WICHITA, Kan. – homered for the first of three times in the first inning and No. 4 seed Wichita State never looked back in a 13-0 rout of No. 9 UTSA in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference Championship Wednesday night at Wilkins Stadium.
Wichita State (26-21) advances to Thursday's second round where they will face No. 5 seed Tulsa at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN+.
The Shockers homered four times, three of those belonging to Barnard, in front of their home crowd. Wichita State finished the night with 10 hits, seven of those being extra base hits.