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WICHITA, Kan - - Wichita State heads south to Norman to take on No. 15 Oklahoma Thursday, March 8 at 5 p.m. at the Headington Family Tennis Center.
 
SHOCKER SUMMARY
Wichita state is 6-5 to start the 2018 season under second-year head coach Danny Bryan. After starting the season 1-5, the Shockers have reeled off five straight wins to move over .500 with a 6-5 record. The Shockers have wins against Buffalo (5-2), which came in their season opener on the road and over UMKC (7-0), Tulsa (4-3), San Francisco (4-0), No. 46 New Mexico (4-1) and Grand Canyon (4-2). Cornell (6-1), Utah (5-2), Auburn (4-3), Arkansas (4-3) and Middle Tennessee State (5-2) are among the Shocker losses. Senior co-captain Miroslav Herzan leads the charge for the Shockers, compiling an 8-3 record in singles action, in the fourth, fifth and sixth flights. Elsewhere, junior Haru Inoue is coming off two straight victories, including No. 103 ranked Ricky Hernandez-Tong to move to 5-4 in first and second flight. Sophomore Murkel Dellien has paced the Shockers in the second and third flights, compiling an 7-3 record including seven in a row. In doubles, the tandem of Dellien and Marius Frosa are off to a 5-2 start in the top flight, while Caligiana and Herzan are 4-4 in second and third flights along with Inoue and Stoica at 4-4.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Shockers won three matches last weekend to repeat as Mountain Pacific Tournament Champions last weekend. Wichita State dropped San Francisco (4-0), No. 46 New Mexico (4-1) and Grand Canyon (4-2). Against San Francisco, the Shockers pulled off victories flights three through six to clinch the match, while the first two flights went unfinished. Haru Inoue led the charge against New Mexico, knocking off his first ranked opponent of the season, along with wins by Dellien, Herzan, and Stoica. In the championship, Grand Canyon tested the Shockers before pulling out the victory and the second-straight tournament championship.
 
THAT'S HISTORY
At the Mountain Pacific Tournament on Mar. 3-4, the Shockers met up with Grand Canyon University and San Francisco for the first time in school history. Wichita State faced New Mexico for the 11th time, and the first since 2009 when the Lobos defeated Wichita State 6-1 in Albuquerque. The win marks the first over New Mexico since Apr. 2, 1989, with WSU winning 6-3 in Wichita.
 
The Shockers and Golden Hurricane met on the court for the 37th time in school history on Feb. 19 where WSU knocked off Tulsa (4-3) for the first time since Nov. 4, 1994, and the first in the last 14 tries.  Besides former Missouri Valley opponents Drake (16-27), Illinois State (30-10), Southern Illinois (36-9), the Tulsa-WSU Series is the largest with 37 combined matches. The Shockers hold a 21-16 lead over the Golden Hurricane.
 
HISTORY WITH OU
Last Meeting- OU and WSU last met on Fe. 10, 2017 with the Sooners coming out on top 6-1 in Norman.
Overall- Oklahoma holds a 28-13 advantage over Wichita State. The Shockers are 6-6 at home, 6-18 away and 1-4 at neutral sites against the Sooners
Last win- The Shockers have lost 11 in-a-row to Oklahoma, with their last win coming on Mar. 26, 2003 (6-1) in Wichita.
 
ON OKLAHOMA
The Sooners are 10-1 on the year and come into the match with the Shockers ranked No. 15 in latest ITA Team Rankings. OU took down No. 5 Texas A&M (4-3) and No. 28 Kentucky (6-1) last week to extend their win streak to four. OU has compiled 39 wins in singles action to just 13 losses, and are led by No. 85 ranked Jake Van Emburgh (7-1) and No. 40 rankd Ferran Calvo with a 3-3 overall record in singles. Van Emburgh and Calvo team up in doubles action, and lead the Sooners with a 6-1 record, mainly in flight one.
 
POWER RANKING
Shocker duo Marius Frosa and Murkel Dellien return to the ITA/Oracle Doubles Rankings (Mar. 6) at No. 76. The pair begins the dual season 5-2, with wins over Utah, Auburn, Arkansas, Tulsa and Buffalo. Their lone loss came to the duo of Chris Edge and Tom Moonen of Middle Tennessee State, who ranked No. 48. The duo ranked No. 27 in the Nov. 15 polls.
 
SENIOR POWER
Senior Miroslav Herzan is off to a hot start in dual season. Herzan begins the season 8-2 in singles action. His two losses came by way of Pedro Alonso of Arkansas and Lucca Baptista of Tulsa. He's competed in the sixth, fifth and fourth flight.
 
CAPTAINS
Head coach Danny Bryan announced the captains for the 2018 season. The captains include Herzan and juniors Haru Inoue and Eddie Stoica.
 
NEW FACE ON THE COURT
Freshman Andrea Trapani joined the Shockers in January, and looks to record his first victory in a Shocker uniform after a 0-5 start to the spring season. Trapani hails from Palermo, Italy and had a 13.22 Universal Tennis Rating coming to Wichita State. He ranked as high as #232 in ITF Junior World Rankings, with over 30 combined singles and doubles wins.
 
FALL BALL
Frosa, from Romania, led the Shockers in the fall season. Frosa went 8-4 in the fall in singles action, including a run to the main draw of the ITA All-Americans, knocking off No. 83 Felix Corwin of Minnesota along the way. The junior was one win away from making the final four of the ITA Central Regional. Inoue, who ranked No. 58 in Fall Rankings, went 10-4 in singles competing in three Futures events. He advanced to the main draw in two of the three events. In doubles, junior Andrea Caligiana and Herzan went 5-2, including a semifinal berth at the ITA Central Regional. Stoica and Frosa went 3-1, including an upset over No. 25 Hammond/Cash of Oklahoma State.

UP NEXT:
The Shockers return home to Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex for two matches in three days against Nebraska and New Mexico. The former is on Friday, March 9 at 3 p.m. with the latter on Sunday, March 11 at 12 p.m.