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Shockers Head to Kansas City for Two Matches

4/5/2021 4:41:00 PM

WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State women's tennis travels to Kansas City, Mo. tomorrow for a match against Creighton at 1:00 p.m., and host Kansas City at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday at the Plaza Tennis Center.
 
Shocker Notables
  • The senior duo of Marta Bellucco and Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva came in at No. 23 in the ITA Preseason Doubles Rankings. The long-delayed updates to the rankings the duo drop out. They are currently 12-5 on the season and have ranked wins over Arizona State's No. 50 Ilze Hattingh/Lauryn John-Baptiste and Kansas State's No. 46 Karine-Marion Job/Maria Linares
  • Freshman Jessie Zheng leads the Shockers in singles wins with a 9-6 record at No. 4 and 5. Three other Shockers have five wins on the season.
  • The duo of Ting-ya Hsu and Jessie Zheng have been productive at the second doubles spot, going 9-7 on the season.
 
Scouting the Competition
 
Creighton (7-4)
  • Unlike KC, Creighton lost last time out to North Dakota, 5-2.
  • Malvika Shukla and Sarah Wilcox both have seven singles wins. Shulka is 7-0 while playing from line 4-6 while Wilcox is 7-4 and earned her seven at lines 1-2.
  • The duo of Emma Gener/Malvika Shukla have seven doubles wins with six of them coming on line three.
  • The Shockers are 28-2 against the Bluejays. The teams last met in 2019, a 4-0 WSU win.
 
Kansas City (5-6)
  • The Roos beat North Dakota last time out, 4-3.
  • Thanushree Vale leads KC in singles wins with eight. Most of these have come on line three where she is 6-3.
  • The duo of Yana Grechkina/Michela Xibilia leads the team with five doubles wins, all at the top line.
  • The Shockers are 11-0 all-time versus the Roos.
 
Up Next
The Shockers stay on the road to face Memphis on April 11 and Tulane on April 13.
 
Match Updates
For updates during the match, follow @GoShockersWTEN on Twitter. A recap will be posted on GoShockers.com after the conclusion of each match. There will be no live stats for these two matches.
 
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