Tulsa, Okla. - The Wichita State Shockers (4-3) were defeated by the No. 27 Tulsa Golden Hurricane (9-3), 6-1 in a match played at the Case Tennis Center on the campus of Tulsa University.

David Cavalcanti and Matheus Pereira defeated the No. 53 ranked doubles duo of Grant Ive and Alastair Barnes, 9-8 to take one of the doubles matches for WSU.

In singles, the Shockers battled but fell short in five of the matches against the highly ranked Golden Hurricane team.  Guillermo Nicol won a tough, three-set match against Barnes of Tulsa, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.  Cavalcanti lost a hard fought three-set match to No. 117 Japie De Klerk, 6-4, 3-6, 11-9 in the No. 3 match.

Next action for the Shockers will be Saturday, March 5 when they host Cowley County at 10 a.m. and Bethany College at 2 p.m.  Both matches will be played at Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex on the Wichita State campus.

No. 27 Tulsa Golden Hurricane 6 Wichita State Shockers 1

Doubles
1. #22 Ashley Watling/Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Vlad Marinescu/Valentin Mihai (WSU) 8-2
2. Matheus Paula Pereira/David Cavalcanti (WSU) def. #53 Grant Ive/Alastair Barnes (TLS) 9-8
3. Rusty Turpin/Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. Adrian Chermaci/Guillermo Nicol (WSU) 8-6

Singles
1. #117 Ashley Watling (TLS) def. Vlad Marinescu (WSU) 6-0, 6-4
2. #97 Clifford Marsland (TLS) def. Matheus Pereira (WSU) 6-3, 6-1
3. #117 Japie De Klerk (TLS) def. David Cavalcanti (WSU) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (11-9)
4. Grant Ive (TLS) def. Valentin Mihai (WSU) 6-1, 6-4
5. Guillermo Nicol (WSU) def. Alastair Barnes (TLS) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
6. Tristan Jackson (TLS) def. Adrian Chermaci (WSU) 6-2, 6-2

Match Notes:
Wichita State 4-3
Tulsa 9-3; National ranking #27
Order of finish: Doubles (13*2); Singles (214*635)