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After collapsing in the ninth inning on Tuesday night, their might be a feeling of dread and despair in the Shockers dugout. But only one game back of Creighton in the Missouri Valley Conference standings, the Shockers (30-23) hit the field against Indiana State (24-22) in the first of a three game series. Charlie Lowell gets the start for Wichita State going against Colin Rea of the Sycamores. Lowell is sporting a 2.89 ERA coming into tonight on nine wins. WSU leads the overall series with ISU, 88-36.

Wichita State University's Counseling and Testing Center is offering a workshop to help high school students prepare for the ACT. The workshop is from eight o'clock to noon on Saturday, Jan. 29, at Wichita State University. The workshop will present general test-taking tips and practice questions for the English, reading, math and science test sections. The cost for the workshop is $28, and registration can be done online at www.registerblast.com/wsu . The next national test date for the ACT is Saturday, Feb. 12. Students need to bring a pencil and a calculator to the workshop.

Kansas baseball scored 11 runs on a season high 18 hits, including three each by freshman Ka’iana Eldredge and senior Casey Lytle as the Jayhawks unloaded on Wichita State, 11-2, to sweep the two-game midweek series Wednesday night at Eck Stadium.   The Jayhawks improve to 22-24 overall, while the Shockers fall to 28-21. The nine-run margin of victory was the biggest by KU in a game against Wichita State since a 10-1 Kansas win on April 7, 1988.   Kansas scored early and often in a game that was never really in doubt.

Cure Management for Bonded Composite Repair   Bob Minaie, Ph.D. Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Wichita State University   Bonded composite repair, consisting of a polymer composite patch bonded to a damaged part with an adhesive, is widely used to repair aerospace components. In current repair practice, any repair with cure temperature variation outside a very narrow band must be reworked and sometimes rejected even though the repaired part might be acceptable for service.

Tuesday was a somber day on the campus of Wichita State University. It was 42 years ago that a plane crash in Colorado killed 31 members of the Shocker football program. Each year on October 2nd, current students and faculty gather with surviving team members to honor those who were lost. Ray Burford, says after all these years, the day still brings a mix of emotions, "It brings on the subtle things that are always with us...the memories the fun the laughter the hardship the heartbreak that were involved in it so it's just a good time to remember and make acquaintances and renew old friendships".

Tekele Cotton, a 6'3" guard from Atlanta, gave an oral commitment to Wichita State, Thursday.  Cotton averaged 15 points, seven rebounds and four assists for Whitefield Academy. He picked WSU over Middle Tennessee State, Northeastern and Morehead State.

Using a big charge in the second half, Wichita State pulled past Tulsa for a 77-67 win in Tulsa. Toure Murry led WSU with 17 points and Garrett Stutz followed with 15 and seven rebounds. Tulsa's Scottie Haralson led all scorers with 18 points. The Shockers (6-2) led 4-0 before trading baskets with the Golden Hurricane all night. Tulsa led by as many as seven nearing halftime before Ben Smith hit a 3-point shot going into the locker rooms to trail 41-37 at the break. WSU climbed back from a 51-43 deficit early to tie the game at 54-54.

Wichita State University has cancelled all classes on Wednesday for a second day in a row. Wichita Public Schools have also cancelled classes due to the winter weather. Non-attendance centers will be open. A decision on the status of classes for Thursday will be made later. You can get an update list of closings and delays by clicking on the link on the left side of this story.

Toure Murry's 13 points led a balanced Wichita State effort as the Shockers defeated Nicholls State 68-50 Friday night. J.T. Durley had 12 points, Graham Hatch 11 and Aaron Ellis 10 for Wichita State (6-2). Nicholls State (4-3) was led by Anatoly Bose's 26 points, 19 of which came in the second half. Bose hit three 3-pointers in the first two minutes of the second half, a personal 9-2 run for the Colonels that made the score 36-28 Wichita State. A David Kyles slam highlighted an 8-2 run that pushed the Shockers' lead to 44-32.

The first round of the NCAA Baton Rouge Men's Golf Regional came to a close Thursday with Wichita State well within striking distance of qualifying for the NCAA Championship. The Shockers reside in ninth place but are only four strokes back of fourth. The top five teams from the regional advance. Hunter Sparks led the charge for WSU. The senior carded an even-par at the 7,436-yard, par-72 University Club of Baton Rouge. That mark tied him for sixth place and just two strokes behind the leaders.

After holding Oklahoma State scoreless for six innings, Wichita State Baseball dropped a 7-2 final to the 16 th ranked Cowboys. The Shockers record stands at 31-25 (17-14 at home), while the Cowboys improved to 37-13 on the year. Despite tossing six scoreless frames, Kris Gardner took the loss. He falls to 2-6 on the season. He allowed just two runs, one earned, with three hits, three walks, and three strikeouts. The sophomore also hit a batter. Kenton Bevacqua improved his record to 2-2.  The senior tossed 6.1 innings allowing just one run on six hits.

I'll get to call Creighton a few more times at the Missouri Valley Tournament next week, but I'm not guaranteed a Blue Jays-Shockers matchup like I had twice over the weekend. It got me to thinking how much I'll miss the Jays and not just their competitiveness, but their people too. I've always enjoyed their administrators, coaches and athletes. In many ways Creighton and Wichita State had become each other's measuring sticks, both bringing out the best in the other as rivals should do. I think Shocker fans are going to miss the school they loved to hate.

The Wichita Thunder has won ten straight games - the last team to beat them? Allen, Texas. The undeniably best teams in the Central Hockey League open their best of seven championship series tonight in Texas---the Thunder are coming off back to back sweeps in the playoffs and haven't played for a week. Allen won a hard fought seven game set with Missouri at the end of last week. We'll find out whether the break's been good for the Thunder, or allowed some rust to form. I think Wichita splits two in Texas and wins the series in six games.

Former Wichita State forward Jake White has found a new home at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.  White announced his decision to transfer not long after Wichita State concluded its run in the 2013 NCAA tournament. Here is the official release from the University of Nebraska-Omaha:   Former Wichita State forward Jake White will transfer into the Omaha men's basketball program in 2013-14, head coach Derrin Hansen announced Monday.   White is a 6-8, 230-pound forward who played two seasons at WSU after a decorated career at Chaska High School.

Can't quite recall how many times Billy Horschel had to wait to win his first PGA Tour event but it was worth it in the end. Since graduating the University of Florida in 2009 and battling between the Web.com Tour and PGA, Horschel broke the tape in New Orleans for his first win on Tour. If you have a chance to see the final round on KWCH 12, it was something. Weather delays halted the progress and Horschel had to fend off D.A. Points for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. There has been a lot of talk about Horschel since graduating and coming out on Tour.

Wichita police say a former Final Four Wichita State men's basketball player is under investigation for rape.  The player is no longer on the team because he's out of eligibility. Police aren't releasing the name, but say the investigation involves allegations from a 20-year-old female, who is not a student.  Police say the investigation stems from an incident at a teammate's home over the weekend. "It appears that there was some sort of get together over at this residence and during that time frame, late Saturday/early Sunday, is when it was reported that it happened," said Lt. Doug Nolte with the Wichita Police.

Is there such a thing as a "Happy Tax Day"? Down under Master--- Adam Scott, belly putter and all, wins the Master's in a playoff against Angel Cabrera who, I swear, only plays well in majors. Tiger Woods finishes fourth, four shots off the lead and is left to wonder 'what if?' Remember, Woods was assessed a two stroke penalty on Friday after a series of events that started with him hitting the flagpole on 15 and bouncing into the water. Who's to say what happens if that shot doesn't get the bad bounce and he makes birdie instead of triple bogey.