Wichita State (6-9, 0-0 American) vs. Nebraska (5-8, 0-0 Big Ten)

Tuesday, March 11 | 6:00 pm CT | Lincoln, Nebraska (Hawks Field at Haymarket Park)
TV: B1G+  | Radio: KNSS 98.7 FM/1330 AM
LHP Jace Miner (1-1, 5.11) vs. RHP Carson Jasa (0-1, 9.00)

Wednesday, March 12 | 6:00 pm CT | Lincoln, Nebraska (Hawks Field at Haymarket Park)
TV: B1G+ | Radio: KNSS 98.7 FM/1330 AM
LHP Tyler Dobbs (0-0, 7.71) vs. RHP TJ Coats (0-0, 7.71)

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SCENE SETTER: Wichita State looks to build off their first series sweep of the 2025 season with a two-game midweek series on the road at Nebraska on Tuesday and Wednesday in Lincoln. WSU pulled out three narrow victories over Missouri State over the weekend at Eck Stadium, including come-from-behind wins on Friday and Sunday. The Shockers are coming off a 32-29 season in 2024 that included a 15-12 mark in American Athletic Conference play, tying for third in the final conference standings. WSU went on to reach the championship game of the AAC Tournament for the first time in program history, falling to Tulane, 11-10. Wichita State is hunting their first appearance in the NCAA tournament since the 2013 season, a regional bid that was later vacated by the NCAA.

SHOCKER BASEBALL ON THE RADIO AND ESPN PLUS: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM will once again serve as the radio home for Wichita State baseball broadcasts in 2025. Tuesday's game will air on KNSS 98.7 FM/1330 AM, while Wednesday's game is scheduled for KFH but may shift to KNSS in the event of programming overlap. Denning Gerig will have the call of both games in Lincoln. The games will also be streamed on B1G+ ($). Live audio, in addition to live statistics, will be available at GoShockers.com/listen and ShockerStats.com. 

SERIES HISTORY: The Shockers and Huskers have met 53 times in program history with Nebraska holding a slim 27-26 advantage. In the modern era of the Wichita State program (1978-present), WSU leads the series 24-21. The two teams met last season in Wichita, splitting a two-game midweek series. Nebraska claimed game one, 8-6, before WSU responded with a 9-3 victory in game two. The Shockers scored all nine of their runs in the first two innings, highlighted by a second inning Seth Stroh grand slam. The last game to take place in Lincoln came in 2016, when Nebraska took two of three games at Haymarket Park. The Shockers and Huskers also have one postseason meeting, an 8-1 Nebraska victory in the championship game of the 2000 Minnesota Regional in Minneapolis.

SCOUTING NEBRASKA: The Huskers enter play on Tuesday with a 5-8 overall record after dropping two of three games at home against Washington in the Big Ten opening series. Nebraska played a challenging non-conference slate, including games against nationally ranked Vanderbilt, LSU and UC Irvine plus road contests at Grand Canyon and Louisiana. The Huskers have a stellar defense that has combined for a .979 team fielding percentage, ranking in the top 40 nationally, but offense has been harder to come by. Nebraska is slashing .245/.331/.380 as a team, ranking last in the conference in both hits and batting average. Former Nebraska standout Will Bolt is in his sixth season at the helm of the Huskers, with a career record of 142-105-1 (.575). Assistant coach Mike Sirianni and Director of Operations Conor Behrens were both previously members of the Wichita State coaching staff.

IN A PINCH: Wichita State has found success going to their bench for pinch-hitters in 2025. The Shockers are 7-for-22 (.318) in pinch-hitting opportunities after going 14-for-57 (.246) off the bench last season. Junior Jaden Gustafson leads the way with three hits in four at-bats, including a clutch, two-out RBI single in Sunday's comeback win over Missouri State.

SMALL BALL: With just five home runs through the first 15 games of the season, Brian Green has turned to the small ball approach more consistently in an attempt to generate offense. The Shockers lead the American Athletic Conference with 11 sacrifice bunts this season, including three apiece from Ryan Callahan and Jordan Black.

WORKING THEIR WAY BACK: The Shockers got a welcome boost this week with the return of three position players from injury. Catcher Mauricio Millan has gone 7-for-16 in four starts after missing the first 11 games with a hammate injury and outfielder Davis Mauzy notched a base hit and a run scored in his first game since February 15 after sitting out with an injured hamstring. Fellow outfielder Owen Washburn made his first appearance since February 14 with a pinch-hit appearance on Sunday against Missouri State.

CROWDER TRIO: The backend of the Wichita State bullpen features three hard-throwing right-handers from Crowder College who are all off to strong starts in 2025. The combination of Karsen Richard, Aaron Arnold and Nick Potter has totaled 24.0 innings and allowed just eight earned runs while striking out 36 and allowing only 16 hits. On Wednesday against Abilene Christian, Potter became the first WSU pitcher to strike out five or more consecutive hitters since Clark Candiotti punched out seven straight against Houston on April 7, 2023.

WALK-OFF WINS: After recording just one walk-off win in 2024, the Shockers have turned the trick twice in their first six home games of 2025. Mauricio Millan capped a wild series finale against Missouri State with a two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth for a 9-8 win and the previous weekend sophomore outfielder Lane Haworth launched a two-out, two-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift WSU to a 5-4 win over Cal State Fullerton on Friday. Haworth's blast was the first walk-off home run for Wichita State since Garrett Kocis connected for a two-run shot against Kansas on March 23, 2022.

NEW NAME, NEW PERKS: Last Friday marked the first game under the enhanced naming at Eck Stadium, now known officially as Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field at Gene Stephenson Park. What was originally known as Shocker Field when the baseball program was reinstituted in the 1978 season, Eck has undergone several major renovations to reach its current form. This past offseason, the facility added new state-of-the-art lights, mesh chairback seats behind home plate and loge boxes down the first base line. The program also announced the forthcoming addition of the Kosich Pavilion, a two-tiered seating area located beyond the left field fence.

POWER OF THE PLUNK: Wichita State shattered the program record for hit by pitches in 2024, drawing 116 HBPs to best the previous mark (84 in 2019) by 32. The Shockers have already been hit 31 times this season, including six games with three HBPs or more. WSU finished 16th nationally in team HBPs last season, led by Mauricio Millan's new program and conference record 24.

PRESEASON PUB: Wichita State was picked second in the 2025 American Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll, the highest preseason projection for the Shockers since joining the conference in 2017. The Shockers had never been picked higher than fourth in the American preseason poll, a status they reached just once in the 2022 edition. WSU also matched Tulane for the most representatives on the Preseason All-Conference Team; catcher Mauricio Millan, first baseman Josh Livingston, second baseman Jordan Rogers and shortstop Camden Johnson were all recognized by the conference, with Millan as the unanimous selection behind the plate.

GETTING THE GANG BACK TOGETHER: Wichita State returned just 11 total players to their 2024 roster following the coaching change that brought Brian Green to Wichita, but this season the Shockers enter the year with significantly more experience. On the position player front, WSU returns nine players who started 10 or more games, while the pitching staff features nine hurlers who appeared in eight or more contests.

PORTAL POWER: Wichita State turned to the portal for seven D1 transfers: Grant Adler (Kansas), Cole Dillon (Arizona), Jace Miner (Oklahoma), Arnad Mulamekic (Siena), Owen Reynolds (Oral Roberts), MJ Seo (LSU) and Owen Washburn (Texas Tech). Adler and Miner both began their D1 careers at Wichita State before transferring during the coaching change, with Adler named the AAC Newcomer Pitcher of the Year in 2023 and Miner earning Second Team All-Conference honors as a reliever.

CLAGGETT PROMOTION: Following the 2024 season, head coach Brian Green promoted pitching coach Anthony Claggett to assistant head coach in addition to his pitching coach duties. Working with a pitching staff that returned just four pitchers and 71.1 total innings from the year prior, Claggett guided the Wichita State arms to a 5.07 ERA in 2024 that ranked second in the American Athletic Conference and finished top three in hits allowed per nine innings (8.73) and WHIP (1.49).

UPS AND DOWNS: The 2024 season was a true roller coaster ride for Wichita State. The Shockers entered the month of April at 18-9 following a three-game sweep of Rice, but had a miserable month that threatened to derail the season. WSU went 4-17 in their next 21 games, suffering a pair of conference sweeps at the hands of South Florida and East Carolina. But the Shockers righted the ship in May, winning a season-best seven games in a row from May 4-17 and reaching the championship game of the American Athletic Conference tournament with the help of two wins over top-seeded East Carolina.

TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE: With a program record of 2,348 wins, 1,286 losses and nine ties, Wichita State ranks in the top ten of all college baseball programs with a .644 winning percentage. The Shockers have won 20 regular season conference championships and 18 conference tournament championships, earning a trip to Omaha for the College World Series on seven different occasions. WSU claimed the 1989 national championship and finished as national runner-up in 1982, 1991 and 1993.