PEORIA, Ill. - Wichita State pitchers Brian Flynn and Josh Smith combined to hold host Bradley (22-30, 4-17 MVC) to one run in 18 innings as the Shockers (36-24, 14-7 MVC) completed the sweep of the season's final series by taking both games of a Friday doubleheader at O'Brien Field.  Wichita State followed a 5-1 victory in the opener with a 1-0 victory in the nightcap.

The Shockers move ahead of league-leading Creighton in The Valley win column and need the Bluejays to drop at least one of their two remaining games versus third-place Missouri State to claim at least a share of the MVC regular-season title and the No. 1 seed for next week's State Farm MVC Tournament.  Bradley will be the tourney's No. 8 seed and will play the top seed in Tuesday's first round at the new TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha.  The tournament pairings and game times will not be announced until the conclusion of play Saturday for the league's other six teams.

After Flynn (5-4) held the Braves to one run on five hits in Friday's 5-1 Wichita State win to open the doubleheader, Smith blanked Bradley on five hits for a 1-0 victory.  The nightcap victory was just the third 1-0 game in O'Brien Field history.  Collin Walker beat Wichita State ace and future big leaguer Mike Pelfrey in 2003 and Rob Scahill earned a 1-0 win against Southern Illinois in 2009.

Bradley got a pair of impressive pitching performances as well Friday.  After reliever Nick Gross kept Bradley in the game in the opener by shutting down the Shockers for no runs on two hits in the final 5.0 innings, sophomore right-hander John Nasshan (3-7) suffered the tough-luck loss in the night cap.  Nasshan allowed Wichita State's lone run on two singles and a sacrifice fly in the first inning, then did not give up another hit before coming out of the game with one out in the ninth inning.  Justin Ziegler worked around an error to get the final two outs in the ninth.

The Shockers touched first-game starter Tory Doerr (2-4) for five runs on eight hits in the first four innings to build an early lead.  The Braves got their only run of the day in the bottom of the fourth when third baseman Rob Elliott reached on a bunt single and took second on Flynn's throwing error on the play, then scored on a Mike Tauchman single.