Drake Invitational Draw

WICHITA, Kan. - The Wichita State women's tennis team will kick off the fall season at the Drake Invitational at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center in Des Moines, Iowa on Sept. 16-18.

Tournament play begins on Friday at 10 a.m. with two rounds of doubles and one round of singles play. Competition continues on Saturday with two rounds of singles and one of doubles. The final rounds of singles and doubles will be played on Sunday, beginning at 9 a.m.

The eight-time defending Missouri Valley Conference champions are part of a nine-team field that also includes: Creighton, Drake, Iowa State, North Dakota, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, South Dakota and Upper Iowa.

Head coach Colin Foster prepares to enter his eighth season, and returns the 2016 MVC Player of the Year Gabriela Porubin and two-time all-conference Giulia Guidetti, as well as the 2016 Valley individual champion (#3 singles) Thanaporn Thongsing and senior Whitley Quan. Freshmen Ting-Ya Hsu and Marija Mastilovic will make their Shocker debuts at the Invitational.

The Shockers last competed in the Drake Invitational in 2012.

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UPDATE 9-17: Whitley Quan will not be competing at the Invitational.