Date: April 8-10, 2016
First Pitch: 6, 2, 1 p.m.
Location: Evansville, Ind.
Stadium: Braun Stadium
Free Audio: www.goshockers.com/watch
Talent: Mike Kennedy & Shane Dennis
Free Video: www.espn3.com (Friday & Sunday)
Series: Wichita State leads 53-27
 
Quick Hits
• All three games will be broadcast on KNSS 1330 AM with Mike Kennedy and Shane Dennis calling the action.  There will also be an audio stream available at goshockers.com. Friday and Sunday's games will be televised on ESPN3.  
• WSU leads the overall series with Evansville 53-27. WSU also leads the series in Evansville 22-12.
• MIkel Mucha is hitting .450 in his career against Evansville.
• Connor Lungwitz is the MVC Pitcher of the Week.
• The Shockers hit four home runs on Tuesday against ORU. It was the most HR's in a game since 2011.
• WSU has played 18 games against teams in the top-95 of the RPI.
• The Shockers have a strength of schedule of 14 according to Boyd's World.
• Head Coach Todd Butler recorded his 150th career win on March 1 against Omaha.
• WSU is 1-10 in road games.
• In 11 road games, WSU is hitting .227 with a 6.98 ERA and .967 fielding percentage.
• In 11 road games, Tanner Kirk is hitting .277, while Alec Bohm is hitting .257 and Mikel Mucha is hitting .250.
• In three road appearances, Tyler Jones has pitched five innings and has a 1.80 ERA with four strikeouts.
• In the last 10 games, WSU is 4-6 and hitting .280 with a 6.80 ERA and .980 fielding percentage.
• In the last 10 games, Mikel Mucha is hitting .412, while Alec Bohm is hitting .364, Greyson Jenista is hitting .333 and Chase Rader is hitting .318.
• The Shockers rank 37th nationally in doubles, 49th in doubles per game, 16th in walks, and 30th in shutouts.
• Mikel Mucha is on an eight-game hitting streak, while Alec Bohm is on a six-game hitting streak.
• Tanner Kirk and Mikel Mucha lead the Shockers with 10 multi-hit games, while Gunnar Troutwine leads with seven multi-RBI games.
• WSU is 23-19 on April 8 since 1978. The Shockers are 18-12 on April 9 and 22-5 on April 10.
• WSU is 646-264 all-time overall in the month of April.
• Freshman Alec Bohm became the first freshman in Shocker history to hit a home run in his first collegiate plate appearance.
• WSU is 28-11 in season openers since 1978.
• WSU is 36-3 in home openers since 1978.
• Dayton Dugas became the first freshman to start on opening day since Casey Gillaspie and Tyler Baker in 2012.
• Ryan Tinkham is a preseason second team All-American by Collegiate Baseball.
• WSU plays 35 games in 2016 against teams that were in the top-100 in the RPI in 2015. Twenty-one of those are games against teams in the top-50.
• WSU unveiled a new scoreboard/videoboard in January that is the fourth-largest in college baseball.
• The Shockers are 79-7 all-time at home (Eck and Lawrence-Dumont) in the month of February.
• The Shocks were picked third in the MVC Preseason Poll.
• Senior first baseman Ryan Tinkham, sophomore starting pitcher Sam Tewes and sophomore catcher Gunnar Troutwine were named to the preseason all-Valley team.
• WSU's recruiting class was ranked No. 25 by Baseball America.
• The Shockers welcome 15 newcomers in 2016.
• Two of the Shocker newcomers were drafted in 2015 along with two returners: Willie Schwanke (22nd rd.), Chase Williams (25th rd.), Dayton Dugas (29th rd.), and Connor Lungwitz (35th rd.)
• The Shocks set the school record for times they were hit by a pitch in a season with 73 in 2015.
• Gunnar Troutwine tied the school record for fielding percentage by a freshman with a .994 fielding percentage in 2015.
• Chase Rader was hit by a pitch 17 times in 2015, which ranks third in the Shocker record books.
• Ryan Tinkham had a 21-game hitting streak last season that ranks as the 10th-best in school history.
• WSU returns six starters and 15 letterwinners from the 2015 team.
• The Shocker pitching staff returns three starters including Sam Tewes, Willie Schwanke and Chase Williams.
• WSU has ranked in the top 25 in attendance every year since 1999.
• Head Coach Todd Butler is in his third season as coach of the Shockers.
• Volunteer Assistant Coach Mike Sirianni is the third base coach and Student Coach Ray Ashford is the first base coach.

Scouting Evansville
The Purple Aces are 15-12 overall and have wins over USC Upstate, Monmouth, Belmont, Northern Illinois three times, UT Martin, Central Connecticut State, Southern Indiana, Eastern Kentucky twice, SIU Edwardsville, and Florida Gulf Coast three times. Losses have come against South Alabama three times, Wofford, Liberty twice, Central Connecticut State, Indiana, SIU Edwardsville, Kent State, Eastern Kentucky and Western Kentucky. As a team, they are hitting .293 with a 4.29 team ERA and a .971 fielding percentage. They are led offensively by Trey Hair who is hitting .408 with 13 doubles, four home runs and 22 RBI. UE is led by head coach Wes Carroll.

Series History vs. the Purple Aces
Wichita State leads the overall series with Evansville 53-27. The Shockers lead the series in Evansville 22-12. The Shockers haven't won a series in Evansville since 2010. Head Coach Todd Butler is 5-2 in his career against UE.  

Last Meeting vs. UE
The last meeting between the two teams was a three-game series May 8-10, 2015 in Wichita. The Shockers swept the series by scores of 4-3, 10-7 and 10-0. Mikel Mucha went 6-for-11 in the series with four RBI. John Hayes, Jeb Bargfeldt and Chase Williams each earned a win.

Lungwitz Named MVC Pitcher of the Week
Wichita State baseball student-athlete Connor Lungwitz has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week for the week of March 28-April 3.
Lungwitz, a freshman right-hander from Wichita, Kan., led the Shockers to a midweek win over Stephen F. Austin on Tuesday. He made his first career start and pitched six shutout innings and allowed just two singles with one walk and 10 strikeouts.
He had at least one strikeout in every inning and struck out five-straight at one point. He is the first freshman to strike out 10 or more in their first career start since Steve Uhlmansiek struck out 10 against Hawaii-Hilo in 2003.
He is the first Shocker pitcher to strike out five-straight since Tobin Mateychick did it against North Dakota in 2013.
It is the first MVC Pitcher of the Week honor for Lungwitz.
 
MVC Play Opens This Weekend
The Shockers open Valley play this weekend with Evansville.  Since 1979, Wichita State is 95-28 during the first series of Valley play.  In 37 seasons, WSU has lost just six Valley opening series and has also split three.  The Shockers went 0-2 against Illinois State in 1984, 1-3 against Bradley in both 1986 and 1987, 1-2 against Evansville in 2005, 1-2 against Southern Illinois in 2006 and 1-2 against Missouri State in 2011.  WSU split with Indiana State (2-2) in both 1988 and 1989 and split with Missouri State (1-1) in 1991. The Shockers have met Evansville for their first Valley series three times. The Shocks went 3-1 against the Purple Aces in Wichita in 1995, 3-1 in Evansville in 2002, and 1-2 in Wichita in 2005.

Four Homers
Wichita State hit four home runs in a 15-8 win over Oral Roberts on April 5. Chase Rader, Gunnar Troutwine, Ryan Tinkham and Dayton Dugas all homered against the Golden Eagles. It was the first time the Shockers hit four or more home runs in a game since they hit four on May 19, 2011. Kevin Hall, Chris O'Brien, Johnny Coy and Preston Springer all homered agains the Braves.

Complete Game for Schwanke
Junior pitcher Willie Schwanke threw his first career complete game on Friday night against No. 6 TCU. Schwanke threw nine strong innings and allowed just three runs on nine hits with one walk and five strikeouts. He is the first Shocker pitcher to throw a complete game this season.

Jenista Coming on Strong
Freshman Greyson Jenista has continued to improve this season. Over the last 15 games, he is 17-for-51 (.333) with 13 runs, one double, three home runs, 15 RBI and 11 walks. He is also 8-for-13 (.615) in those games with runners in scoring position.

Mucha Leading Off
After a rough stretch at the beginning of the season, senior outfielder Mikel Mucha has rebounded over the last 23 games. During that span, he is 30-for-73 (.411) with 17 runs, six doubles, nine RBI, 15 walks and four stolen bases.