WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State juniors Fatima Bizhukova and Marta Bellucco look to continue their winning ways with a trip to the 2018 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, set for Nov. 7-11 at the Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex in Surprise, Ariz.
 
The Shocker duo comes into the prestigious tournament ranked No. 14, with a record of 7-2 in the fall. The two have tallied four wins over ranked opponents, including a win over No. 5-ranked Emma Davis and Chandler Carter of Wake Forest on their way to the semifinals of the ITA All-American Championships. They became the first Shocker duo in history to reach the semifinals at the event.
 
The two compiled a 10-4 record in dual action for the 2017-18 season, where they collected two top-10 wins at the NCAA Team Championships in Oxford, Miss – helping lead the Shockers to their first NCAA Team Championship win since 2007.
 
Tournament Information
The Oracle ITA National Fall Championships are hosted by the Surprise Tennis and Racquet Club and are compromised of the nation's best singles and doubles players from around the country. In just its second year -- having replaced the ITA National Indoor Championships – the Fall Championships is the only collegiate event to feature competitors from all five divisions (NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA and JUCO) playing in the same tournament.
 
The Field
The field consists of a 32-team draw for women's doubles, with players qualifying for the tournament through designated placings at earlier ITA Championships and ITA Regional Championships. The women's doubles field consists of five Top-10 ranked duos, including 2018 NCAA National Doubles Champions, Eden Richardson and Jessica Golovin of LSU, and the preseason No. 1-ranked team from Duke, Kaitlyn McCarthy and Ellyse Hamlin.
 
Draw
Bizhukova and Bellucco, whose No. 14-ranking marks the highest since weekly rankings became available in 1999-00, will take on Pepperdine's Ashley Lahey and Evgeniya Levashova—who rank No. 26 in the preseason rankings released by the ITA. The match will begin at 4:00 p.m. CT in Surprise.