WICHITA, Kan. – The Wichita State men's tennis team tallied their second win of the weekend with a 4-1 triumph over the Depaul Blue Demons, at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center, in Des Moines, Iowa. This makes the Shockers an impressive 9-3 on the year.
 
Danny Bryan's squad will be back in action Sunday as they head to Iowa City, Iowa, to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes at 2 p.m.
 
Doubles play was intense from start to end with Alex Richards and Elio Lago sealing their second win as a duo over Vito Tonejc and Tamas Zador, 6-3, while Stefan Latinovic and Benjamin Niv fought valiantly, but fell short on court two. Then it all came down to All-Americans, Murkel Dellien and Marius Frosa, who battled relentlessly to seal the doubles point with a win versus Boris Spanjaard and Christopher Casati, 7-6 (4).
 
The Blue Demons would not go down without a fight as many of the singles matches were close, hard-fought contests. Frosa and Richards were the first to finish as they both quickly found a way to win over Tripp Tuff, 6-1, 6-4, and Luuk Wassenaar, 6-2, 6-4. This was Frosa's first win with his newly found ITA singles rank of No. 107. Depaul answered with a singles win on court four, but before they could begin a comeback, Orel Ovil clinched the match on court two with a close victory over Spanjaard, 7-6, 7-5.
 
Shocker Results
Wichita State 4, DePaul 1
 
Singles:

1. Murkel Dellien (WSU) vs. Vito Tonejc (DU), 2-6, 6-4, 4-3, susp.
2. Orel Ovil (WSU) def. Boris Spanjaard (DU), 7-6, 7-5
3. Elio Lago (WSU) vs. Tamas Zador (DU), 3-6, 6-1, 1-4, susp.
4. Christopher Casati (DU) def. Stefan Latinovic (WSU), 6-4, 6-1
5. Marius Frosa (WSU) def. Tripp Tuff (DU), 6-1, 6-4
6. Alex Richards (WSU) def. Luuk Wassenaar (DU), 6-2, 6-4

 
 
Doubles:

1. Dellien/Frosa (WSU) def. Spanjaard/Casati (DU), 7-6 (4)
2. Wassenaar/Tuff (DU) def. Niv/Latinovic (WSU), 6-4
3. Richards/Lago (WSU) def. V. Tonejc/Zador (DU), 6-3