Shockers Open AAC Championship vs. Houston

SCENE SETTER: Wichita State opens the American Athletic Conference Championship on Tuesday night against Houston at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida. The Shockers are the number six seed in the bracket, matched with the third-seeded Cougars in the opening round. WSU plays the final game of the day on Tuesday, with a first pitch time scheduled for 47 minutes after the conclusion of game three, which starts at 4:00 pm ET. The Shockers dropped two of three games over the weekend at South Florida, losing Thursday before splitting a doubleheader on Saturday. After dropping 16 of 17 games from March 25-April 29, WSU has righted the ship with an 8-6 record over the final two weeks of the regular season, highlighted by an 18-0 win over #24 ranked Oklahoma in the last midweek game of the campaign. The Shockers are coming off a 31-23 season a year ago, including an 18-13 mark in the American Athletic Conference that produced a third-place finish, WSU's best since joining the AAC in 2017. Wichita State is seeking their first appearance in the NCAA tournament since the 2013 season, a regional bid that was later vacated by the NCAA.

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