Category: Shocker Athletics

Shocker women’s basketball opens its season at home against Lincoln at 6 p.m. tonight, Nov. 3, and the first 100 students to attend will receive free pizza outside the student section in sections 116 and 117. Student tickets for the game are available at no additional cost by presenting your Shocker ID at the Shocker Athletics Ticket Office when doors open at 5 p.m.

Student tickets for Wichita State men’s basketball games are now available to claim from your mobile device using your myWSU ID student log-in. Claim your free student ticket for tomorrow night’s home-opening game against UNC-Asheville at goshockers.com/StudentTickets. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at Charles Koch Arena, and the first 500 students will receive this year’s official student section T-shirt at no cost.

Up to two guest tickets are also available for students to purchase for $15 each.

The only physical location students may pick up printed tickets is the Shocker Athletics Ticket Office inside Charles Koch Arena, however, students are highly encouraged to claim mobile tickets for greater convenience and to avoid box office lines on game days.

Visit the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes on men’s basketball home game days for a gameday special. All day those days, enjoy $1 off burger, sandwich and wrap combos.

Join Shocker volleyball as it hosts Hometown Heroes weekend, recognizing all local military, police, fire, EMS and health care workers. First serve against the ECU Pirates is at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7 in Charles Koch Arena. Students can claim a ticket at no additional charge with their Shocker ID, thanks to the Student Government Association.

Student tickets for Wichita State men’s basketball games are going mobile. More information will be announced later this week. The first men’s basketball game is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4 here on campus in Charles Koch Arena versus UNC-Asheville.

Join Student Government Association, Shocker Athletics and Housing and Residence Life for Project 1104. Organizers want to get 1,104 Shockers at the home opener of the men’s basketball season against UNC Asheville at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4 and are hosting a pre-game tailgate at 4:30 p.m. at the Shocker Hall Courtyard for food, games and a DJ. Free shirts will be available for the first 500 people in the student section at Charles Koch Arena.

Wichita State’s Xin Tong Wang and Giorgia Roselli won the 2025 American Conference Doubles Championship Oct. 26 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

The top-seeded and 31st-ranked Shockers dispatched Charlotte’s third-seeded Ni Xi and Sara Suchankova in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, to win the doubles title. With the win, the Shockers have earned the right to represent the American Conference in doubles at the 2025 ITA Conference Masters Championship, Nov. 7-9 at Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.

Additionally, Roselli was women’s singles runner-up, and Shocker men’s tennis player Alejandro Jacome made it to the men’s singles semifinals after defeating the second and tenth seeded players in the tournament and to the men’s doubles semifinals with Ilias Worthington.

Wichita State defeated seven top-20 ranked teams and rattled off eight consecutive wins on its way to a runner-up finish at Destination Orlando, the first regular season tournament of the season.

Aleesha Oden (230.8 average) and Sara Duque Jiménez (220.2) snagged spots on the All-Tournament team to lead Wichita State individually. Morgan Kline (195.0), Kendall Bollea (172.4) and Paige Wagner (172.2) rounded out the regular lineup for Holly Harris and the Shockers.

The Shockers fell, 4-1, to #1-ranked Jacksonville State in the best-of-seven final, capping off an undefeated weekend for the Gamecocks who went 11-0 in the Baker and traditional matches. Wichita State will carry an 11-2 record into next weekend’s Track Kat Klash at Emerald Bowl in Houston, beginning Friday, Oct. 31.

It’s the Shocker volleyball Monster Match against North Texas at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26. The first 150 kids at the game receive a “Fear the Wheat” trick or treat canvas bag. All Shocker volleyball campers, youth, club and high school volleyball teams can RSVP by Oct. 24 to receive free admission to the match. Contact jfox@goshockers.com to learn more about how to RSVP your team. Stick around after the match for post-match trick or treating on the concourse with the Shocker volleyball team.

Kate Tilma and Mackenzie Wilson both earned top 10 finishes to lead Shocker women’s golf to a third-place finish in the Powercat Invitational Oct. 21 at Colbert Hills Golf Club.

Wichita State recorded rounds of 303, 303 and 319 for a total score of 925, 61 strokes over par. Host Kansas State cruised to the team title, finishing 27 strokes ahead of second-place Cincinnati.

Wichita State was topped only by Power Four opponents — the Wildcats and Bearcats — on its way to a fourth top-five team finish of the fall season. The four top-five finishes match the most for the Shockers in a single fall season since joining the American Conference in 2017-18. It’s also the most top-five finishes in any season since 2017-18, when they recorded seven total.