WICHITA, Kan. – The Wichita State women's tennis team commences the fall portion of the season in Des Moines, Ia., at the Drake Invitational from Sept. 13-15 at the Rodger Knapp Tennis Center.
 
The Drake Invitational does not feature a dual match format, but rather sets individual tennis players and doubles tandems against other teams at the invitational. Along with host Drake, two other old Missouri Valley Conference rivals are in the tournament: Creighton and Northern Iowa. The other teams competing include Augustana, Omaha, South Dakota, and Upper Iowa.
 
WSU Notables
The team is led by a group of six seniors and they are looking to return to the NCAA Women's Tennis Championships after missing it for the first time in 10 years last season. Sandra Honigova led the team in wins last year with 19 and Alexandra Lazarova has the longest current win streak at five.
 
Quotes from the Coach
Head Coach Colin Foster
"We're excited to get the season underway.  We've had two solid weeks of official practice on top of the two weeks of conditioning and individual work that preceded that.  Additionally, our newcomer, Natsumi, and several others were on campus this summer and putting in solid work. I feel like we're more than ready to get going."

Live Matches 
The indoor courts will be live-streamed (bit.ly/2kbBgJc) and three of our matches can be found there. Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva and Esther Thebault play a Creighton duo on court one at 11 a.m., Ting-Ya Hsu and LingWei Kong play a UNI pair on court four at 11 a.m., and Sarvinoz plays a singles match against Sille Tranberg of USD on court four at Noon.

Live Updates
There will be no live scoring for this event. A recap will be available at GoShockers.com following the completion of the invitational. Updates can also be found by following WSU Women's Tennis on Twitter (@GoShockersWTEN).