak at Kansas on March 29.
 
2015 In Review: Wichita State finished the 2015 season with an overall record of 34-23 and a 16-11 record in the Missouri Valley Conference giving the Shockers a fourth place finish.
 
Eight of Nine Starters Returning: Wichita State is returning every starter from the 2015 team except catcher Melanie Jaegers, who was a big contributor for the Shockers, hitting .282 and starting all 57 games. Among the position starters returning for Wichita State is Cacy Williams (first base/right field), Liz Broyles (second base), Kelli Spring (shortstop), Mackenzie Wright (third base), Brittany Fortner (left field), Ashley Johnson (center field) and Macklin Hitz (first base). Overall, these returners combined for a batting average of .328 while collecting 202 of the team's 272 RBIs and also hitting 35 of the team's 44 homeruns.
 
2015 All-MVC: The trio of returners, Fortner, Wright and Williams, along with Jaegers who graduated were all named 2015 First Team All-MVC, while Malone, Broyles and Spring were named Second Team All-MVC.
 
Fortner's Historic Season: Fortner finished her junior season with a .416 batting average (second in team history for a single season, tied for the Valley lead), 74 hits (tied the all-time hits record in a season in team history, led the Valley), 47 runs scored (led the Valley, third in team history for a single season), 45 RBIs (third in the Valley, third all-time in a single season in team history), 18 doubles (tied for second in the Valley, set the all-time team mark for doubles in a single season this season), 121 total bases (second in the Valley, second all-time in a single season in WSU SB history), a .502 OB% (second in the Valley) and 0.82 runs scored per game (led the Valley)
 
Climbing the ranks: After collecting one double against Bradley, Brittany Fortner has taken over first place all-time in the Shocker record book with 56 doubles, needing just one more to take over sole possession first place in the Missouri Valley Conference record books.
 
Williams is also tied for seventh in doubles (34).
 
Williams is in fourth place with 128 runs scored needing just eight more to jump into the top three.
 
Fortner is also fourth in hits (213), eighth in homeruns (21), fifth in RBI (114), second in total bases (336) and seventh in walks (80).
 
With a home run against Drake, Williams is now first in home runs (37) and second in RBI (129).
 
Missouri Valley favorites: Wichita State was picked as the 2016 MVC preseason favorite, as voted on by the Valley coaches. The Shockers collected 84 points and three first-place votes to make this the second year in a row that the Shockers have been the Missouri Valley favorites.
 
2016 Preseason All-MVC: After being named to the All-MVC First Team a season ago, Fortner, Wright and Williams have all been selected for the preseason All-MVC First Team.