The Wichita State women's tennis team is home for two matches this weekend.
 
The Shockers (4-3) play host to Florida Atlantic at 8 a.m. CT Friday morning at Genesis West Central and will be at the Wichita Country Club Sunday morning to take on Tulane (9 a.m. CT).
 
Live scoring is available for all home matches at shockerstats.com.
 

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SHOCKER NOTES:

• WSU is 2-0 at home this year after sweeping a double-header against Saint Louis and Newman back on Jan. 22.
• The Shockers split a paif of matches last weekend in Lincoln, Neb., defeating Creighton (5-2) before falling to Nebraska on Sunday (6-1).
• WSU doesn't play a conference regular season schedule in women's tennis, but its home slate is chalked full of American Athletic Conference rivals. Tulane is the first of seven that will appear in Wichita over the next two months.
• Freshman Clara Whitaker – a graduate of Wichita's Kapaun Mt. Carmel -- has won all seven of her singles matches this spring while splitting time between the Nos. 4-6 spots.
• Whitaker's start is the best by a Shocker to a spring season since 2018 when Sandra Honigova opened with eight-straight wins while playing at the Nos. 2-4 positions.
• Natsumi Kurahashi and LingWei Kong (both 4-3) have winning records atop the lineup at No. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, and are 4-1 together at No. 1 doubles.

 

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vs. FLORIDA ATLANTIC (4-3)
8 a.m. CT | Friday, Feb. 11
Wichita, Kan. | Genesis West Central
Live Scoring

• This will be the first-ever meeting with FAU, which is set to join the American Athletic Conference in the not-too-distant future. The Owls were one of six new additions announced by the league earlier this fall.
• FAU took part in last month's ITA Kickoff Weekend as part of the Austin, Texas pod, falling 4-0 to No. 1-ranked Texas on the first day and 4-3 in an all-Owl affair against Rice.
• FAU opened with six-straight road matches before winning its home-opener last weekend against FGCU.
• FAU reached the CUSA semifinals last year as a No. 5 seed and earned back-to-back runner-up finishes at the event in 2018 and 2019.
• Returners Katerina Filip and Martina Kudelova have held down the No. 1 and 2 singles spots and are joined by a group of five freshmen newcomers.

 

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vs. TULANE (3-1)
9 a.m. CT | Sunday, Feb. 13
Wichita, Kan. | Wichita Country Club
Live Scoring

• This is the fourth meeting all-time between WSU and Tulane.
• Tulane swept the Shockers last April in New Orleans, 4-3, but WSU leads the all-time series 3-1 (2-1 under Foster).
• The Green Wave are 3-1 this year with sweep of Alcorn State, Northwestern State and Southern and a narrow, 4-3 loss to Alabama. They're on the road for the first time this spring with a two-game weekend swing through Tulsa (Friday) and Wichita.
• Tulane has six returning letter-winners from last year's team that finished 13-9 and fell to Houston in the first round of the AAC tournament and welcomes four newcomers to the mix.