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WSU series to be honored at National Audio Theatre Festival ALEX BULLOCK REPORTER @alexbullock_wsu
Since 2011, audio theatre has had little presence in America. What started as the nation’s most popular form of entertainment became almost a forgotten art. Today, most people rely heavily on picture and video to give them the experience they desire. Although, it seems we don’t hear much of radio dramas anymore, there are many people who still create gripping tales of all kinds, including some of Wichita State’s very own. This summer, WSU’s Stagestruck Audio Theatre, has been accepted into the National Audio Theatre Bret Jones Festival for its show “Academia Nutz.” The festival will be held in Kansas City June 9 through 12. Five years ago, Bret Jones, WSU theatre program director, formed Stagestruck Audio Theatre at WSU because many students were interested in that type of work. “It gives students the opportunity to explore different ways to use their talents,” he said. Jones, who coordinates all the music, sound effects and mixing, leads Stagestruck. Students give voices to the characters of the shows. “‘Academia Nutz’ follows the antics of two professors and the funny situations they get themselves into,” Jones said. Stagestruck just released its seventh episode of “Academia Nutz.” Each episode lasts about 30 minutes. Jones and some students have been working on this particular show for a couple years. Along with “Academia Nutz,” Stagestruck has many other shows of different genres. They have done horror, science fiction, detective series and many others. Another popular show is “Sidekicks,” which parodies the life of being a superhero sidekick. It has eight episodes and that took more than two years to create. During the summer festival, “Academia Nutz” will be shared with a larger audience made up of people and students who also craft this type of art. “The audience will be able to relate to it because it lampoons university life,” Jones said. Students record all of the shows in a studio and Jones mixes them at a different time. After that, Jones posts them to the group’s podcast website. Jones is hoping to have a live show for the group in the future. When Jones was at the University of Oklahoma, he was able to perform live shows for audiences. “The audience really gets a kick out of it and has fun with it,” Jones said. “Live performances are definitely on the list of things to do one day.” Find the podcast at stagestruckaudiotheatre.podomatic.com.
Photo by Joshua Duncan
Students prepare dishes from all over the globe for the annual Interfest celebration. Interfest allows attendees to experience cuisines from different parts of the world, including from Paraguay, the Netherlands, the Middle East and other parts of Asia.
Food festival draws diverse crowd CHANCE SWAIM REPORTER @chanceswaim
Students gathered en masse Tuesday on the lawn between the Rhatigan Student Center and Neff Hall to get a taste of something different. “The food on campus gets boring this time of year,” said Annie Woods, a Wichita State graduate student. “You get tired of rotating between Chik-fil-A and Shocker Hall, and you just want a change of pace.” This spring’s InterFest brought food from 15 countries to Wichita State — the “change of pace” many students had been looking for. “If they had this, like, once a week, I would be much happier,” Woods said. About 500 people, including students, faculty and community members, attended the International Food festival Tuesday at the Neff Hall Courtyard. Food served from tent-shaded tables steamed and sizzled, and music drew students to the courtyard. Foods native to Paraguay, the Netherlands, the Middle East and Asia were served all afternoon, but the doner from Turkey stole the show. “The Turkish students have been the most popular with their doner and have been the star attraction,” said Alan Dsouza, advisor for the International Student Union. Doner is a meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie and served on pita, similar to a sandwich, with vegetables. Each semester ISU organizes the food festival, better known as “Interfest,” to provide a platform for cultural sharing
“You get tired of rotating between Chick-fil-A and Shocker Hall, and you just want a change of pace ... I love the tea. The bobba pop in your mouth when you chew them and it’s just good.” ANNIE WOODS
WSU graduate student
and raise funds for student organizations. “Every Interfest is unique,” Dsouza said. “[This year] the highlight was that an instructor of Spanish, Laia Dietz from Mead (Middle) School, brought 35 students and four adults to the events from the community.” Beyond offering enjoyable food, the student groups did well raising funds, Dsouza said. “Each table raised different levels of funds, ranging from $50 to several hundred for some tables,” Dsouza said. The festival also had a DJ, who played both western pop music and international music. To start the festival, the line to get food was continuous for more than an hour, a constant wave of students filling their plates, exchanging $1 to $3 tickets for food from around the world. Among beverages, thai tea with bobba was most popular. “I love the tea,” said Annie Woods, a graduate student. “The bobba pop in your mouth when you chew them and it’s just good. “I like that the food is cheap and you get to eat something new — something outside of Shocker Hall or RSC and the weather was really nice. It was a really good surprise between classes.”
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Students prepare different foods from all over the world for InterFest on Tuesday. Meals cost between $1 and $3, and funds went toward organizations within the International Student Union.
Designer creating electronic recognition wall for Rhatigan ALEX BULLOCK REPORTER @alexbullock_wsu
Over the years, Wichita State has seen many influential students who have made a difference in the community and beyond since its founding in 1895. The student recognition wall was an essential piece in the student center for many years, but
since the renovation of the Rhatigan Student Center, the wall has been nonexistent. Today, a new and improved student recognition wall is in the works and is scheduled to be active by this fall. “Basically the wall is meant to recognize SGA officials, honors seniors and men and women of the year,” Brian Weins, lead project designer, said.
The new wall will be located near the east entrance of the student center, near the atrium and is going to be a digital display with a touch screen monitor. “Students will be able to look up family members, friends and other people,” Weins said. As of now, the wall is mainly directed toward honoring prominent students at WSU through the years, but Weins and
his team have bigger plans. Eventually, they want every year of the Parnassus — the university yearbook — to be added to the wall. The yearbook was published from 1902 through the mid-1980s, discontinued and published one year in the 1990s before being discontinued again. “We are going through all the old yearbooks and documents to find people and good pictures to
go along with it,” Weins said. Weins said he wants the wall to sit on a platform where new members, awards and other categories can be added and seen by anyone interested. “What’s really cool about it is that a student from 1950 will be able to come to WSU and look themselves up,” Weins said. “They will have a lasting legacy at Wichita State.”
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Sense of mystery lifts ‘Midnight Special’ When it comes to storytelling, I’ve always been a “less is more” kind of COLUMN BY guy. Taking ALEX PERRY the time to fully explain every key plot detail constricts the realm of possibility. Take the “Star Wars” prequels, for instance. One of the countless reasons they’re trash movies is their insistence on connecting their dots to the dots drawn decades prior. We don’t need to know that the Force is actually something in the bloodstream, or that Darth Vader built C-3PO when he was a baby. The audience gains absolutely nothing and loses the sense that the universe is vast and endless. “Midnight Special” is alluring mostly due to its insistence on taking the opposite approach. It does just enough to hint at an enthralling mythos without being overbearing, and the extremely high quality of its performances help sell it. Roy (Michael Shannon) has kidnapped eight-year-old Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), his biological son who was taken from him by a cult that lives on a ranch in Texas. You see, Alton can do all kinds of freaky things, from shooting beams of light out of his eyes to pulling satellites out of the sky, making him an object of worship. Joining Roy and Alton is Lucas (Joel Edgerton), a state trooper and childhood friend of Roy, and Sarah (Kirsten Dunst), Alton’s mother who was banished from the cult years before. Together, the group drives across Texas to escape the
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cult’s lackeys and law enforcement, as well as to get the young boy to a specific place at a specific time to ensure that something happens. If you’re looking for a film that cleanly, explicitly wraps up all its mysteries by the end, look elsewhere. The genius of “Midnight Special” is in its tasteful employment of vagueness. The very nature of Alton’s existence ties into some fairly heady concepts that would be the subjects of lengthy exposition dumped in some other film. Here, all we get is a sentence or two from the words of a child who doesn’t know how to explain what he’s seen. In the end, we still don’t know why this core thing exists or how Alton came to be a part of it.
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‘The Jungle Book’
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This live-action reimagining of the classic story will probably only appeal to people who already like it, but there are a lot of those people.
What’s best is we never will, as “Midnight Special” is a standalone tale that exists purely on its own merits, unlike a certain feature-length “Justice League” trailer that came out recently. Part of the mystery comes from the characters, who rarely take the time to have philosophical discussions about any of this. They’re all rural folks, and whether you think of them as incurious or just reserved, they aren’t interested in talking about it too much. Shannon’s performance as Roy is brilliantly muted, and Edgerton perfectly fits into the role of the slightly more talkative (but mostly uninformed) audience surrogate. Dunst says more with her face than her words, simultaneously wanting to protect her son while knowing
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he may not be fit to inhabit the same world as her. My biggest complaint with “Midnight Special” is that it reaches an exhilarating high point with a few minutes to go, but doesn’t stick the landing. It takes the effort to clearly show us a few things we could have inferred on our own, which I felt was slightly at odds with the non-specific nature of the rest of it. Still, while not perfect, “Midnight Special” is mostly captivating. There are dozens of films I like more than this, but in a way that’s difficult to explain, I’m just sorta glad this one exists.
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Kevin Costner has Ryan Reynolds’s memories in his head and he’s mad about it. Looks like a fairly generic action movie.
Marissa’s Melodies
New albums showcase variety across genres This week was overloaded with many album releases, making it hard to narrow the COLUMN BY choice down to MARISSA the top three. CAMPBELL Across most genres, listeners will be happy to finally have a new Lumineers album, as well as music from Skizzy Mars and Deftones. “Cleopatra” by The Lumineers Released: April 8 Genre: Folk-Rock
After waiting three long years, The Lumineers have finally released an album to follow up the hit self-titled record. The radio single “Ophelia” is enough to make you excited to listen to the rest of the album, as it sounds like a classic track by the trio. The piano-heavy tune will leave you crooning along with singer Wesley Schultz. The banjo-laden title track “Cleopatra” may leave you dancing in your seat, as well. Although listeners may be worried that the band cannot compete with its superb first album, the second record just continues down the same path of greatness for the band. Amongst the 11 tracks is “Gale Song,” which the band wrote for the “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” soundtrack. With the latest album, The Lumineers have announced a summer tour, which all fans will be sure to hit, as you can’t pass up listening to this fantastic music live. Download: “Cleopatra” “Alone Together” by Skizzy Mars Released: April 8 Genre: Rap
With his second studio album, Skizzy Mars created an eclectic hip-hop record as he combines many
musical elements within each song. From using hints of other genres’ styles to jumping in a different time period and stealing an ‘80s pop groove, Mars is all over the place with his new album. “Recognize,” which features JoJo, sounds like a normal rap song until the chorus starts and JoJo belts out her part to the beat of an ‘80s love song. “Crash,” which features Pell, brings a reggae vibe during his chorus part. These two songs immediately show off the diversity within Mars’s album. “Alcoholics” is one of the few songs on the album that sounds like a “normal” hip-hop song, and is reminiscent of Anderson Paak’s “Drugs.” By adding the different elements throughout his album, Mars has created music that will stand out against the rap genre. Download: “Crash” “Gore” by Deftones Released: April 8 Genre: Alternative-Rock
As one of the first bands to bring an alternative style to the rock sound along with screaming as a part of their vocals, the 1988 rock band has released their first album since 2012. Starting the album with squealing reverb in “Prayers / Triangles,” the song starts off a bit quieter and haunting than expected. Eventually, the haunting sound turns into scared, screaming vocals; the Deftones are officially back. One interesting quality about the band is that it has not strayed from their original sound, like a majority of long-term bands eventually do. Its original sound is complete with a percussion-heavy affect (“Rubicon”) and an overall messy instrumental vibe. On top of the intensity from the band comes the sometimes-singing-sometimes-screaming (actual yelling) vocals of lead singer Chino Moreno. Props to the Deftones for sticking to their original sound, but this is also no longer the ‘90s, when bands could get away with making as much noise as possible. Download: “Rubicon”
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WEEKENDPLANNER Your weekend guide to events on and off campus.
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8th Annual Unity Picnic
National Day of Silence
Fairmount Spring Day of Service
Join the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to celebrate the end of the academic year with games, music and free food.
National Day of Silence is a day in which students across the nation take a vow of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of antiLGBT bullying and harassment.
Students looking to give back to the community can participate in the Spring Service Day with the Fairmount Neighborhood Association, Campus Ministry Connect, University United Methodist Church and ODI.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. RSC east patio
For more information, contact ODI at 978-3034 or visit wichita.edu/odi.
WSU Jazz Arts, Guitar Ensemble & Banda Hispanica
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Miller Concert Hall, inside Duerksen Fine Arts Listen to the 19-piece, big band jazz ensembles as they perform a high-level of arrangement of varying styles including swing, Latin and pop. Tickets are $7 and the doors open a half hour before the show. For more information, contact the Fine Arts box office at 978-3233.
9 a.m. to noon Fairmount neighborhood building
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. RSC, north patio
For more information, contact ODI at 978-3034 or visit wichita.edu/odi.
Baseball weekend series vs. Missouri State 6:30 p.m. Eck Stadium
Cheer on the Shockers as they take on the Missouri State Bears at Eck Stadium. The Shockers will play at 2 p.m. Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday. Catch Friday and Sunday’s games on ESPN3 and Saturday’s game on Cox Channel 2022. For ticket information, contact the WSU Ticket Office at 978-FANS.
For more information, contact Jonathan Flesher at jonathan.flesher@wichita.edu.
Screening of “Salam Neighbor” 6 to 8 p.m. Hubbard Hall, 208
This documentary covers the Syrian Civil War that caused millions to move out their country. Tickets are $5 for the general public and admission is free for those with a WSU ID. Money collected for tickets will be donated to refugees. For more information, contact Global Faith in Action’s president, Ana Ribeiro, at anajmribeiro@ gmail.com.
Another interesting tid bit. Beethoven was also a quick change artist. One day, as he
Students experience ‘one day without shoes’ was leaving the room, he said I’ll be Bach in a moment!
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1. Senior Joseph Shepard signs a banner during the Community Service Board’s TOMS “One Day Without Shoes” on Wednesday. For each pair of shoes purchased (up to 100 pairs), a pair was donated through TOMS’s give-back organization. 2. Junior Josh Villa walks across the a created by the Community Service Board to represent what others in different countries experience every day. CSB organized the TOMS “One Day Without Shoes” event for students to participate in activities and pick up shoes they may have ordered in early March. 3. Senior Vivian Pham, left, helps junior Michael Ho, right, put on a TOMS bracelet. Students were invited to participate in activities and prize drawings. 4. Freshman Jill Davenport puts the final touches on a coffee mug during the TOMS “One Day Without Shoes” event.
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SGA delays resolution recommending diversity training for faculty, staff TJ RIGG
REPORTER
@tj_rigg
A resolution recommending mandatory diversity training for Wichita State faculty and staff received its first read Wednesday night during Student Government Association’s meeting. The resolution was tabled for one week after a short debate. It will get a second read, debate and a vote at the meeting April 20. The resolution was delayed in part because some senators said they wanted to do more research about the resolution. “I do believe that our senators are going to go back, they’re going to take this week, they’re going to do more research,
they’re going to get more information, so that next week when we see this resolution presented again, it’s going to be presented even stronger than it was today,” Student Body President Joseph Shepard said. The resolution states SGA calls on the university to implement mandatory diversity programs similar to those at universities such as Brooklyn College and Washington University. According to the resolution, those programs “engage the campus and community and meaningful dialogues,” and use “language, examples, sociocultural contexts and images that reflect human diversity within lectures,” among other items.
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YAK This is a collection of yaks from the Wichita State campus. This is what you think about, talk about and wonder about. Enjoy.
Is there a right way to eat a s’more Looking for a workout partner. I need someone to hold me accountable and show up. PSA: just heard teachers having a conversation about using yik yak My biggest pet peeve is when teachers start looking over your test right when you hand it in and are still in the room...I would rather not be present as you realize how little I understood Stress is eating me alive. Man I need to talk to this girl in the dining hall before semesters over
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The resolution comes after campus issues chairmen Taben Azad conducted a survey with some international students about aspects of campus. “There were several issues they were facing with the professors that I noticed, a lot of integration issues with just the background here on campus,” Azad said. Sixty-four international students took Azad’s survey. Among its findings, the international students say professors don’t understand international students’ accents and “few faculty and staff members are warm and friendly” to international students. After the survey, the diversity
If I get one more e-mail asking me to activate my honors society membership I’m gonna completely delete my e-mail. I don’t care who you are... Maureen is more popular than you. I love roasting my professors on the evaluations There’s nothing more dangerous than a middle schooler with self-confidence. I don’t trust those kids. Isn’t this supposed to be college? Where we are supposed to be adults? Not bullies. Grow up and be secure. I have my own insecurities but I don’t bully others because of that. Today I held the door for some random girl and she shared a beautiful smile. I hope I can see it again some day. And today WSU watered the wall of hesket. Wakes up. Cries. Goes back to sleep. #college I hate doing stuff I don’t want to do
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task force conducted research about international students and issues they face on campus. Based on the research, the resolution was written to implement mandatory diversity training for WSU faculty and staff. “I’m glad they made a point that there are universities that are doing a great job,” Azad said. “I think it’s a great collection of facts and data, and an encouragement of what should happen next on campus.” Before the resolution was tabled, Sen. Hayley Ensz spoke in favor of the resolution. She said she understands how international students can feel overwhelmed in a large place
such as WSU. She spoke about her first few days as a freshman earlier this year. “I just broke down at the beginning of the year because I didn’t know what I was doing,” Ensz said. “Thinking about if I had a serious disability or something coming into college would be extremely difficult, and I really think this resolution is important.” Shepard said diversity is often a hot-button topic, not just at WSU, but across the country. “It’s not just the role of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to spread diversity and inclusion,” he said. “It’s the role of every single individual on this campus.”
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Softball faces shut-out in series opener, drops two games to No. 18 Missouri GRANT COHEN
REPORTER
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To wash the bad taste from their mouths after losing two games to Evansville, Wichita State knew that one, if not two, wins would help forget about their performance over the past weekend. The Shockers were not able to end their losing streak, dropping two games to No. 18 Missouri, losing the first game 11-0, and the second game 9-2. Tiger pitchers forced the Shockers to hit .211 in Columbia, Missouri, on Wednesday while hitting .441 to claim the sweep. The two losses puts WSU’s record at 1-8 versus teams ranked in the top 25 of the RPI, all coming from non conference play. The first game of the doubleheader looked as if WSU was going to be in a tight match with Missouri. Junior Jenni Brooks saved WSU from early trouble in the bottom of the first inning, forcing a strikeout and groundout with runners left on second and third base. Missouri responded with an 11-0 scoring run, hitting .454 on the game. After a two-run home run in the bottom of the second inning, the Tigers scored four more runs off of two singles and a double, giving them a 6-0 lead at the end of the second inning. Two home runs and an RBI double gave Missouri five more runs in the bottom of the third inning, and forced the Shockers into a shutout in
five innings winning 11-0 in Game 1. Wichita State managed five hits in 19 at bats, hitting .263 for the first game. Brooks took her sixth loss of the season in the Shocker’s Game 1 defeat. Game 2 looked like it was going Missouri’s way again, scoring four runs off of three singles in the bottom of the second inning after an RBI single in the first inning. The Tigers jumped out to a 6-0 lead with a solo home run in the bottom of the third inning. Redshirt senior Cacy Williams hit a two-run home run to right field in the top of the fourth inning to cut the deficit 6-2. A home run in the fourth inning and two walks with the bases loaded extended Missouri’s lead and gave the Shocker’s their fourth straight loss 9-2. Williams hit two of the Shocker’s four hits in the second game, hitting .160 as a team in 25 at bats. Junior Katie Malone pitched three innings with one strikeout as she took the loss on Wednesday, putting her overall record at 8-6. WSU (21-18, 7-5) returns home to face Bradley, with a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday starting at noon at Wilkins Stadium. The Shockers are tied with Bradley for third place in the Missouri Valley Conference, while Southern Illinois stands at second with a 7-4 conference record and Drake leads the pack with an 11-0 record in conference play.
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Senior Liz Broyles celebrates a base hit against the University of Oklahoma on March 23 at Wilkins Stadium. The Shockers fell to No. 18 Missouri in two games Wednesday.
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The men’s bowling team celebrates the championship last April. The men and women will compete next week.
Bowling team to compete in Wichita for National Title GRANT COHEN
REPORTER
@gforce4preach
Wichita State Bowling travels all across the United States to compete in matches during the regular season. The Shockers have won three of their 20 national titles in Wichita. For the second straight year, Wichita State competes for a national championship in their hometown; the 2016 Intercollegiate Team Championships will be held at Northrock Lanes April 18-23. “We have a very good community that has been around this program for years,” head coach Gordon Vadakin said. “It’s a very savvy bowling community, [the fans] get it and they understand it.” When tournaments are held in Kansas, Wichita State tends to do very well. The women’s team finished first in the opening tournament at Northrock Lanes, and the men finished in second. Both teams finished third Jayhawk Collegiate Classic held in
Lawrence. The Shockers have won three out of their 20 National Championships when the event was hosted in Wichita – they also won three titles in Rockford, Illinois. The men’s team was victors in Wichita in both in 2008 and 2015, while the women’s team won the 2007 title at Northrock Lanes. Students and fans will not be the only ones in attendance for this year’s events. Wichita State Bowling alumni from previous national championship teams will be in attendance to be recognized as well as cheer on this year’s teams. “We have over 100 alumni coming next week,” Freshman Brandon Biondo said. “That adds a little bit of pressure because [alumni] who have won are going to be watching.” Though they’ve had the luxury of competing there in back-to-back years, WSU rarely has the luxury of competing for a National title in an environment close to home. Vadakin said that the environment next week is
going to be completely different than what his teams have faced in past events. The men have the chance to defend their national title, and the women look to capture their first since 2009, for the final time in front of their hometown – the tournament will be in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, next season. “We are just another team when we go somewhere else. That’s the normal scenario,” Vadakin said. Regardless of where the National Championship is, nor how many titles the program holds, Wichita State understands that they still have to come out and compete at the highest level. “We don’t just automatically win this thing,” Vadakin said. “This thing is way harder than everybody imagines. We get everybody’s best shot and we know that.” The singles championships begin on Tuesday, first round of team championships begin on April 21 at Northrock Lanes.
Championships per location
Wichita – 3 (2007, 2008, 2015) Rockford, Illinois – 3 (2005, 2009 [2]) Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 2 (1978, 1980) Carson City, Nevada – 2 (1994 [2]) Houston, Texas – 1
El Paso, Texas – 1
Tulsa, Oklahoma – 1
Madison, Wisconsin – 1
Knoxville, Tennensee – 1
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Indianapolis, Indiana – 1
Omaha, Nebraska – 1 San Antonio, Texas – 1 Dayton, Ohio – 1
Portland, Oregon – 1 Infographic by Madeline Deabler
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Sooners rack up 15 runs against freshmen pitching unit NICK BEACH
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Freshman Connor Lungwitz retired the first two batters in Oklahoma’s lineup in Tuesday’s one-game series with the Sooners. Lungwitz would not close out the inning unscathed. Oklahoma junior Austin O’Brien doubled into center field scoring a runner from second base. Runners advanced to third, while O’Brien stood to second before being batted in by Oklahoma left fielder Hunter Haley – the Sooners put up three runs in the first in route to a 15-7 OU victory. Lungwitz recorded his first loss of the season after throwing two innings; he allowed five runs while on the mound. Freshman pitcher Robby Evans relieved Lungwitz in the third inning. Evans allowed six runs on three hits through two-thirds of an inning. Oklahoma added eight runs in the third inning, breaking double-digits in three innings. Eight WSU pitchers took the mound in the loss, none pitched for more than two complete innings. Lungwitz pitched a
game-high 52 pitches. Wichita State had two fielding errors in the third inning, in addition to another in the second, creating a scoring outlet for OU. Haley doubled into left field, scoring O’Brien at the top of the rotation in the third inning to start the scoring run. Haley scored two batters later after a fielder’s choice RBI, and two fielding errors kept the Sooners on base throughout the remainder of the inning as they posted three more runs from Haley and O’Brien again, Oklahoma cycled through their batting rotation for the second time in the inning. Oklahoma added three more in the fourth inning, with a homerun to center field by designated hitter Cody Thomas. At the bottom of the fifth inning, Wichita State entered the batter’s box trailing 14-0. WSU redshirt freshman Jordan Boyer tripled into left center field putting the Shockers in the box score for the first time through six innings. Boyer had three hits in four at-bats, scoring two runs with his triple in the fifth inning.
Boyer tagged home plate after sophomore second baseman Keenan Eaton singled through the second base-gap. The hitting-streak continued with freshman Alec Bohm doubling into left field, scoring two batters and freshman Luke Ritter following with a single into left field. Ritter singled into left field to add two more RBIs closing out the fifth inning with six Shocker runs. A wild pitch allowed Ritter to score in the eighth inning for the Shocker’s seventh run, but it wasn’t enough to rally back the double-digit deficit. The Shockers continue Missouri Valley conference play with a three-game home series hosting Missouri State at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Eck Stadium.
UPCOMING GAMES AT ECK STADIUM: Missouri State at 6:30 p.m. Friday Missouri State at 2 p.m. Saturday Missouri State at 1 p.m. Sunday
Photo by Jessica Green
Freshman Connor Lungwitz throws out a pitch during Tuesday’s game against University of Oklahoma. Lungwitz pitched through two and one-third innings.
Shockers celebrate ‘Salute to Service’
Photos by Jessica Green (TOP) Sr. Airman Michael Fleming sits
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with his K-9 Unit companion “Djule” during Tuesday’s baseball game againt University of Oklahoma. Fleming and “Djule” attended as part of the Salute To Service night. (LEFT) As part of the Salute To Service night on Tuesday, military personnel were honored when they presented the colors before the baseball game against University of Oklahoma. (RIGHT) Sr. Airman Charles Johnson sits with his K-9 Unit companion “Jimmy” on Tuesday.