LAWRENCE – Wichita State flirted with equal parts perfection and disaster for much of Saturday morning's Kansas Invitational finale against Delaware but found enough of the former to win in five sets: 25-16, 20-25, 26-24, 19-25, 15-11.
WSU (5-1) hit a season-best .288 and held Delaware (5-3) to a .188 attack percentage.
Four Shockers finished with double-digit kills, led by Kailin Newsome, who hit .245 and recorded 18 kills on 53 swings. She was joined by Sophie Childs (15 kills), Lauren McMahon (13) and Sophia Rohling (13).