WICHITA, Kan. – Coming off a thrilling 4-3 victory over No. 50 Memphis, the Wichita State men's tennis teams heads north to take on Nebraska Friday (March 15) at the Dillon Tennis Center. The match is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT
After losing the doubles point and trailing 3-1, the Shockers fought back to win a thrilling 4-3 battle over No. 50 Memphis on March 12 in Wichita. Junior Marius Frosa earned his second match-clinching win of the season in the third flight, joining Latinovic, Stoica and Dellien with singles wins for the Shockers.

SHOCKER SUMMARY
The Shockers (7-7) have three top-50 wins under their belt - No. 43 Drake (4-2), No. 28 Dartmouth (4-2), and No. 50 Memphis (4-3).  WSU's other wins have come against Denver (5-2), UNC-Wilmington (4-0), Middle Tennessee State (4-3) and Tennessee State (7-0). Five of their seven losses have come against top-25 opponents - No. 13 Oklahoma (4-0), No. 3 Mississippi State (4-0), No. 20 Tennessee (5-2), No. 15 TCU, (6-0), and No. 25 Minnesota (7-0).
 
RANKED SHOCKERS
The Shockers broke the top-40 for the first time since 1982-83 in March 5^th's ITA/Oracle Team Rankings poll, coming in at No. 39. The Shockers entered the rankings on Feb. 26 at No. 44.
 
BIG WINS
WSU collected its first top-30 win since the 2012-13 season, when they knocked off No. 28 Dartmouth on Feb. 23 in Hanover, N.H. The win was the first over the Big Green since March 27, 1988. The Shockers followed with a 4-2 win over No. 43 Drake on March 1 (4-2), their first win over the Bulldogs since the 2015-16 season. On March 12, the Shockers rallied from a 3-1 deficit to knock off No. 50 Memphis (4-3) in Wichita.

SCOUTING THE CORNHUSKERS 
Nebraska is 7-8 on the season, and have lost their last four matches. The Cornhuskers have wins over Florida A&M, Northern Colorado, UMKC, Denver, Omaha, Creighton and North Dakota, Their losses have come to Florida Atlantic, Louisiana, SMU, No. 10 Baylor, No. 46 Drake, No. 38 Texas Tech, Wisconsin and Iowa.
 
Toby Boyer (No.1 slot) – has compiled a 10-2 dual match record, with wins over two ranked opponents
Victor Moreno Lozano (No. 3-4 slot) – is 8-6 in the singles play, including a 3-1 mark in the fourth flight.
 
The Cornhuskers have had multiple doubles lineups throughout the dual season, with Toby Boyer and William Gleason holding a 2-3 record in the first flight. In the third flight, Nebraska has had eight different lineups.
 
Nebraska leads 20-11 in the all-time series. The Shockers knocked off the Cornhuskers 4-1 last season in Wichita. March 18, 2017 was the last time the Cornhuskers beat the Shockers (5-2 in Lincoln, Neb.) Head Coach Danny Bryan is 1-1 all-time vs. Nebraska.
 
ROAD TO THE TOP
Six opponents the Shockers have faced are in the top-50 of the ITA/Oracle Team Rankings (March 12). Mississippi State (10), TCU (12), Minnesota (15), Oklahoma (21), Tennessee (22), and Dartmouth (40).  

STRONG UP TOP
Senior Haru Inoue leads the Shockers in singles play, sporting a 6-4 record (2-2 1st, 4-1 2nd). Inoue Knocked off Scott Jones, who ranked No. 75 for Tennessee and No. 64 Tom Hands of Drake in clinching fashion on March 1.  Marius Frosa is 7-4 in the third slot for WSU. The junior clinched the match at Middle Tennessee with an impressive come-from-behind win on Feb. 4. and capped it with a match-clinching win over Jeremy Taylor on March 12 against Memphis.  Murkel Dellien is 5-7 in dual play, including a clinching straight set win over Dartmouth's Dan Martin in the number two slot. Five of his losses have come against ranked opponents.
 
DELLIEN NETS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Wichita State men's tennis student-athlete Murkel Dellien was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week for Feb. 17-23.
 
Dellien – the first Shocker to take home the Player of the Week honors this season – knocked off Dan Martin of Dartmouth last Saturday to clinch the 4-2 thrilling victory over No. 28 Dartmouth. Dellien won in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5 in the second flight for WSU. The win marks the first top-30 win for the Shockers since the 2012-13 season.

NEW FACES
The Shockers welcomed two freshmen to the 2019 squad. Freshman Stefan Latinovic comes to WSU from Belgrade, Serbia and won his first collegiate match on Feb. 4 against Tennessee State. After starting the dual season 0-6, the 6-foot-6 freshman has reeled off three of his last four in the fifth slot. A native of Petah Tikva, Israel, Orel Ovil joined WSU in the fall, and earned his first win as a Shocker at ITA Central Regionals, a three-set thriller over Nebraska-Omaha's Abdoul Ouattara. Ovil is 4-4 in the sixth flight for the Shockers.
 
DELLIEN'S REMARKABLE FALL RUN
Junior Murkel Dellien compiled a 6-2 record in the fall, including wins over two ranked opponents (No. 55 Josh Goodger, Tulsa and No. 32 Ferran Calvo of Oklahoma).  A native of Trinidad, Bolivia, Dellien reached the semifinal of the ITA Central Regional for the first time since Shocker All-American Phil Cooper in 1995.