WICHITA, Kan. -- The Wichita State women's tennis team will travel to Manhattan, Kan. to face Kansas State on Friday, March 31 at 3 p.m. at the Mike Goss Tennis Stadium. The match was initially scheduled for Sat., April 1, but was moved a day early due to the weather forecast.
The Shockers (9-7, 3-0 MVC) have won four-straight matches - all four were away contests - highlighted by a 5-2 win over then-No. 43 SMU. WSU was ranked No. 48 in the Oracle/ITA national rankings last week, but are now unranked this week.
Giulia Guidetti (19-11, 8-5 in duals) is listed at No. 120 in singles play. Wichita State is coming off their 81st and 82nd consecutive Missouri Valley Conference victories, defeating Southern Illinois and Evansville by combined scores of 12-2 on March 25-26.
Gabriela Porubin (18-10 overall) and
Tanaporn Thongsing (23-8 overall) will both be looking for their 10th dual singles win on the season. In doubles play, Porubin and
Fatima Bizhukova lead the Shockers, having won seven of their last 10, and are 10-5 when playing in the top flight.
Kansas State (11-8, 2-2 Big XII) is also unranked, but have won three in-a-row, including 4-0 sweeps of fellow conference members Iowa State and West Virginia. The Wildcats don't feature any ranked players, but Carolina Costamanga (11-8 in top-flight matches), Livia Cirnu (13-3), Ines Mesquita (10-6) and Millie Stretton (10-8) all have reached double-digit singles wins.
The teams have played a mutual opponent this season, as WSU fell to No. 6 Texas Tech 2-4 on March 8, and KSU lost 0-4 to the Red Raiders two days later.
Last year, No. 14 Wichita State defeated No. 65 Kansas State 4-1 in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Looking Ahead:
Wichita State stays on the road to play No. 31 Tulsa on Wed., April 5 at 5 p.m. at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
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