WATERLOO, Iowa -- The Wichita State women's tennis team took care of Northern Iowa, 6-1, Saturday afternoon at the Black Hawk Tennis Club, setting up a winner-take all battle for the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title.
WSU will face Drake at 10 a.m. Sunday morning in Des Moines. Both teams enter with perfect 6-0 conference records. The winner will be crowned regular season champ and will also earn the top seed in next weekend's MVC Tournament in Evansville.
The Shockers (20-3 and No. 32 in the ITA national rankings) reached the 20-win mark for the seventh time in school history and for the second time under Foster. WSU has won the last six MVC regular season and tournament titles.
WSU ended the title hopes for UNI (14-6, 4-2), which is guaranteed the No. 3 seed in the MVC Tournament.
The Shockers won at No. 2 and 3 doubles and took five of the six singles matches to close out the win. They've won 40 of a possible 42 points in their six matches against MVC foes.
Live stats for Sunday's match are available at: http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/fls/15700/livestats/tennis/xlive.htm
#32 Wichita State 6, Northern Iowa 1
4/18/2015 at Waterloo, Iowa
(Black Hawk Tennis Club)
Singles competition
1. Erica Medlin (UNI) def. Julia Schiller (WSU) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7)
2. Gabriela Porubin (WSU) def. Elvira Lopez (UNI) 6-4, 6-2
3. Rebecca Pedrazzi (WSU) def. Jieke Stroobant (UNI) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)
4. Abby Stevens (WSU) def. Astrid Santos (UNI) 6-1, 6-0
5. Lucia Kovalova (WSU) def. Gisela Kemper (UNI) 6-1, 7-5
6. Aleks Trifunovic (WSU) def. Sydney Wolfe (UNI) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Erica Medlin/Elvira Lopez (UNI) def. Lucia Kovalova/Rebecca Pedrazzi (WSU) 8-6
2. Julia Schiller/Gabriela Porubin (WSU) def. Jieke Stroobant/Astrid Santos (UNI) 8-3
3. Abby Stevens/Giulia Guidetti (WSU) def. Gisela Kemper/Sydney Wolfe (UNI) 8-2
Match Notes:
Wichita State 20-3 (6-0 MVC); National ranking #32
Northern Iowa 14-6 (4-2 MVC)
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