WICHITA, Kan. - The Wichita State Shockers defeated the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners, 5-2, on Friday afternoon at Genesis Health Club.

WSU is now 1-1 in duals this season.  On Friday, the Roadrunners took the early lead after they won the doubles points as they won both the No. 2 and No. 3 matches. The nationally ranked duo of David Cavalcanti and Matheus Pereira won their match, 8-6. The Brazil natives are currently ranked No. 20 in doubles.

In singles, the Shockers rebounded as they took five of the six matches to claim the win. Pereira rebounded from some tough early season losses to win his match over Yannick Junger, 6-2, 7-5. Cavalcanti took his match over Martin Ayala, 6-2, 6-4.  Freshman Tomislav Gregurovic continues to play well this season as he knocked off Tyler Brown, 6-0, 6-2.  Kester Black and Erick Reyes rounded out the wins for the Shockers as they won in No. 6 and No.4, respectively.

"This was a good win for us today," WSU head coach Brad Louderback said.  "UTSA is a solid, well coached team that will contend for their conference title this season.  We had a good team effort and I'm proud of our team's fight."

The Shockers will host Air Force on Sunday morning at Genesis Health Club on Rock Road. First serve is set for 10 a.m.

Wichita State 5            

Texas-San Antonio 2

Doubles Results

1. No. 20 Cavalcanti/Pereira (WSU) defeated Ayala/Brown (UTSA), 8-6

2. Junger/Kilgo (UTSA) defeated Gregurovic/Perez (UTSA), 8-4

3. Rubio/Moser (UTSA) defeated Estenssoro/Reyes (WSU), 8-5

Singles Results

1. No. 66 Matheus Pereira (WSU) defeated Yannick Junger (WSU), 6-2, 7-5

2. David Cavalcanti (WSU) defeated Martin Ayala (UTSA), 6-2, 6-4

3. Tomislav Gregurovic (WSU) defeated Tyler Brown (UTSA), 6-0, 6-2

4. Erick Reyes (WSU) defeated Daniel Moser (UTSA), 6-3, 6-3

5. Joel Rubio (UTSA) defeated Juan Estenssoro (WSU), 2-6, 6-4, 1-0(7)

6. Kester Black (WSU) defeated Oliver Breininger (UTSA), 6-2, 6-3

-WICHITA STATE-