CLEARWATER, Fla. – Sophomore Ross Cadena went 3-for-5 and drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth, while freshman Brady Slavens belted a three-run homer in the top of the ninth to help the Wichita State University baseball team upend top-seeded and No. 8-ranked ECU, 6-2, in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship presented by Air Force Reserve Tuesday, May 21, at Spectrum Field.
Wichita State (27-29) advances in the winners' bracket of the championship and will take on fourth-seeded UConn Thursday, May 23, at 2 p.