Denton, Texas - The Wichita State Shockers (3-2, 1-0) defeated the No. 62 North Texas Mean Green (1-3), 5-2 Friday afternoon at the Waranach Tennis Complex.

"Delia and Carla continue to play very solid doubles," head coach Colin Foster said.  "Our other two teams have showed signs of good doubles but haven't maintained the focus and decision-making we'd like to see.  We challenged them to improve on those things in the singles and we did across the board."

WSU lost the doubles point after Zotter/Budiharto lost a tough #2 match 8-5 to Amy Joubert and Paula Dinuta.  Freshman Montse Blasco Fernandez clinched the match for the Shockers with her defeat of Carolina Barboza, 6-1, 6-2.

"This was a very good team victory and we'll look to continue improving during our next opportunity to compete on Sunday," Foster said.

Next action for the Shockers will be this Sunday afternoon when the Oklahoma State Cowgirls travel to Wichita.  The match will be played at Wichita Country Club and will start at 4 p.m.

Wichita State 5 No. 62 North Texas 2

Singles

1.  No. 118 Lutfiana Budiharto (WSU) defeated Paula Dinuta (NT), 6-3, 6-0

2.  Raphaela Zotter (WSU) defeated Irina Paraschiv (NT), 7-6, 2-6, 10-5

3.  Barbora Vykydalova (NT) defeated Delia Damaschin (WSU) 6-7, 6-3, 10-4

4.  Veronika Blaskova (WSU) defeated Amy Joubert (NT), 6-2, 6-2

5.  Carla Venticinque (WSU) defeated Isabel Bos (NT), 6-0, 6-3

6.  Blasco Fernandez (WSU) defeated Carolina Barboza (NT), 6-1, 6-2

Doubles

1. Paraschiv/Vykydalova (NT) defeated Blasco Fernandez/Blaskova (WSU), 8-5

2. Joubert/Dinuta (NT) defeated No. 67 Zotter /Budiharto (WSU), 8-5

3. Damaschin/Venticinque (WSU) defeated Bos/Barboza (NT), 8-1

Order of finish: Doubles: (321*) Singles (1546*32)