RH: Both Teams Expect To Utilize Speed To Score

Kristi Bredbenner By Paul Suellentrop

Wichita State baseball and softball are linked more than usual as the season nears, by more than similar equipment, rules and playing dates.

Expectations are high for both and to get there, both will likely score runs in different ways than in 2024.

Shocker softball, picked first in the American Athletic Conference coaches poll, opens the season in the GCU Kickoff Classic in Phoenix with games against Northern Illinois and Grand Canyon.

Brian GreenShocker baseball, second in the AAC poll, open on Feb. 14 to start a series at McNeese State.

For softball, the status of favorite acknowledges the program's recent success – five regional appearances since 2016 –…