TULSA, Okla. – The Wichita State women's tennis team – No. 13 in the Oracle/ITA Division I Women's Tennis Rankings – won a top-20 battle at No. 18 Tulsa, 5-2, and later added a 4-0 victory over Oral Roberts, Saturday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
 
WSU snapped Tulsa's seven-match winning streak and defeated its highest-ranked opponent in seven seasons under Foster. WSU (16-3) is 7-3 this year against nationally-ranked competition.
 
Against Tulsa, the Shockers won two pivotal matches on courts 4 and 5 after trailing by a set in each. Giulia Guidetti (No. 4) rallied to win 3-6, 6-5, 5-1, and Aleksandra Trifunovic (No. 5) took her match 5-7, 6-3, 6-0.
 
Rebecca Pedrazzi delivered another close point on court no. 2. After she and her opponent split the first two sets (both in tiebreaker), she won an 11-9 super tiebreaker to gain the upperhand.
 
"Today definitely could have gone either way," WSU head coach, Colin Foster said. "We are doing a great job to rebound from first-set losses, especially on the road the last two weeks, and that has won us these close matches with Kansas and Tulsa. Physically and mentally, we are pushing ourselves to the limit, and as a coach that's all you can ask for."
 

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#13 Wichita State 5, #18 Tulsa 2
March 5, 2016
Tulsa, Okla. | Case Tennis Center
 
Singles:
Gabriela Porubin (WSU) def. Saana Saarteinen (Tulsa), 6-4, 6-1
Rebecca Predrazzi (WSU) def. Ksenia Laskutova (Tulsa), 7-6, 6-7, 11-9
Rongrong Leenabanchong (Tulsa) def. Julie Schiller (WSU), 6-4, 6-2
Giulia Guidetti (WSU) def. Marcelina Cichon (Tulsa), 3-6, 7-6, 6-1
Aleksandra Trifunovic (WSU) def. Yelena Nemchen (Tulsa), 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
Renata Kuricova (Tulsa) def. Abby Stevens (WSU), 6-2, 7-5
 
Doubles:
Probin/Schiller (WSU) def. Laskutova/Kuricova (Tulsa), 7-5
Pedrazzi/Trifunovic (WSU) def. Leenabanchong/Matoula (Tulsa), 6-3
Saarteinen/Dadireddy (Tulsa) def. Guidetti/Stevens (WSU), 6-4
 
Order of Finish:
Doubles: 3,2, 1
Singles: 3,6,1,5,4,2
 
Records –
#13 Wichita State (15-3)
#18 Tulsa (12-2)
  

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 #13 Wichita State 4, Oral Roberts 0
March 5, 2016
Tulsa, Okla. | Case Tennis Center
 
Singles:
1. Gabriela Porubin (WSU) vs. Jovana Antonijevic (ORU), 6-2, 4-3 (unfinished)
2. Julia Schiller (WSU) def.  Ceijenia Cornelius (ORU), 6-1, 6-2
3. Aleksandra Trifunovic (WSU) vs. Petya Simeonova (ORU), 6-3, 5-1 (unfinished)
4. Abby Stevens (WSU) def. Brenda Mercado (ORU), 6-0, 6-1
5. Tanaporn Thongsing (WSU) def. Valentina Maya Gisbert (ORU),  6-0, 6-1
6. Summer Schlotterback (WSU) vs. Ximena Puentes (ORU),  7-5, 1-1 (unfinished)
 
Doubles:
1. Pedrazzi/Trifunovic (WSU) vs. AntoniJevic/Semeonova (ORU), 5-3 unfinished
2. Guidetti/Stevens (WSU) def. Cornelius/Mercado (ORU), 6-1
3. Thongsing/Porubin (WSU) def. Gisbert/Puentes (ORU), 6-0
 
Order of Finish:
Doubles: 3,2
Singles: 5,4,2
 
Records –
#13 Wichita State (16-3)
Oral Roberts (6-8)