Memphis (18-35, 6-18) at Wichita State (32-16, 18-6)
Wichita, Kan. | Wilkins Stadium
Thursday, April 30 | 6:00 PM
Friday, May 1 | 6:00 PM
Saturday, May 2 | 12:00 PM
TV: ESPN+
Stats: StatBroadcast.com
 

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QUICK HITS
• Wichita State concludes the regular season with a three-game home series vs. Memphis.
• Wichita State is in a tie for 1st in the American Conference standings with South Florida at 18-6 heading into the final weekend of the season.  The Shockers have secured a Top-2 finish, earning them a double bye in the conference tourney.
• Wichita State's 12-game win streak was the second longest in school history and one shying of tying the school record.
• Wichita State is 9-1 over its last 10 games.
• Ausha Moore became just the third Shocker in program history with 20 HR in a single season, joining Addison Barnard  (2021, 22, 24) and Madison Perrigan (2021).
• Moore tied the WSU single game school record with 3 HR and set a new school record with 9 RBIs in the final game of the series at Charlotte on April 19.
• Moore ranks 1st in the American in home runs (20), RBI (51), slugging percentage (.929) and on base percentage (.570).
• Moore is a 3-time American Player of the Week, earning the weekly honor on March 2, March 23 and April 20.
• Kinzey Woody's first 4 career HR completed the home run cycle, hitting a solo HR, 2-R HR, 3-R HR and a grand slam. Her first career HR was a walk-off grand slam.
• In conference games, Woody leads the league in batting average (.474), hits (36), RBI (32), slugging pct. (1.000) and OBP (.565). Her 11 HR are one behind her teammate, Moore who has 12.
• Woody was named to the NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 list on April 23. She won American Conference Player of the Week honors on April 13 after hitting .500 with 2 HR and 7 RBIs.
• Jade Sanders was named the American Conference Pitcher of the Week on April 27.
• Kammie Smith has a hit in 14 of her last 16 games. She is 24-for-55 (.436) over her last 16 games with a home run, a triple, 4 doubles and 12 RBIs.
• Wichita State ranks 13th nationally in home runs per game (1.65) and 14th in total home runs (79). WSU's 79 home runs are 3rd most in a single season.
• Wichita State was picked to finish 3rd in the 2026 American Conference Preseason Coaches Poll.

SCOUTING MEMPHIS
Memphis sits in last place in the American Conference standings at 6-18 and 18-35 overall. The Tigers dropped their first six conference games, but have only been swept once since the first two weekends. Two weeks ago the Tigers took 2-of-3 from North Texas and coming off a walk-off win vs. Florida Atlantic in their most recent game. Offensively, Memphis is having its best season since 2018. The Tigers hit .284 as a team with 61 doubles, 17 triples and 39 home runs. Ariel Davis leads the Tigers in batting average (.387), hits (55), doubles (11) and runs (33), while ranking second in home runs (7). Faith Brown is Memphis' top run producer with 8 home runs and 37 RBIs. In the circle, the Tigers spread the innings among seven different pitchers. Avery Stutts is Memphis' No. 1 arm, throwing twice as many innings as the next closest pitcher. She is 7-10 with a 5.48 ERA in 107.1 innings.

SERIES HISTORY
After Memphis won three of the first five meetings in the series, Wichita State has dominated
the Tigers. The Shockers have won 19 of the last 20 meetings after the Tigers snapped Wichita State's 17-game win streak in the series last season. Wichita State hasn't lost to Memphis in Wichita since March 25, 2018.

LAST MEETING VS. THE TIGERS
Wichita State won 2-of-3 in the final regular season series at Memphis in 2025. After dropping the opener, 4-3, the Shockers bounced back to take Games 2 and 3: 5-2 and 4-2. The Shockers hit just one home run in the three-game series, a Jodie Epperson two-run homer in the opener. Ava Sliger and Ryley Nihart tossed back-to-back complete games in the final two games of the series.

LAST TIME OUT
Wichita State is coming off a third straight conference series sweep, taking down North Texas on the road in dominant fashion. The Shockers won all three games by multiple runs (9-2, 6-4 and 8-2). The Shockers outscored the Mean Green, 23-8, over the three games. In the opener, Wichita State scored two runs in the first and two in the second, cruising to a 9-2 win. The Shockers homered three times (Kinzey Woody, Johnna Schroeder and Aeryn Shuman). Woody drove in 4 runs, going 4-for-4 at the plate. For Shuman it was the start of a big weekend in Denton. In Game 2, Wichita State rallied back from a 4-1 deficit behind a 4-run Top of the 6th. Shuman's go-ahead 3-run home run proved to be the game winner. It was the second of her 2 home runs in the game. Ausha Moore tacked on an insurance run in the 7th on a solo home run. In the finale, Wichita State hit two, two-run home runs in the third inning from Moore and Trinity Allen to take control. Allen and Moore combined for 5 RBIs, while Kammie Smith scored twice on a 3-hit afternoon. Jade Sanders tossed 7.0 scoreless innings in relief between Games 2 and 3, allowing only 5 hits and striking out six.

DOZEN DUBS IN A ROW
Wichita State's 12-game win streak was one shy of tying the program record of 13. The Shockers have won 13 in a row on two different occasions, in both 2005 and 2021. The 12-game win streak was also tied for the 4th longest active win streak in the NCAA. Delaware State has the longest at 16, followed by UCLA and Nebraska at 15 in a row.

WIN STREAK BY THE NUMBERS
Wichita State's offense came alive during its 12-game win streak. The Shockers hit .343 as a team with four different players hitting better than .400 in the lineup. They outscored their opponents, 95-31, good for an average of 5.3 runs per game. Wichita State had 23 doubles and 24 home runs, while slugging .625. If they weren't getting on base with a hit, the Shockers made pitchers pay with free passes. Opposing pitchers issued 63 walks over 12 games. Early run support was a catalyst over the 12 games, as Wichita State outscored its opponents, 24-5, in the first inning.

PUT IT ON THE BOARD... FINALLY
After 45 days Wichita State finally recorded its first ranked win of the season. Wichita State's game at No. 21 Oklahoma State on March 10 was postponed in the Bottom of the 7th with the Shockers leading 8-3. The two teams were scheduled to finish the game on April 8 when the two teams met in Wichita, but that game was also postponed due to a travel emergency involving the Cowgirls' team bus while they were in transit to Wichita. With no remaining open dates for either teams to make up the game, the March 10 game was finalized as a win for Wichita State on April 23. It is Wichita State's first ranked road win since 2024 when the Shockers defeated No. 15 Arkansas.

NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR TOP 25
Kinzey Woody was named to the NFCA National Freshman of the Year Top 25 on April 23. The Missouri native is hitting .344 with 10 doubles, 12 home runs and 41 RBIs. She's the just the second Shocker to ever be named to the NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 list and first since Addison Barnard in 2021.

MOORE POWER
Ausha Moore has been on a hot streak over the last 10 games, including home runs in 7 of those 10 games. Over her last 10 games, she's hitting .444 (12-for-27) with 9 HR, 16 runs scored, 20 RBIs and 13 walks. In the series vs. Charlotte, Moore homered 5 times in the series with 13 RBIs. Her big weekend in the Queen City earned her American Conference Player of the Week honors. She has earned POW honors three times this season.

QUEEN AUSHA
Ausha Moore put her name in the Wichita State record books in the series finale at Charlotte on April 19. The Del City, Okla., native tied the single game school record with 3 home runs, while breaking the single game record for RBIs with 9. She started the game with 2 home runs in the Top of the 1st - a 2-run homer and a grand slam.

THE SHUMAN SHOW
Since being inserted into the starting lineup in the final two games of the UTSA series on April 11, sophomore Aeryn Shuman has made the most of her opportunities. Shuman has started the last nine games at catcher and is batting .375 (12-for-32) with 2 doubles, 4 home runs, 8 runs scored and 11 RBIs. Prior to UTSA series, Shuman had appeared in only six games all season and was 0-for-4 at the plate.

BRINGING THE WOOD(Y)
Kinzey Woody is coming off a scorching weekend series vs. Florida Atlantic. Woody was 8-for-10 with two home runs and three RBIs. She had a hit in eight straight at bats over the three games, going 3-for-3 in Game 1 and 4-for-4 in Game 2. After her stellar week, D1 Softball named Woody the Mid-Major Freshman of the Week. Through 24 conference games, Woody is hitting a team-high .474 (36-for-76) with 7 doubles, 11 home runs, 16 walks, 19 runs scored, 32 RBIs and only 5 strikeouts.

HOME RUN CYCLE
Kinzey Woody has 13 home runs so far in her freshman season. The first 4 home runs of her career completed the home run cycle - hitting a walk-off grand slam for her first career home run on Feb. 21 vs. Creighton, a 3-run home run on March 13 vs. UAB, a 2-run home run on March 14 vs. UAB and finally a solo home run vs. FAU on March 20. Not a bad way to start your collegiate career.

RPI - WEEK NINE
Wichita State checked in at No. 44 in the ninth week of RPI rankings on April 27. The Shockers have already faced 13 teams in the Top 70, including No. 1 Arkansas, No. 6 Oklahoma, No. 14 Oklahoma State, No. 17 Mississippi State, No. 22 Clemson, No. 30 Texas State, No. 36 South Florida (three times), No. 39 Missouri, No. 41 Baylor, No. 49 Kansas, No. 57 Florida Atlantic (three times), No. 64 Charlotte (three times) and No. 70 Miami (OH).  The Shockers still have a game against No. 49 Kansas.