ARLINGTON, Texas- Wichita State won their first of seven
straight road matches on Thursday against the University of Texas-Arlington 4-1
at the UTA Tennis Center.
The Shockers went up 1-0 when Veronika Blaskova and Julia Schiller
defeated Brook Dennis and Elizabeth Thoms, 8-1, and Rebecca Pedrazzi and Carla
Venticinque defeated Giada D'ortona and Verena Scott, 8-6 in doubles play.
Pedrazzi, Schiller and Montse Blasco Fernandez got wins in
singles play to seal the match. Pedrazzi defeated Katarina Dikosavljevic, 3-6,
6-2, 6-0 at the No. 1 position and Blasco Fernandez took down Verena Scott, 6-1,
6-4 at the No. 4 position. Schiller, playing at No. 2 singles for the first
time, defeated Brook Dennis, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
"It was very windy in our first outdoor match in over a
month, and I told the team they were going to need to be mentally tough and win
ugly at times," head coach Colin Foster said. "Across the board we competed so
well."
It was great fight and determination at all three doubles
and all six singles," added Foster. "We've got a day off tomorrow and we have
another tough match on Saturday."
The Shocker women will stay in Texas and head to Fort Worth
for a battle against No. 19 TCU on Saturday. The match will begin at 10 a.m.
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