[2] Oregon (31-17) vs. [3] Wichita State (33-16)
NCAA Fayetteville Regional | Fayetteville, Ark. | Bogle Park
Friday, May 20 | 7:30 PM CT | ESPN+

QUICK HITS
• Wichita State was selected to its 6th NCAA Tournament.
• Wichita State is 5-10 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. This is the first time in program history going to consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
• Wichita State is 7-3 in its last 10 games.
• Addison Barnard was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. Five Shockers earned First Team All-Conference honors (Barnard, Sydney McKinney, Neleigh Herring, Lauren Lucas and Lauren Mills) and three were named to the Second Team (Erin McDonald, Jessica Garcia and Zoe Jones). Alison Cooper was a unanimous pick for the All-Rookie Team.
• Barnard has 54 career home runs, placing her in 2nd on the Wichita State home run list.
• Barnard leads the nation in home runs, home runs per game, RBI,  RBI per game and is 2nd in total bases, slugging percentage and runs per game. The next closest home run hitter is at 27.
• Barnard's 32 home runs broke the single season record, which she set at 22 a season ago.
• Barnard is 42nd in the country in stolen bases with 25. Her 25 steals already surpass her total from 2021.
• Barnard is the only player in the country with 30+ home runs and 20+ stolen bases.
• Barnard was the NFCA National Player of the Week on April 5, April 26 and May 3.
• Sydney McKinney ranks 1st in the NCAA in batting average, hits and runs per game and 4th in total bases.
• Neleigh Herring is t-5th on the career home run list with 35.
• Wichita State has claimed six American Player of the Week honors in 2022: Addison Barnard (Feb. 14, Apr. 4, Apr. 25, May 2), Sydney McKinney (Feb. 21) and Lauren Lucas (Apr. 18). Erin McDonald was named Pitcher of the Week on Apr. 25. Zoe Jones (Feb. 28), Lauren Lucas (Mar. 7 & 21), Sydney McKinney (May 9), Lauren Mills (Mar. 14)  and Alison Cooper (April 11, May 2) have been named to the weekly honor roll.
• Wichita State ranks in the Top 25 nationally in home runs per game (2nd), home runs (2nd), scoring (2nd), slugging percentage (2nd), batting average (3rd), on base percentage (2nd), doubles per game (19th) and walks (24th).
• Sydney McKinney became the program's all-time hits leader on April 29 at ECU with her 251st career hit. McKinney broke her own single season hits record on May 12 vs. Memphis. She has an NCAA-leading 90 hits this season.
• Sydney McKinney is one of 10 finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year.
• Sydney McKinney and sophomore Addison Barnard were named preseason All-Americans by Softball America, becoming the first Shocker duo to earn preseason All-American honors in school history.
• Head Coach Kristi Bredbenner became Wichita State's all-time winningest coach on April 24, 2022 with the victory over Memphis. She surpassed Jim Maynard with 314 career wins.
• Bredbenner recorded her 300th career win at Wichita State on March 14 vs. Kansas.

SCOUTING OREGON
Oregon is 31-17 after posting a 10-14 record in Pac-12 play. As a team, the Ducks hit .299 with 62 home runs and 81 stolen bases. Hanna Delgado hits a team-high .372 to go with 14 steals. Ariel Carlson leads the Ducks in home runs (13) to go with 34 RBI. Allee Bunker adds 10 home runs, 39 RBI and a .353 average. In the circle, Oregon has a team ERA of 3.83, while opponents hit .239. Stevie Hansen has team bests in ERA (3.10), innings (115.1), wins (13) and strikeouts (120).

SERIES HISTORY
Wichita State and Oregon have met five times prior to Friday's matchup. The Ducks hold a 4-1 lead, but the two teams haven't met since 2009. That 2009 meeting was the lone win for Wichita State in the series. The first meeting took place on March 7, 1986.

LAST MEETING WITH THE DUCKS
Wichita State and Oregon haven't met since 2009, a high-scoring affair that saw the Shockers outlast the Ducks, 15-12, on Feb. 6, 2009. The meeting was a part of the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz.

LAST TIME OUT
Wichita State was eliminated in the American Athletic Conference Championship semifinals vs. South Florida, 5-4. Lauren Mills hit a pinch-hit, two-run home run in the 6th inning.

WICHITA STATE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
Wichita State is making its sixth NCAA Regional appearance, and second straight. It's the first time Wichita State has made back-to-back NCAA appearances. Wichita State received an at-large bid for only the third time in program history. The Shockers are 5-10 all-time in NCAA Regional games. This is the second time Wichita State will open in the Fayetteville Regional. The Shockers were also in Fayetteville in 2018 when they made the first-ever Regional final, before falling to the Razorbacks. The Fayetteville Regional boasts the No. 4 overall seed, Arkansas.

BOMBERS CONVERGE AT BOGLE
The Fayetteville Regional will see two of the six teams in the NCAA with 100+ home runs when the Shockers and Razorbacks take the field. The four teams in Fayetteville feature the most combined homers of any other regional. The 297 home runs are six more than the next closest regional.
 

1. Fayetteville Regional - 297	WSU 118, ARK 102, UO 62, PRIN 15
2. Durham Regional - 291	UGA 101, DUKE 92, LIB 56, UMBC 42
3. Blacksburg Regional - 286	MIAMI 109, UK  75, VT 57, SFU 45
4. Norman Regional - 285	OU 125, A&M 65, MINN 64, PVAM 31
5. Stillwater Regional - 253	NEB 75, UNT 68, OSU 62, FORD 48
6. Clemson Regional - 244	AUB 84, LOU 78, CLEM 64, UNCW 18
7. Columbia Regional - 238	ZONA 86, MIZZ 85, MOST 39, ILL 28
8. Tempe Regional - 228	ASU 94, LSU 63, CSUF 39, SDSU 32
9. Seattle Regional - 210	UW 80, TEX 55, WEB 44, LEH 31
10. Knoxville Regional - 207	TENN 88, ORST 52, OHST 47, CAMP 20
11. Orlando Regional - 198	SDSU 74, NOVA 51, UCF 38, MICH 35
12. Tallahassee Regional - 188	MSU 69, FSU 68, USF 29, HOW 22
13. Los Angeles Regional - 181	UCLA 54, GCU 48, MISS 44, LMU 35
14. Tuscaloosa Regional - 170	UTC 55, BAMA 49, MSU 42, STAN 24
15. Evanston Regional - 159	NW 66, ND 45, MCN 26, OAK 22
16. Gainesville Regional - 113	GT 35, UF 33, WISC 29, CAN 16

FIRST ROUND FIREWORKS
Wichita State recorded its second game with 20 or more runs this season in a 22-0 win over Memphis in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship. The 22 runs were the second most in school history. Wichita State outscored Memphis in four games this season, 65-4. Lauren Mills tied an NCAA single game record with two grand slams. Her eight RBI tied a single game school record. Sydney McKinney set a new career high and tied a single game school record with five hits, going a perfect 5-for-5. Addison Barnard homered twice, marking her eighth multi-home run game of the season and giving her 32 home runs on the season.

ADDIE THE BADDIE
Addison Barnard is putting together a season for the history books... again.
• Speed & Power: Barnard is in a league of her own when it comes to combining speed and power. The Nebraska native is the only player in the NCAA to have at least 20 home runs and 20 or more stolen bases this season. Through 49 games in 2022 Barnard has 32 home runs, 25 stolen bases and 82 RBI.
• A Club of One: Barnard is the first Shocker in program history to record a 20-20 season of 20+ home runs and 20+ stolen bases.
• 30-Home Run Club: Barnard became just the 14th player in NCAA history to hit 30 home runs in a season. She is currently tied for the 3rd most in NCAA history at 32.
    1. Laura Espinoza, Arizona - 37 (1995)
    2. Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma - 34 (2021)
    3. Addison Barnard, Wichita State - 32 (2022)
         Lexie Elkins, Louisiana - 32 (2015)
         Camilla Carrera, UTEP - 32 (2012)
    5. Stacie Chambers, Arizona - 31 (2009)
         Stacey Nuveman, UCLA - 31 (1999)
    7. Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma - 30 (2018)
         Megan Baltzell, Longwood - 30 (2013)
         Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma - 30 (2013)
         Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma - 30 (2012)
         Kelly Majam, Hawaii - 30 (2010)
         Danyele Gomez, Louisiana - 30 (2006)
         Laura Espinoza, Arizona - 30 (1994)
• Active HR List: She needed only 54 career games to crack the top 10 home run list at Wichita State. Barnard now has 54 career home runs, placing her in 2nd all time at Wichita State. To put that in perspective, among active players in NCAA Softball, Barnard is already in the Top 15. She is the only non-senior in the country with at least 50 career home runs.
• Running to the Record Book: Barnard broke the single game school record for runs, scoring five at Sam Houston on Sunday, Feb. 13. She scored 11 runs over the weekend after previously setting a career high with four against Dayton on Feb. 11. She ranks second nationally in runs per game behind her teammate Sydney McKinney.
• Wanted for theft: Barnard stole a career-high three bases in the season opener vs. Dayton (Feb. 11), becoming the first Shocker to swipe three bags in a game since Mackenzie Wright had 4 on Feb. 27, 2016. She added two more in both games vs. Sam Houston and Houston Baptist. Barnard finished opening weekend with nine steals in 10 attempts. Barnard ranks 42nd in the nation with 25 steals. That is tied for the most in a season at Wichita State.

BREDBENNER REACHES MILESTONES
Head Coach Kristi Bredbenner became the all-time wins leader at Wichita State on April 24, 2022. Bredbenner notched her 314 the win, surpassing Jim Maynard's 313. She recorded her 300th career win at Wichita State on Monday, March 14 vs. Kansas. She is just the second coach in program history to record 300 wins.

MCKINNEY MILESTONE WATCH
• Sydney McKinney is Wichita State's all-time hits leader with 268 in her career. She passed Britnee Barnett on April 29 vs. ECU with No. 251.
• McKinney has 173 career runs scored - the most in school history.
• McKinney is on pace to shatter her own single season record for batting average. She set it at .439 a season ago and is currently No. 1 in the nation at .511.
• McKinney has a career batting average of .425. That number places her among the elite in all of college softball. She ranks 10th on the active list for career batting average in NCAA DI.
• Her 268 career hits rank No. 11 on the NCAA active leaders list. She is the only non-senior in the top 25.
• With a career OBP of .479, McKinney currently holds the top spot in that category as well at Wichita State.
• She broke into the top 10 list on April 24 with her ninth career triple.
• Her 35 career doubles place her in T-9th on the school's all-time list.

ADDIE'S ACCOLADES
Addison Barnard has racked up quite a list of awards already this season, including three NFCA National Player of the Week awards. She is the first Shocker to earn one National POW honors, let alone three.
• American Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference.
• Barnard joins  Oklahoma's Jocelyn Alo as the only players to earn multiple NFCA National Player of the Week awards this season.
• Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week on May 3 after hitting .600 with 4 home runs and 8 RBI in the series at ECU.
• For a fourth time this season, Barnard was tabbed the American Player of the Week on May 2.
• After a stellar month of April, Barnard was tabbed the Softball America Player of the Month. She hit .456 with 16 home runs and 40 RBI.
• Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week on April 26. In four games, she hit .667 (8-12) with a slugging pct. of 2.250, 6 HR, 10 runs scored and 15 RBI.
• D1 Softball Player of the Week on April 26.
• American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on April 25.
• Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week on April 5. In four games during the week of March 28-April 3, Barnard hit .500 with 5 home runs and 14 RBI.
• D1 Softball Player of the Week on April 5.
• American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on April 4.
• American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Feb. 14. She hit .500 (8-for-16) on opening weekend at the Bearkat Classic (Feb. 11-13). Barnard recorded 3 home runs, 7 RBI, 4 walks, 9 stolen bases and 11 runs.

.400
Wichita State is one of only two schools (Oklahoma) in the country that have three or more players hitting .400 or better in the lineup - Sydney McKinney (.511), Addison Barnard (.409) and Lauren Lucas (.400).

AWARD SZN
Wichita State was well-represented in the American Athletic Conference awards department. Highlighted by American Player of the Year, Addison Barnard, is the second straight Shocker to take home the top yearly honor after Sydney McKinney won it a season ago. An All-Conference First Team selection, Barnard is now a two-time first team honoree after doing it as a freshman in 2021. She was joined on the first team by Sydney McKinney (unanimous), Neleigh Herring, Lauren Lucas and Lauren Mills. McKinney is now a three-time first team selection and Herring picks up her second. This is the first all-conference honor for Lucas and Mills. Earning Second Team All-Conference honors were Erin McDonald, Jessica Garcia and Zoe Jones. McDonald is a two-time second team pick, while Garcia and Jones collect their first AAC honors. Freshman Alison Cooper was a unanimous choice for the All-Rookie Team.

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Sydney McKinney and Lauren Mills were named to the American Athletic Conference Championship All-Tournament Team after the duo tortured opposing pitchers at last week's AAC Tournament. In two games McKinney was 7-for-9 with an RBI and three runs scored. She tied a single game record with a 5-hit game vs. Memphis. Mills had three official at-bats in two games and was 3-for-3 with 3 home runs and 10 RBI. She hit two grand slams, tying an NCAA record, in the opening round vs. Memphis.

RECORDS SHATTER AT ECU
In the series opener at East Carolina on April 29, Wichita State shattered the single game records for largest margin of victory (23), runs (24), hits (23), home runs (10) and total bases (57). Wichita State also set an NCAA record with seven home runs in a single inning, beating the previous record of five. The 10 home runs tied for the second most in NCAA history. Addison Barnard tied the single game school record with three home runs and broke the record with 14 total bases. Her seven RBI tied for the second most. Barnard and Sydney McKinney each scored four times, tying for the second most in a single game. Zoe Jones also had seven RBI.

PITCHERS BEWARE
Wichita State obliterated the school record for home runs in a single season in 2021. The Shockers crushed 103 - a mark that ranked second nationally behind only the defending National Champion, Oklahoma Sooners. Wichita State graduated four seniors in the every day lineup from that record-breaking squad, including 44 of the team's 103 home runs. It only took 42 games for the 2022 team to match that number of 103. Wichita State has since set a new single season mark at 118 and counting.

DOUBLE DIGIT HOMERS
Wichita State is one of only three teams, joining Oklahoma and Georgia, in the country that have at least six players with 10 or more home runs this season. Addison Barnard (32), Zoe Jones (15), Lauren Mills (15), Neleigh Herring (14), Sydney McKinney (13) and Lauren Lucas (10) all have double digit homers.

ON THE FIELD, IN THE CLASSROOM
Addison Barnard was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team on May 12. This is the first CoSIDA academic honor for Barnard, becoming the first Shocker to earn All-District honors since Madison Perrigan in 2020. The 2022 American Player of the Year is majoring in health science and has a 3.73 cumulative GPA. The 2022 Academic All-District Team, selected by CoSIDA, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. First-Team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot. Wichita State is in District 7, which includes NCAA Division I schools in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas. Barnard joins South Florida's Georgina Corrick as the only two student-athletes from the American Athletic Conference.