What you missed over the weekend – The Sunflower

athletics
The track and field team traveled 4.8 miles away over the weekend to compete in the Friends Invitational at Friends University. Freshman Josh Parrish posted the fifth-longest mark in the NCAA in the long jump and qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries.

Parrish jumped 7.94 m/26 feet 0.5 inches to win the long jump. This allowed him to maintain the conference lead and post the third-best mark in the history of the Wichita State program.

Junior Chidera Okoro won the women's long jump with an outdoor personal best of 5.93 m/19'5.5 inches.

The women's team broke the Wichita State record in the 4×800-meter relay as junior Jenna Muma, redshirt sophomore Lea Jerkovic, junior Audrey Parson and junior Farrah Miller completed the race in 9:02.62 .

While the team was wrapping up in Wichita, junior Brady Palen competed in the Arkansas Spring Invitational on Saturday afternoon and managed a 2.20m/7'2.5″ high jump, which placed him No. 1 in the American Athletic Conference and No. 4 in the American Athletic Conference brought the NCAA.

Sophomore Mattelyn Swartz and junior Marissa Jensen placed third and fourth in the Arkansas women's high jump.

baseball
Baseball traveled to South Florida over the weekend where the Shockers couldn't get much going and lost the series 3-0. In the series opener, Wichita State lost 7-3.

The Shockers had 16 hits compared to the Bulls' six and trailed 3-2 in the seventh inning. South Florida responded with three runs that extended the lead to 6-2.

Wichita State got its final run in the eighth when senior Dayvin Johnson hit a double and freshman Kam Durnin scored, making it a three-run game, 6-3.

Senior Caden Favors gave up 13 hits and six runs in six innings, striking out seven and allowing one walk.

In their second game, the Shockers scored four runs in the ninth inning but were ultimately unable to defeat South Florida, 8-7.

Wichita State entered the final inning trailing 8-3, but a single from junior Mauricio Millan and a double from redshirt junior Ryan Callahan set them up for success when senior Seth Stroh gave them a single to right allowed to cross the plate 8:5.

Freshman Lane Haworth hit his first career home run on an error when a fly ball bounced off an outfielder's glove and flew over the fence. However, it wasn't enough for the Shockers to gain momentum late in the game.

In the final game of the series, Wichita State led for most of the game, but South Florida came back in the ninth to win 3-2 in extra innings.

The Shockers' only point gain came with two runs at the start of the fifth. Durnin ended the scoreless game with an RBI double that allowed redshirt junior Jordan Rogers to score. Later in the inning, freshman Camden Johnson's single allowed Durnin to hit a home run for a 2-0 lead.

The Bulls managed to tie the game in the ninth inning with a walk, single and double. Freshman pitcher Tommy LaPour struck out seven in five innings but allowed seven hits and three walks.

Women's tennis
Women's tennis faced Tulsa and the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC) in a doubleheader on Monday. The Shockers lost to Tulsa 4-1, but came back to beat UMKC 4-0.

Against Tulsa, the Shockers came close in doubles, but the Golden Hurricanes came out first and second and took the doubles points.

In the singles, newcomer Xin Tong Wang won her match in two sets in second place. Redshirt senior Natsumi Kurahashi lost her second-place match, giving Tulsa the lead. Freshman Giorgia Roselli would be the next Shocker to fall, losing in three sets.

Tulsa's win over fourth-seeded sophomore Kristina Kudryavtseva sealed the win.

Two hours later, Wichita State came back to sweep UMKC.

The Shockers easily took the double point. Wang and Kurahashi won 6-0 at second court, and graduate student Jessica Anzo and Kudryavtseva won 6-3 at first court.

Anzo won the individual, starting in fifth place. Junior Anne Knüttel extended the lead with a win to fourth place.

Wang delivered the final point for Wichita State with a win on court, 6-4, 6-3.

The women's tennis players will travel to Lawrence to take on the University of Kansas on Friday, April 12 at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The game is scheduled to start at 10 a.m