Box Score Wichita State women's tennis players put forth a dominant performance at this weekend's Shocker Invitational.
 
Five Shockers combined to go 15-0 in singles play against opponents from Newman University and Barton Community College, winning 28 out of 30 sets.
 
Harriet Hamilton dropped just four games over six sets in a 3-0 singles weekend. Jessie Zheng was just as sharp, taking 36 of 41 games. Lingwei Kong, Natsumi Kurahashi and Clara Whitaker all went 3-0, as well.
 
The Shockers experimented with seven different doubles pairings over the course of the weekend and took 7 of 8 sets.
 
Wichita State continues Fall tournament play Oct. 21-25 at the ITA Central Region Championships in Iowa City, Iowa.
 

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SHOCKER INVITATIONAL
Oct. 8-9, 2021
Wichita, Kan. (Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex)
 
Friday Results:
 
Singles // Wichita State vs. Newman:
Lingwei Kong (WSU) def. Dana Issabayeva (NU) -- 6-4, 6-2
Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) def. Ana Zeikidze (NU) – 6-0, 6-3
Jessie Zheng (WSU) def. Isabela Campos Bifano (NU) – 6-1, 6-0
Harriet Hamilton (WSU) def. Antonia Ramos (NU) – 6-2, 6-1
Clara Whitaker (WSU) def. Amber Hands (NU) – 6-1, 6-3
 
Doubles // Wichita State vs. Newman:
Kong/Bianca Rademacher (WSU) def. Zeikidze/Issabayeva (NU) -- 8-3
Hamilton/Zheng (WSU) def. Divya Murali/Ramos (NU) -- 8-1
Kurahashi/Whitaker (WSU) def. Hands/Campos Bifano (NU) -- 8-5
 
Singles // Wichita State vs. Barton:
Kong (WSU) def. Natsuki Nishimura (BC) – 6-4, 2-6, 10-3
Zheng (WSU) def. Angelina Gnezdilova (BC) – 6-3, 6-0
Hamilton (WSU) def. Melena Hernandez (BC) – 6-0, 6-0
Kurahashi (WSU) def. Rhen Calhoon (BC) – 6-0, 6-0
Whitaker (WSU) def. Jacie Roth (BC) – 5 – 6-0, 6-0
 
Saturday Results:
 
Doubles // Wichita State vs. Newman
Kong/Rademacher (WSU) def. Ramos/Zeikidze (NU) --  8-4
Campos Bifano/ Dana Issabayeva (NU) def. Hamilton/Kurahashi (WSU) – 8-6
Whitaker/Zheng (WSU) def. Marie Brunet/Hands (NU) – 8-1
 
Doubles // Wichita State vs. Barton
Kong/Zheng (WSU) def. v Gnezdilova/Nishimura (BC) – 8-1
Hamilton/Whitaker (WSU) def. Calhoon/Hernandez (WSU) – 8-0
 
Singles // Wichita State vs. Newman
Kong (WSU) def. Hands (NU) – 6-1, 6-0
Whitaker (WSU) def. Issabayeva (NU) – 3-6, 6-4, 10-7
Kurahashi (WSU) def. Ramos (NU) – 6-3, 6-3
Hamilton (WSU) def. Campos Bifano (NU) – 6-1, 6-0
Zheng (WSU) def. Murali (NU) – 6-1, 6-0