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Shockers Hold Off No. 8 ECU Sunday, 11-9

WICHITA, Kan. – Closer Aaron Haase collected a seven-out save to help the Wichita State baseball team earn an 11-9 victory over eighth-ranked East Carolina in the final game of a four-game American Athletic Conference series Sunday, May 2, at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field.

With the win, the Shockers earn a 2-2 series split with the Pirates and improve to 22-17 overall and 10-9 in The American, while ECU drops to 30-9 on the season and 12-4 in conference play.

Haase, a sophomore right-hander from Amarillo, Texas, tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings after entering the game with two outs in the top of the seventh, allowing no earned runs on just two hits to lock down his team and American Athletic Conference-best eighth save of the season.