Shockers Fall Short in Regular Season Finale

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Annalie HelisteAmerican Athletic Conference ChampionshipWICHITA, Kan. -- set a new career high with 23 kills, but Wichita State came up short against UTSA on Sunday afternoon, 25-23, 21-25, 20-25, 24-26 at Charles Koch Arena.

Wichita State ends the regular season in fourth place in the American Athletic Conference standings and will take on #5-seed Tulsa in the first round of the conference tournament on Friday.

The Shockers (15-13, 10-6) held on to win a tightly contested first set, separating late thanks to three straight kills from Stout that gave WSU a 20-17 edge. Three more Stout kills got the Shockers to 23-21, then she fired a service ace for good measure to give WSU several…