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Game 1: Wichita State (3-3) vs. Dixie State (0-4)
Friday, March 5 | 3 p.m. | Wichita, Kan. (Eck Stadium)
TV: ESPN+ | Radio: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM

Game 2: Wichita State vs. Dixie State
Saturday, March 6 | 3 p.m. | Wichita, Kan. (Eck Stadium)
Radio: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM

Game 3: Wichita State vs. Dixie State
Sunday, March 7 | 1 p.m. | Wichita, Kan. (Eck Stadium)
TV: ESPN+ | Radio: KFH 97.5 FM/1240 AM

 

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SCENE SETTER: The Wichita State baseball team (3-3) is scheduled to host the Dixie State Trailblazers (0-4) in a three-game series Friday, March 5, Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field in Wichita. The series opener Friday as well as game two Saturday are slated for 3 p.m. first pitches while Sunday's series finale is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.

SHOCKER BASEBALL ON THE RADIO: KFH Radio 97.5 FM and 1240 AM will air the series against Dixie State. Former WSU standout pitcher (1991-94), and Pizza Hut Shockers Sports Hall of Famer Shane Dennis and "The Voice of the Shockers" and Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Famer Mike Kennedy will split play-by-play duties until the conclusion of the Wichita State men's basketball season. Coverage will include a pregame and postgame show.

WSU BASEBALL ON ESPN PLUS: Friday and Sunday's games against Dixie State are scheduled to air live on ESPN+ with Shane Dennis on the call. Visit WatchESPN.com to access ESPN+ ($4.99/month subscription required). For a complete schedule of ESPN+ baseball games, please visit GoShockers.com.

SERIES HISTORY: Wichita State and Dixie State (Utah) will meet for the first time on the diamond March 5-7 at Eck Stadium.

SHOCKER NOTES: Wichita State enters the weekend at 3-3 overall after shutting out Oral Roberts, 3-0, Tuesday, March 2, in Tulsa, Okla. ... Through six games, WSU is paced at the plate by senior outfielder Corrigan Bartlett (.435 avg., 5 R, 10 H, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, .652 SLG%, .500 OB%), junior infielder Paxton Wallace (.407 avg., 5 R, 11 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .741 SLG%, .429 OB%) and junior infielder Garrett Kocis (.269 avg., 7 R, 7 H, 2 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .692 SLG%) ... On the mound WSU is led by junior RHP Liam Eddy (1-1, 5.73 ERA, 11.0 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 15 SO), redshirt sophomore RHP Ryan Stuempfig (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO), senior RHP Tommy Barnhouse (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 SV, 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO) and freshman RHP Josh Hansell (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO) ... Eddy currently leads The American and ranks 11th nationally in strikeout-to-walk-ratio (15.00) ... As a team, Wichita State is hitting .269 with a 6.00 ERA and .983 fielding percentage.

SCOUTING DIXIE STATE: The Dixie State Trailblazers out of St. George, Utah, and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) enter the weekend at 0-4 overall after dropping a four-game series to Washington State Feb. 25-28 in St. George ... Through four games, Dixie State is led offensively by redshirt junior catcher Tanner Harper (.333 avg., 1 R, 5 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI) and junior infielder Tyler Hollow (.286 avg., 1 R, 4 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 4 BB) ... On the mound, the Trailblazers are paced by junior RHP Jimmy Borzone (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO) and freshman RHP Ryan Hardman (0-0, 1.80 ERA, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO) ... As a team, Dixie State is hitting .160 with a 10.50 ERA and .950 fielding percentage ... The Trailblazers were picked eighth out of 10 teams in the WAC preseason poll ... This is Dixie State's first year as an NCAA Division I program ... The Trailblazers are under the direction of ninth season head coach Chris Pfatenhauer.

HANSELL SHINES IN DEBUT: In his first collegiate start and appearance on the mound Tuesday in WSU's 3-0 win at Oral Roberts, freshman right-hander Josh Hansell shined, tossing five scoreless innings of one-hit baseball with seven strikeouts and only two walks, earning his first victory in a Shocker uniform.

GOING DEEP: Garrett Kocis has homered in two of his last three games. He went deep twice against SIUE Feb. 27 before destroying a baseball on a solo homer to right field Tuesday at Oral Roberts.

HAVE A SERIES, PAXTON: Junior infielder Paxton Wallace hit a blistering .615 with eight hits, a double, triple, two homers, 11 RBIs, a 1.308 slugging and .643 on-base percentage in the Shockers' three-game series against SIUE Feb. 26-28. In WSU's 10-4 win Feb. 26, he went a career-best 3-for-4 with two home runs and seven RBIs. The seven runs driven in were the most in a game since 2012. Wallace was named to The American Weekly Honor Roll March 1 for his performance during the week.

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: Freshman outfielder Chuck Ingram hit .308 with four hits -- all for extra bases -- in Wichita State's series vs. SIUE. The Kansas City, Mo., native had three doubles and one triple in 13 at bats.

GOING BACK-TO-BACK: Junior infielder Garrett Kocis and senior outfielder Corrigan Bartlett hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning of Wichita State's game against SIUE Feb. 27. It was the first time the Shockers went back-to-back since March 3, 2018 when Greyson Jenista and Alec Bohm hit back-to-back homers in the third inning vs. Nebraska.

SEE. YOU. LATER.: Wichita State hit a combined five home runs in its series against SIUE Feb. 26-28. Paxton Wallace and Garrett Kocis each had two in the series, while Corrigan Bartlett went deep once.

DON'T RUN ON ROSS: Junior catcher Ross Cadena has already thrown out three runners attempting to steal through six games in 2021. Last season, Cadena threw out five runners in 15 games.
 
NOTABLE STREAKS: On-Base: Jack Sigrist had his team-best 29-game reached base streak snapped Tuesday at Oral Roberts ... Corrigan Bartlett and Garrett Kocis have each reached safely in their last six games ... Hitting: Bartlett is on a team-high six-game hitting streak, while Paxton Wallace has at least one hit in his last five games.

WELCOME TO THE ICT: WSU welcomes 18 newcomers to Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field, this season, including infielders Andrew Stewart (So.), Jalon Mack (Fr.), Jordan Rogers (Fr.); outfielders Chuck Ingram (Fr.), Seth Stroh (Fr.) and Corrigan Bartlett (Sr.); catchers Noah Greise (Fr.), Gage Williams (Fr.) and Cooper Harris (Fr.); right-handed pitchers Jace Kaminska (Fr.), Cameron Bye (Fr.), LJ McDonough (So.), Josh Hansell (Fr.) and Konnor Lewis (Fr.); and left-handed pitchers Spencer Hynes (R-Jr.), Christian Clack (Fr.), Gareth Stroh (Sr.) and Ryne Schooley (R-Fr.).

PRESEASON All-CONFERENCE HONORS: Freshman outfielder Couper Cornblum and junior right-hander Liam Eddy were both named to the American Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference Team. Cornblum, a native of Woodway, Texas, led the Shockers at the plate in 2020 with a .354 average, while Eddy, who hails from Brighton, Colo., paced WSU on the rubber with a 1.73 ERA in 26 innings pitched.

PREVIEWING 2021: The Shockers return 21 letterwinners, including seven position players and 10 pitchers from last season's team that posted a 13-2 overall record and won its final 12 games before the 2020 season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic ... Returning starting position players include freshman outfielder Couper Cornblum (.354 avg., 4 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 12 RBI), junior outfielder Hunter Gibson (.316 avg., 4 2B, 2 HR, 17 RBI), junior catcher Ross Cadena (.271 avg., 4 2B, 6 RBI, 1.000 fld%), junior infielder Garrett Kocis (.250 avg., 3 2B, 4 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI), sophomore infielder Jack Sigrist (.250 avg., 4 2B, 4 RBI, 10 BB, 9 SB), freshman infielder Cade Clemons (.238 avg., 1 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBI) and senior infielder Alex Jackson (.235 avg., 2 2B, 5 RBI, 4 SB) ... On the mound, Wichita State returns its entire 2020 starting rotation in junior right-handers Liam Eddy (2-0, 1.73 ERA, 26.0 IP, 7 R, 5 ER, 22 SO, 6 BB) and Jake Hamilton (2-1, 4.26 ERA, 19.0 IP, 9 R, 9 ER, 33 SO, 9 BB), and senior right-handers Preston Snavely (2-1, 2.95 ERA, 21.1 IP, 8 R, 7 ER, 28 SO, 6 BB) and Tommy Barnhouse (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 11.2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 14 SO, 2 BB) ... Returning relievers are junior right-handed closer Foster Gifford (1-0, 0.00, 4 SV, 8.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 7 SO, 1 BB), in addition to junior RHPs Aaron Bechtel (2-0, 2.08 ERA, 8.2 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 9 SO, 4 BB) and Jacob Lindemann (0-0, 7.71 ERA, 2.1 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 SO, 3 BB), and sophomore RHPs Connery Peters (1-0, 1.23 ERA, 7.1 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 9 SO, 1 BB) and Aaron Haase (0-0, 6.75 ERA, 9.1 IP, 9 R, 7 ER, 11 SO, 5 BB), as well as redshirt sophomore righty Ryan Stuempfig (1-0, 1.93 ERA, 14.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 15 SO, 7 BB) ... Last season, Eddy ranked ninth in The American in pitching with a 1.73 ERA ... Cornblum was 13th in the conference in hitting with a .354 batting average.

CORNBLUM, EDDY HONORED BY D1BASEBALL.COM: Couper Cornblum and Liam Eddy were both listed on D1Baseball.com's Preseason Power Rankings for 2021. Cornblum was 76th on the Top-100 Outfielders list while Eddy was 87th on the Top-150 Starting Pitchers list.

THE FRIENDLY CONFINES: The Shockers have an all-time record of 838-268-2 at Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field, dating back to 1988. WSU posted a perfect 10-0 record at home in 2020 before the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ON DECK: Wichita State travels to Tucson, Ariz., for four games March 11-13. The Shockers will take on the Arizona Wildcats in a three-game series March 11-13, while also facing Air Force in a neutral site contest in Tucson March 13. 
 

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