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Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Shockers Fall to Cougars, 4-1

HOUSTON - The Wichita State women's tennis team (1-4) fell short to Houston Friday at the Wallace-Winston Tennis Facility.
 
FROM HEAD COACH COLIN FOSTER
"The effort and energy are there, we just simply need to play better in big moments. We lost a bunch of close sets and need to have a little better plan and identity as far as what we want to do in those moments".
 
SINGLES
Due to cold temperatures, the dual between the Shockers and Cougars began with singles action.
 
Senior Sandra Honigova, the Shockers' lone senior, took on Ndindi Ndunda in the top flight where she grabbed her first dual win of the season in dominant fashion, 6-3, 6-1. Houston got one back on court three, where Sophie Gerits took down Marta Bellucco in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0.
 
The Cougars jumped out to a 2-1 lead after Phonexay Chitdara, who came into the match with a 3-1 record, defeated Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva. Saidhujaeva fell in the first set, 6-4, and battled in the second before falling 7-5.
 
Alexandra Lazarova got the nod in the sixth flight, where she faced off against Stephanie Belovukovic. The sophomore from Slovakia rolled in the first, 6-0, before Belovukovic took the final sets (6-1, 6-3) to extend the Cougar lead.
 
Newcomer LingWei Kong competed in the fourth flight, where she went head-to-head with Jovana Vukovic. The sophomore trailed early in the first, then took a 6-5 lead. After becoming tied it at six, Vukovic won the tiebreaker over Kong. Kong and Vukovic traded early games in the second, until Vukovic grabbed a break to take the set, 6-4, and clinch the win for Houston.
 
Shocker junior Esther Thebault trailed 4-3 in the third set after trading sets with Mimi Kendall-Woseley in flight two.
 
The Shockers look to rebound with a 10 a.m. matchup with UT-Arlington on Sunday in at the UTA Tennis Center in Arlington.
 
 
Houston 4, Wichita State 1
 
Singles
1. Sandra Honigova (WSU) def. Ndindi Ndunda (UH), 6-3, 6-1
2. Esther Thebault (WSU) vs. Mimi Kendall-Woseley (UH), 4-6, 6-2, 3-4, uf
3. Sophie Gerits (UH) def. Marta Bellucco (WSU), 6-4, 6-0
4. Jovana Vukovic (UH) def. LingWei Kong (WSU), 7-6, 6-4
5. Phonexay Chitdara (UH) def. Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU), 6-4, 7-5
6. Stephanie Belovukovic (UH) def. Alexandra Lazarova (WSU), 0-6, 6-1, 6-3
 
Doubles
1. Esther Thebault/Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU) vs. Ndindi Ndunda/Mimi Kendall-Woseley (UH), uf
2. Marta Bellucco/Sandra Honigova (WSU) vs. Sophie Gerits/Phonexay Chitdara (UH). uf
3. Ting-Ya Hsu/LingWei Kong (WSU) vs. Jovana Vukovic/Elena Tairyan (UH), uf
 
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