Houston, Texas - The Wichita State Shockers (7-8) closed their weekend trip to Houston with a 5-2 defeat of the Tulane Green Wave (8-9) on Saturday afternoon.

Wichita State won the No. 2 and No.3 doubles matches to clinch the doubles point.

 "It can be difficult to play with confidence when it's been a few weeks since our last win," head coach Colin Foster said.  "The pressure was on us today to beat a team we feel we are stronger than.  We competed hard and even though we didn't play great, confident tennis throughout the day, we ended the day looking strong across the board."

In singles play the Shockers picked up four wins on their way to picking up the victory over the Green Wave.

"We've got some things to work on but there were a lot of positives to build on from today," Foster said.  "Montse and Lutfi both went 2-0 in singles this weekend for us.  Lutfi continues to carry herself and compete like a professional and Montse played some of her best tennis yet."

The Shockers will next be in action when they travel to Reno, Nevada to face the Nevada University.

Wichita State University 5 Tulane University 2

Doubles

1.  Kuradze/Levy (TUL) defeated Blaskova/Blasco Fernandez (WSU), 8-3

2.  Zotter/Budiharto (WSU) defeated Helisten/Dvorak (TUL), 8-3

3.  Venticinque/Damaschin (WSU) defeated Elster/Cecil (TUL), 9-8(3)

Singles

1.  Lutfiana Budiharto (WSU) defeated Mariam Kurkadze (TUL), 4-1, retired injury

2.  Raphaela Zotter (WSU) defeated Emma Levy (TUL), 6-2, 6-3

3.  Lindsay Dvorak (TUL) defeated Veronika Blaskova (WSU), 6-3, 3-6, 10-4

4.  Hila Elster (TUL) defeated Carla Venticinque (WSU), 6-1, 4-6, 10-3

5.  Delia Damaschin (WSU) defeated Emma Helisten (TUL), 6-2, 6-1

6.  Montse Blasco Fernandez (WSU) defeated Katherin Cecil (TUL), 6-1, 6-1

Order of Finish: Doubles (123*) Singles (165*243)