WICHITA, Kan. - Year in and year out, Wichita State head softball coach Kristi Bredbenner challenges her team with a difficult schedule, and that's no different in 2027. Bredbenner revealed her team's spring slate, headlined by a home tournament in early March, plus home midweeks against Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and last season's national runner-up, Texas Tech.

Entering her 16th season at Wichita State, Bredbenner brings back 14 returners from the 2026 team, including the 2026 American Conference Freshman and Player of the Year, Kinzey Woody. Joining Woody are all-conference selections Ausha Moore, Ryley Nihart, Trinity Allen and Kammie Smith.

Like last season, Wichita State's home away from home in February will be the Lone Star State. The first two tournaments will send the Shockers to Houston (Feb. 11-14) and San Marcos (Feb. 18-20). In Houston, Wichita State will see the host Cougars, Loyola Chicago and Missouri State. In San Marcos, the Shockers will face Texas State, Nicholls State, Buffalo, Ole Miss and Northern Colorado. Splitting up the two tournaments will be a slight detour to Louisiana for a midweek vs. McNeese on Feb. 16.

Before coming home, Wichita State heads over to Fayetteville for the Razorback Invitational, Feb. 25-28. Aside from two games against Arkansas, Wichita State faces South Dakota State, Purdue and Miami (OH).

Tournament play wraps up at Wilkins Stadium, March 5-7, for the Shocker Invitational, featuring two games each against Ohio State and Northern Iowa.

Wichita State's first midweek of March sends the Shockers to Stillwater on March 10 to face the Cowgirls, before opening American Conference play on the road at Tulsa, March 12-14.

The first of two midweeks against in-state rival, Kansas, will bring the Jayhawks to Wilkins Stadium on March 16. Wichita State makes the return trip to Lawrence two weeks later on March 30.

Wichita State hosts South Florida in a key American Conference series, March 19-21. The perennial powerhouse Oklahoma Sooners come to Wilkins Stadium on March 23.

Conference home series on the slate include East Carolina (April 2-4), Charlotte (April 16-18) and North Texas (April 30-May 2). The remaining conference road trips include Florida Atlantic (March 25-27), Memphis (April 9-11), UTSA (April 23-25), before the regular season ends at UAB, May 6-8.

On the way to Memphis, Wichita State makes a pit stop in Springfield, Mo., to take on Missouri State, April 7.

Fresh off back-to-back NCAA runner-up finishes, the Texas Tech Red Raiders come to Wichita for a big time midweek showdown on April 28.

Wilkins Stadium will serve as host for the 2027 American Conference Championship, May 12-15, marking the second time Wichita State has been the host site for the championship since joining the American Conference. Shocker Nation showed up to see Addison Barnard's out-of-this-world performance in 2024 when Wichita State last hosted, leading the Shockers to the title game, which included knocking off the top seed Florida Atlantic Owls in run-rule fashion.

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