WICHITA, Kan. – Coming from six runs down in game one, the Shockers were able to complete the day one sweep of Indiana State, defeating the Sycamores, 9-6 in game one and 7-3 in game two.
 
Katie Malone started game one and threw seven innings for her 16^th complete game of the year and moved to 21-8 on the year. Malone allowed six runs, all in the first inning, but none of those runs were earned.
 
The Shocker defense got off to a slow start, as Mackenzie Wright committed two errors and Mauriana Jamele committed one. The Sycamores were able to capitalize, scoring six runs on just four hits to take a 6-0 lead heading into the bottom of the first.
 
The Wichita State offense showed signs of life in the fourth, as Laurie Derrico hit her team-high ninth home run of the year and back-to-back doubles from McKenzie Adams and Asea Webber cut the lead to 6-2.
 
In the fifth inning, Wright led off with a walk. After a sacrifice bunt from Kelli Spring moved her to second, a walk to Madison Perrigan and a double from Macklin Hitz scored one. Derrico then hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Perrigan to give score a second run. The Shockers were not done, as Adams then tripled to score two runs and tie the game at six.
 
The Shockers then took their first lead of the game in the sixth, when Wright led off with another walk. After a single from Spring, Derrico then singled with two outs to drive in her third run of the game. Paige Luellen then doubled to right-center to extend the Shockers' lead to 9-6 and push the game out of reach, giving Wichita State a 9-6 win.
 
Senior Jenni Brooks was back in the circle for her eighth start of the year and just like Malone, threw all seven innings. Brooks allowed just three runs in the game and only two of those were earned to get her second win of the season.
 
The Shockers did not want to play from behind in game two, scoring two runs in the first inning on just one hit. Wright led off by reaching on an error by the third baseman, followed by a single from Kelli Spring. After three wild pitches, Wright and Spring both scored to take an early 2-0 lead.
 
The Sycamores cut the lead in half in the third inning, scoring one run after a leadoff single came around to score on a single from Erika Crissman.
 
The Shockers fired right back with five runs of their own. Spring led off with a walk, followed by a single from Perrigan to extend her on-base streak to 13 games. Hitz then moved the runners up with a sacrifice bunt. A single from Derrico scored one and a walk to Adams loaded the bases for Webber who tripled down the right field line to score three runs and push Wichita State's lead to 7-1.
 
Indiana State did not go down without a fight, scoring two runs in the fourth inning on just two hits to cut the lead to 7-3. The Sycamores were unable to score for the remainder of the game, falling for the second time on the day.
 
The Shockers move to 25-14 on the year with an MVC record of 10-4. Wichita State will be in action again tomorrow as they host Indiana State for the final game of the series at 11 a.m.