The concepts of "momentum" and "setting the tone" are difficult to quantify and might not mean much when applied to a single-elimination softball tournament.
Wichita State will not listen to that reasoning. The Shockers own good reasons for believing they can win the American Athletic Conference Championship this week in Houston. If momentum is real, the Shockers are all in after their performance in the final two weekend series.
"I believe they exist," centerfielder Wylie Glover said. "We know how to do it and we know we can win."
Wichita State (31-24) is the fourth seed and plays fifth-seeded UCF (34-20) on Thursday (12:30 p.