CORAL GABLES, Fla. – No. 55 Wichita State fell to No. 18 Oklahoma 4-2 at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday in Coral Gables. The Shockers ended their season at 19-7 while the Sooners moved to 17-6.

Doubles play began with a Morgan Chumney/Whitney Richie 8-1 victory against Lucy Kovalova/Veronika Blaskova at No. 1 doubles. Montse Blasco Fernandez/Rebecca Pedrazzi tied the doubles portion at one apiece after winning 8-2 at No. 2 doubles against Hermon Brhane/Whitney Wofford at No. 2 doubles.

The Sooners took the doubles point and the 1-0 dual-match lead after Mia Lancaster/Zita Engbrooks won 8-5 over Julia Schiller/Abby Stevens at No. 3 doubles.

Brhane gave the Sooners a 2-0 lead when she earned a 6-1, 6-2 win over Pedrazzi at No. 2 singles. The Shockers cut the Sooner lead in half after Kovalova defeated Chumney 7-5, 6-4 at No. 3 singles.

Blaskova tied the match at two apiece when she beat Wofford 6-4, 6-2 at No. 6 singles. The Shockers would need wins at two of the following three flights to win the match and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament: No. 1 singles, No. 4 singles and No. 5 singles.

The Sooners took the point at No. 5 singles when Abbi Melrose beat Blasco Fernandez 6-4, 6-1 and clinched the match at No. 1 singles after No. 68 Richie won 6-4, 6-4 over Schiller. Their two wins at No. 5 and No. 1 singles gave the Sooners the 4-2 win.

Shocker head coach Colin Foster was proud of the way the Shockers competed against the Sooners.

“Oklahoma is a veteran, well-coached team,” Foster said. “I'm really proud of the way we closed out leads in the matches we won and fought tooth and nail in the ones we didn't.

“We knew it would take a very focused effort to beat them. We certainly delivered on that end of things, but OU just outplayed us on enough courts and they proved why they are a top 20 team.”

The Shockers finished the year at 19-7 while winning the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament championship for the sixth year in a row. No. 55 Wichita State was a combined 8-0 in Valley play, including 6-0 in the regular season and 2-0 in the Valley tournament.

The Shockers were ranked nationally for the first time this season going into their February 16 matchup against then No. 72 Missouri and remained ranked for the rest of the season. Their highest ranking was No. 32 going into their matchup with then No. 58 Kansas State on March 8.

No. 55 Wichita State finished the year at 148-69 in singles play and 95-44 in the spring. Pedrazzi led the team by having a 25-9 record while Blasco Fernandez was 24-10. Stevens and Schiller both had 23 wins apiece. While Stevens was 23-13, Schiller was 23-10.

In doubles, the Shockers were 70-30 overall and posted a 44-20 record in the spring. The teams of Blasco Fernandez/Pedrazzi and Schiller/Stevens each won over 20 matches as a team. Blasco Fernandez/Pedrazzi went 25-8 and Schiller/Stevens were 22-8.

Overall, the Shockers won 12 postseason awards. To view who won awards, view the list below:

2014 Valley Women's Tennis All-Conference

SINGLES


No. 1 – Julia Schiller

No. 2 – Rebecca Pedrazzi

No. 6 – Veronika Blaskova

ALL-SELECT TEAM


Lucia Kovalova, Wichita State



DOUBLES
 


No. 3 – Julia Schiller/Abby Stevens

Player of the Year:


Julia Schiller

Coach of the Year:


Colin Foster

2014 Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete First Team:

Montse Blasco Fernadez, Wichita State

Veronika Blaskova, Wichita State

Lucia Kovalova, Wichita State 

2014 Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention:

Rebecca Pedrazzi, Wichita State

2014 MVC Leadership and Service Spring Award:

Montse Blasco Fernandez

-WICHITA STATE-

#18 Oklahoma 4, #55 Wichita State 2

Singles competition

1. #68 Whitney Ritchie (OU) def. Julia Schiller (WSUW) 6-4, 6-4

2. Hermon Brhane (OU) def. Rebecca Pedrazzi (WSUW) 6-1, 6-2

3. Lucia Kovalova (WSUW) def. Morgan Chumney (OU) 7-5, 6-4

4. Mia Lancaster (OU) vs. Abby Stevens (WSUW) 6-4, 5-6, unfinished

5. Abbi Melrose (OU) def. Montse B. Fernandez (WSUW) 6-4, 6-1

6. Veronika Blaskova (WSUW) def. Whitney Wofford (OU) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. Morgan Chumney/Whitney Ritchie (OU) def. Lucia Kovalova/Veronika Blaskova (WSUW) 8-1

2. Rebecca Pedrazzi/Montse B. Fernandez (WSUW) def. Hermon Brhane/Whitney Wofford (OU) 8-2

3. Mia Lancaster/Zita Engbroks (OU) def. Julia Schiller/Abby Stevens (WSUW) 8-5

Match Notes:

Wichita State 19-7; National ranking #55

Oklahoma 17-6; National ranking #18

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,3,6,5,1)