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Shockers Travel to #12/14 Oklahoma on Wed.

4/5/2016 12:39:00 PM

April 6 – Wichita State 20-13 (6-3) vs. No. 12/14 Oklahoma 26-7 (3-1), 6:00 p.m.
 
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Date: April 6, 2016
Location: Norman, Okla.
Stadium: OU Softball Complex
Live Stats Link: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=130579
Live Audio Link: www.goshockers.com/watch
Talent: Steve Strain
Series: Oklahoma leads 42-5
 
Scouting No. 12/14 Oklahoma:
The Sooners have got off to a very hot start going 26-7 overall to begin the season. Oklahoma has played 12 games at home and just three away games, while playing at a neutral site, 18 times.
 
The Sooner offense is led by Kelsey Arnold who has started all 33 games for Oklahoma and is hitting .439 with two doubles, and five RBI. Lea Wodach follows closely behind with an average of .391 with seven doubles, one triple, six home runs and 22 RBI.
 
Paige Parker has thrown 96 innings for the Sooners and holds an ERA of 1.90 while throwing 11 complete games and six shutouts with 117 strikeouts. Parker has posted a record of 13-3 in her 22 appearances.
 
In the most recent USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll, Oklahoma has been ranked as tied for 12th in the nation, while in the Top 25 Coaches poll, the Sooners are ranked 14th.
 
Series: Wichita State is 5-42 all-time against the Sooners and 0-7 during the Bredbenner era. The last time these two teams faced off was in 2015 as the Shockers fell to the Sooners 8-2.
 
Shockers News and Notes:
2016: The Shockers are heading into Oklahoma winning seven of their last eight games, knocking off both Kansas and Tulsa last week and winning two of three against Illinois State on the weekend.
 
So far this season, the Shockers have been led by Macklin Hitz who is hitting .379 with three doubles, six home runs and 28 RBI. Hitz also has 15 walks on the season. Paige Luellen has also contributed to the Shockers success, hitting .359 with eight doubles, five home runs and is tied for a team-high 32 RBI.
 
Wichita State has two pitchers with over 70 innings pitched with Jenni Brooks with 74.1 and Katie Malone with 95.1. Brooks has an ERA of 2.83 and an overall record of 10-4. Brooks also holds an opponent batting average of .247. Malone has a record of 8-5 and an ERA of 4.48 and leads the pitching staff with 52 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 last Tuesday.
 
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 two doubles this last weekend against Illinois State, Brittany Fortner is currently second all-time in the Shocker record book with 52 doubles, needing just one more to be tied for first place.
 
Williams is also tied for seventh in doubles (34).
 
Williams is in fourth place with 118 runs scored needing just seven more to jump into the top three.
 
Fortner is also seventh in hits (199), eighth in homeruns (20), tied for sixth in RBI (107), fourth in total bases (315) and eighth in walks (75).
 
Williams is also second in homeruns (32) and tied for third in RBI (117).
 
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.
 
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