FRISCO, Texas – Despite being held without a hit for the first five innings, Wichita State surged past Iowa with six unanswered runs for a 6-4 win on Friday afternoon at Riders Field.

The Shockers improved to 12-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes.
 
Iowa starter Adam Mazur was dominant through the first five frames, allowing just one baserunner on a first inning walk. With Iowa leading 4-0 into the sixth, the Wichita State offense came alive. Four consecutive one-out singles got the Shockers on the board, with Sawyre Thornhill capping the barrage with a run-scoring base hit into right. After a fielder's choice produced an out at the plate, Payton Tolle slammed an opposite-field, three-run double off the wall in left to tie the game at 4-4 and end Mazur's day.

The Shockers (3-7) grabbed their first lead in the top of the eighth. With one out, Brock Rodden lined a triple to the gap in right-center. Thornhill followed by rolling an RBI single through the drawn-in infield, putting WSU in front by the score of 5-4. Thornhill stole second and moved to third on an infield single from Tolle, then scored when Chuck Ingram lined an RBI single back through the middle.

Cameron Bye (1-0) kept the lead at 6-4 with a career-best 2.2 scoreless innings and five strikeouts, handing the ball off to Connor Holden in the ninth. Holden picked up a pair of strikeouts sandwiched around two Iowa singles, then hit Peyton Williams to load the bases with two outs. Facing three-hole hitter Keaton Anthony, the Shocker closer induced a fly ball to Ingram in center that ended the game and secured Holden's third save.

Tolle, Rodden, Thornhill, and Jack Sigrist all recorded two hits for Wichita State. Iowa (5-4) scored their runs with two in the first and two more in the third, the latter of which included a Williams leadoff solo homer.

Will Christophersen (0-1) took the loss for Iowa, charged with both runs in the top of the eighth. 

Jace Kaminska started for the Shockers and ended with a no-decision, allowing four runs over 5.1 innings with three strikeouts. Mazur also settled for a no-decision, allowing four runs in 5.2 frames. The game featured just one combined walk.

The Shockers return to action Saturday at the Frisco Classic against Washington State. First pitch from Riders Field is scheduled for 12:00 pm.