WICHITA, Kan. – The Wichita State men's tennis team will head to The Hawkeye State to face off with Drake, Depaul and Iowa over the weekend to complete their 11-match road trip. They will play their first two matches at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center in Des Moines, facing off with Drake on Friday at 6 p.m. and DePaul on Saturday at 11 a.m., before they head to the Hawkeye Tennis Complex in Iowa City to battle Iowa at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
 
Opening Serve

• These will be the final three duals of an 11-match road trip for the Shockers.
• WSU heads into the weekend having won six of their last seven matches.
• This will be the 48^th meeting all-time and the second meeting this season between the Shockers and Bulldogs, as WSU came out on top 4-1 at the Razorback Invite on January 26. There is not as much history with the other two opponents this weekend as this will be the first ever meeting with Depaul and seventh ever meeting with the Hawkeyes.
• Last time out the Shockers swept a doubleheader over Creighton and UMKC, winning by an identical score of 5-1 in each match.

 
Frosa Finds a Ranking

• Senior All-American Marius Forsa found his way into the ITA singles ranking this week coming in at No. 107.
• Frosa is 6-2 on the year in singles, getting two wins each at three, four and five.

 
Hot Start

• This is the best 10-match record to begin a season for the Shockers since the 2014-15 season.
• The 2014-15 Shockers went on to have a very successful 19-7 season that saw them reach the third round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.

 
Neutral Warriors

• Danny Bryan's squad holds a 3-1 neutral court record this season finding these neutral wins against Drake, Georgia State and Creighton. Their only loss on a neutral court came to Middle Tennessee who holds a 9-1 record and is arguably one of the hottest teams in the country.

 
Stepping Up

• With the absence of Murkel Dellien at the team's most recent matches in Kansas City, fellow senior Elio Lago filled in on court one and didn't miss a beat. Lago defeated Nick Campbell of Creighton, 6-2, 7-6, and former WAC singles player of the month, Diego Giraldo, 6-2, 7-5.
• Frosa also found success playing up from his usual position, getting two dominating wins on court three, downing Armando Gandini of Creighton, 6-0, 6-1, and dismantling former Shocker Austin Williams, 6-1, 6-3.

 
Scouting the Bulldogs

• Overall record: 1-8
• Last three matches:

vs. Alabama | 1-6 Loss
@ Oregon | 0-4 Loss
vs. Iowa | 0-4 Loss

• The Bulldogs are currently on a losing skid heading into the weekend as they have had a very tough non-conference schedule that has seen them face high-powered opponents on the road or at neutral sites.

 
Scouting the Blue Demons

• Overall record: 2-5
• Last three matches:

vs. Toledo | 4-0 Win
@ Florida Gulf Coast | 2-5 Loss
@ Florida Atlantic | 0-4 Loss

• Cristopher Casati leads Depaul in singles with a 10-8 record. He is followed by Luuk Wassenaar who is 13-12 and Boris Spanjaard who is 10-9.
• Casati and Spanjaard have also won their share of doubles matches going 14-7 on the year as a tandem.

 
Scouting the Hawkeyes

• Overall record: 5-1
• Last three matches:

vs. Marquette | 5-2 Win
vs. Omaha | 6-1 Win
@ Drake | 4-0 Win

• Redshirt senior Kareem Allaf comes into the match ranked No. 53 in singles.
• Will Davies and Oliver Okonkwo are currently the No. 10 doubles team in the country, which is the highest ranking of any Hawkeye duo ever.

 
You can follow along over the weekend on our Twitter (@GoShockersMTEN) for updates throughout all of the matches. Saturday's match against DePaul will not have live stats, however there will be a live stream and the link for that can be found at the top of this release. Live stats for the other two matches can be found right here on goshockers.com.