Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HOUSTON - Wichita State was unable to pick up a win over the weekend, losing to both No. 25 Arizona State (4-0) on Saturday and AAC foe Houston (4-1) on Sunday.
 
Up Next
The Shockers head back to Texas next week, this time roaming around North Texas with matches at SMU (March 5,) UT Arlington (March 6,) and UNT (March 7.)
 
No. 25 Arizona State
 
Doubles
No. 23 Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva and Marta Bellucco picked up their second ranked win of the year by beating the Sun Devil's No. 50 Ilze Hattingh/Lauryn John-Baptiste, 6-4. ASU picked up the doubles point by winning a tiebreak versus the Shocker's third duo.
 
Singles
The Shockers couldn't get anything going in singles and the ranked Sun Devils took care of business quickly. They won at 1, 5, and 6 to end the match. Marta Bellucco was unable to win her second set, 6-2, after being blanked in the first and Natsumi Kurahahsi was up 4-1 in the second before play was halted.
 
Match Results
WSU 0, ASU 4
 
Singles competition
1: #32 Ilze Hattingh (ASU) def. Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU) 6-0, 6-0
2: #115 Sammi Hampton (ASU) vs. Marta Bellucco (WSU) 6-0, 2-6, unfinished
3: Lauryn John-Baptiste (ASU) vs. Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) 6-1, 4-1, unfinished
4: Giulia Morlet (ASU) vs. Jessie Zheng (WSU) 6-4, 2-3, unfinished
5: Marianna Argyrokastriti (ASU) def. Ting-ya Hsu (WSU) 6-0, 6-0
6: Cali Jankowski (ASU) def. Alexandra Lazarova (WSU) 6-1, 6-1
 
Doubles comepition
1: # 23 Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva/Marta Bellucco (ASU) def. #50 Ilze Hattingh/Lauryn John-Baptiste (ASU) 6-4
2: Giulia Morlet/Domenika Turkovic (ASU) def. Ting-Ya Hsu/Jessie Zheng (ASU) 6-3
3: Sammi Hampton/Marianna Argyrokastriti (ASU) def. Alexandra Lazarova/Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) 7-6
 
Match Notes
Wichita State 3-8
Arizona State 6-2
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,1,6)
 
Houston
 
Doubles
The Shockers performed well in doubles and picked up the point behind strong performances form the No. 1 and 2 duos. No. 23 Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva and Marta Bellucco won their third straight doubles match by dispatching Houston's Mimi Kendall-Woseley/Laura Silsane, 7-6 (7-4.) Jessie Zheng and Ting-ya Hsu bounced back from yesterday's loss to clinch the doubles point with a 6-4 victory.
 
Singles
The Cougars didn't allow the Shockers to pick up any more points in the match, but a few third sets were forced this time around. Natsumi Kurahahsi played well in her first set by winning, 6-3, but she faded off and Houston's Silsane was able to win in three and clinch the match, 3-6, 6-1, 6-0.
 
The top two players for the Shockers both forced third sets and were in good position to win their matches, but play was frozen when Houston clinched the fourth point.
 
Match Results
 
Singles competition
1: Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (WSU) vs. Mimi Kendall-Woseley (UH) 4-6, 6-3, 4-1 unfinished
2: Marta Bellucco (WSU) vs. Phonexay Chitdara (UH) 3-6, 6-3, 2-0 unfinished
3: Laura Silsane (UH) def. Natsumi Kurahashi (WSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
4: Gabriela Giraldo (UH) def. Jessie Zheng (WSU) 6-0, 6-3
5: Azul Pedemonti (UH) def. Ting-ya Hsu (WSU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
6: Blanco Cortijo (UH) def. Alexandra Lazarova (WSU) 6-2, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1: #23 Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva/Marta Bellucco (WSU) def. Mimi Kendall-Woseley/Laura Silsane (UH) 7-6 (7-4)
2: Jessie Zheng/Ting-ya Hsu (WSU) def. Phonexay Chitdara/Gabriela Giraldo (UH) 6-4
3: Azul Pedemonti/Blanco Cortijo (UH) def. Alexandra Lazarova/Natsumi Kurahashi 6-3
 
Match Notes
Wichita State 3-9
Houston 7-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,4,5,3)