RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - The 14th-ranked Wichita State women's tennis team defeated #65 Kansas State 4-1 on neutral territory this afternoon.

The duos of Rebecca Pedrazzi and Aleksandra Trifunovic, and Abby Stevens and Giulia Guidetti picked up wins in doubles play to secure the point. Pedrazzi/Trifunovic won 6-1, while Stevens/Guidetti won 6-3. Gabriela Porubin and Julia Schiller were leading 5-3, but the match went unfinished after the Shockers clinched the point.

In singles play, Trifunovic (6-0, 6-3), Stevens (6-2, 6-4) and Proubin (6-3, 6-4) picked up wins. Schiller had the lone defeat, losing 6-2, 6-1. Pedrazzi and Guidetti also competed, but did not finish their match once WSU had secured the win over the Wildcats.

WSU is now 8-3 against nationally ranked teams, and has won five straight.

The Shockers improve to 17-3 overall, and will return to Wichita to take on Texas-Arlington on March 31 at 2 p.m. at the Sheldon Coleman Tennix Complex.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

#14 Wichita State 4, #65 Kansas State 1
March 14, 2016
Rancho Mirage, Calif.

DOUBLES:
Porubin and Schiller (WSU) vs. Stection and Garcia-Navas, 5-3 (unfinished)
Pedrazzi and Trifunovic (WSU) def. Costamagna and Bago (KSU), 6-1
Stevens and Guidetti (WSU) def. Juhasz and Castellano (KSU), 6-3

SINGLES:
Porubin (WSU) def. Castellano (KSU), 6-3, 6-4
Pedrazzi (WSU) vs. Garcia-Navas (KSU), 6-1, 5-7 (unfinished)
Costamagna (KSU) def. Schiller (WSU), 6-2, 6-1
Guidetti (WSU) vs. Strettoa (KSU), 6-2, 5-5 (unfinished)
Trifunovic (WSU) def. Bago (KSU), 6-0, 6-3
Stevens (WSU) def. Cirnu (KSU), 6-2, 6-4

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