WICHITA - While sleet and ice coated the ground outside, the Wichita State women's tennis team kept the courts warm at Genesis Health Club, and defeated Louisville, 4-0, in the process.

Louisville made the first move, winning the No. 3 doubles match when UL's Amelia Harris and Sarah Miller knocked off WSU's Florentina Hanisch and Torrie Browning, 8-4, but the Shockers rallied back. Lenore Lazaroiu and Lutfiana Budiharto dismissed UL's Lauren Imre and Natalia Baez by an 8-4 decision to win the No. 2 match, and Anna Egorova and Stephanie Dalmacio overcame an early deficit to defeat UL's Lindsey Jones and Jo-Ann Van Aerde, 8-6, to secure the doubles point for the Shockers.

Anna Egorova picked up the Shockers' first singles win with a 6-1, 6-1 straight-set victory over Louisville's Lindsey Jones in the No. 1 singles match. Lenore Lazaroiu followed with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Amelia Harris in the No. 6 match, while Torrie Browning secured the win for the Shockers with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Natalia Baez in the No. 4 match. Due to time constraints, the final three matches were left unfinished.

The Shockers are back in action Saturday when they host Nevada in the second day of the Via Christi Collegiate Classic. Saturday's match will begin at 4 p.m. and will be played at Genesis Health Club's Rock Road location. At 3:30, Wichita State will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the program's first Missouri Valley Conference championship team. Members of the 1959 WSU tennis team will be present, and food will be served in their honor.