Tulsa Welcomes the Shockers fo the AAC Home Season Finale
4/29/2021 11:45:00 AM | Softball
SERIES #9 - (RV) Wichita State Shockers
GAME NOTES
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (21-10, 12-3) vs. (RV) Wichita State Shockers (34-9-1, 15-4-1)
Date: Friday-Sunday | April 30- May 2
Time:5:00 PM Friday - April 30
       2:00 PM & 4:00 PM - Saturday - May 1
     12:00 PM - Sunday - May 2
Site: Collins Family Softball Complex - Tulsa, Okla.
TV: ESPN+Â Â
A LOOK AHEAD - WICHITA STATEÂ
• The Hurricane will continue conference play this weekend welcoming the (RV) Wichita State Shockers to the Collins Family Softball Complex ... the series against the Shockers will be April 30-May 2 for a 4-game series.
• Tulsa will take on the Shockers Friday, April 30 at 5:00 p.m ... Saturday, May 1 at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ... the series finale will take place on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
• The Shockers enter the series with a 34-9-1 record overall on the season and 15-4-1 in conference play ... WSU opened conference play by going 3-1 against ECU at home, since then the Shockers have gone 12-3-1 in conference play.
• WSU is led in the circle by Bailey Lange and Caitlin Bingham who have combined for 34 starts with a 28-7 record ... from the plate Sydney McKinney leads the Shockers with a .439 batting average, 69 hits and 25 RBIs.Â
SERIES STATS AGAINST THE SHOCKERS
• This is the 54th meeting between the Hurricane and Shockers ... Wichita State holds a 27-26 advantage all-time against Tulsa.
• Tulsa has won at home holding a 16-12 record at the Collins Family Sports Complex ... TU has won 2-of-3 games at home since joining the American Athletic Conference.Â
• The last time the Hurricane faced the Shockers in Tulsa was 2019 as the Hurricane took the series 2-1, winning the series finale 3-1.Â
8 IN A ROW
• Tulsa has swept the last two weekends against American Athletic Conference foes Memphis and East Carolina ... TU won 4 games at home against the Tigers, while taking 4 on the road against the Pirates.
 • The Hurricane has used strong pitching and hitting to go on the streak ... facing Memphis, the pitching staff recorded a 0.81 ERA, allowing only 3 earned runs ... at ECU, the Hurricane threw a 0.50 ERA allowing only 2 runs.
• From the plate the Hurricane hit .276 against the Pirates scoring 22 runs during the weekend ... at home against Memphis, TU hit .336 with 34 runs.
NORWOOD AND DELCE CONTINUE THE STREAK
• For the 6th week in a row, the Hurricane received conference recognition, as Chenise Delce and Kylie Norwood were named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll.
 • Norwood was dominant at the plate going 7-15 while driving in 2 runs ... recorded a .933 slugging percentage and a .529 on base percentage during the series.Â
• In the third game of the series against ECU, the second baseman went 5-5, including a double and home run..
• Delce drew two starts during the weekend, starting on the rubber for both the series opener and finale ... pitched a total of 14 innings, allowing just 2 runs on 5 hits ... struck out 17 Pirate batters, picking up 2 wins, moving her record to 6-5 on the season
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TULSA TIDBITS
• So far this season, Tulsa is 4-3 against the top-half of the AAC with a 3-1 mark over the then-ranked 22nd UCF Knights at home and 1-2 at USF.
• Tulsa's 8-game winning streak is the longest for the Hurricane since an 8-game wining streak in the 2019 season early in the year … the longest streak before that was 11 wins in the 2017 campaign.
• Tulsa's longest winning streak in American Athletic Conference games is 10 games, coming in the 2017 season with wins over Houston (3), UConn (3), ECU (3) and UCF (1) … Tulsa's current streak of 8 AAC wins is the most since then.
• In its 12 AAC wins this year, the Hurricane has outscored its 4 league opponents by a total of 80-20, an average of 6.7 runs for Tulsa to 1.7 runs for the opposition.
• The Hurricane is hitting .305 (103-338) in its 12 AAC wins this year and just .181 (15-83) in the 3 losses.
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