WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State defeated the Air Force Falcons on Sunday afternoon, 4-3, at Genesis Health Club.  The Shockers closed out the weekend at 2-0 as they defeated UTSA on Friday afternoon.

Air Force took a 1-0 lead to begin the match after they captured the doubles points.  David Cavalcanti and Matheus Pereira won their match against Lance Wilhelm and Grant Taylor, 8-2 in the No. 1 match but WSU came up short in the No. 2 and No. 3 matches.

WSU stormed back in singles behind the strong play of Pereira and Cavalcanti in the No. 1 and No. 2 matches, respectively.  Pereira defeated Lance Wilhelm, 7-5, 6-2 and Cavalcanti cruised in his match against Andy Jackson, 6-1, 6-0.  Erick Reyes and Juan Estenssoro won the No. 4 and No. 5 matches to help the Shockers clinch the match, 4-3.

"It was a good weekend in singles but we have a lot of work to do in doubles," WSU head coach Brad Louderback said.  "We played Air Force four years ago and they are a much deeper team from top to bottom and they play at 100% and are disciplined and don't make many mistakes. It was a good win for us today."

The Shockers will return to the court on Friday, Feb. 10 when they play Tulsa.  The match will be played in Tulsa.

-WICHITA STATE-

Wichita State (2-1) 4

Air Force (3-1) 3

Doubles Results

1. No. 20 Cavalcanti/Pereira (WSU) def. Wilhelm/Taylor (AF), 8-2

2. Jackson/Grubbs (AF) def. Gregurovic/Reyes (WSU), 8-5

3. Rizvi/Brandt (AF) def. Estenssoro/Perez (WSU), 8-6

Singles Results

1. No. 66 Matheus Pereira (WSU) def. Lance Wilhelm (AF), 7-5, 6-2

2. David Cavalcanti (WSU) def. Andy Jackson (AF), 6-1, 6-0

3. Landon Kinsey (AF) def. Tomislav Gregurovic (WSU), 6-2, 4-6, 7-5

4. Erick Reyes (WSU) def. Alex Grubbs (AF), 6-1, 7-5

5. Juan Estenssoro (WSU) def. Ali Rizvi (AF), 6-2, 6-1

6. Alex Lineberg (AF) def. Kester Black (WSU), 2-6, 7-6, 1-0(10-8)