Alex Aguilar is the calmest of the calm on a Wichita State pitching staff that wins with composure, trust, and a goofy spirit.
She is also the leader in superstitions.
"Every superstition in the book," lefty Alison Cooper said.
Aguilar, a freshman with a conference-leading 1.40 earned run average, believes in her ponytail, her rosin bag, a specific bullpen routine before games and a personal bullpen catcher.
"People might think that when I touch my cleats it's a superstition," she said. "But it's not. I just have a blister."
Aguilar's superstitions and her rise as one of the American Athletic Conference's top pitchers is one of many driving forces in the success of No.