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Shockers Set to End Road Trip in Arizona

2/13/2020 2:56:00 PM

WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State women's tennis travels to Tempe, Ariz., to face No. 18 Arizona State on Feb. 14 and Rice on Feb. 15 at the Whiteman Tennis Center.
 
Shocker Notables
  • Wichita State enters the weekend 1-6 on the year. with one loss being against No. 14 Oklahoma State and the other to a Kansas team that is receiving votes in the ITA Team Rankings.
  • The Shockers only listing in the ITA rankings are the doubles pair of No. 54 Marta Bellucco and Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva.
 
Scouting the Competition
 
Arizona State
  • No. 18 Arizona State is 6-3 and competed at the ITA Indoor Championships from Feb. 7-9 in Chicago, Ill. They lost all three of their matches, which included two meetings against ranked foes in No. 1 UNC and No. 9 Princeton.
  • ASU senior Savannah Slaysman picked an upset win over Tar Heel No. 23 Alle Sanford, 6-2, 6-3.
  • The Sun Devils have one player in the ITA Singles Rankings, No. 29 Ilze Hattingh, and one pair in the doubles rankings, No. 55 Teresa Kolarova/Ilze Hattingh.
 
Rice
  • The Owls enter the weekend at 3-3 after winning a 5-2 decision over Sam Houston State on Feb. 9.
  • Rice has one tandem in the ITA Doubles Rankings, No. 40 Priya Niezgoda/Anastasia Smirnova.
 
Match Updates
For updates during the match, follow @GoShockersWTEN on Twitter. A live stream will be available for the match versus ASU here. A recap will be posted on GoShockers.com after the conclusion of each dual.
 
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