The Wichita State women's tennis team is set for a busy week of competition, beginning Wednesday afternoon with a home dual match against Tulsa and continuing with another weekend road swing.
 
The Shockers and Golden Hurricane meet at 1 p.m. CT Wednesday on the Wichita Country Club indoor courts. Live scoring will be available at shockerstats.com
 
WSU's match with Oral Roberts (originally scheduled for Saturday in Fayetteville) will instead be played Friday in Tulsa, Okla. First serve from ORU's Bernis Dukes Tennis Center is set for 2 p.m. CT.
 
The Shockers will travel to Arkansas on Saturday, as planned, however the match has been pushed back an hour to 10 a.m. CT. Fans can follow scoring and watch live video via PlaySight.
 

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 SHOCKER NOTABLES:

• Wichita State (5-3) has won three of its last four matches coming into the week.
• The Shockers improved to 3-0 at home with last Friday's 4-3 win over Florida Atlantic at Genesis West Central. Harriett Hamilton closed out the deciding match at No. 6 singles to improve to 14-4 (6-2 in duals).
• WSU canceled Sunday's home match against Tulane due to a combination of injuries and non-COVID illness.
• Freshman Clara Whitaker shares the team lead in victories (14-3) and is 8-0 in spring duals. She made her debut at the No. 3 spot in the FAU match.
• 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. Tanaporn Thongsing was a perfect 9-0 in 2015-16 duals while playing mostly Nos. 5 and 6 singles.

 

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TULSA (6-1)
Wednesday, Feb. 16 | 1 p.m. CT
Wichita, Kan. | Wichita Country Club

• The schools have already had one encounter, staging a hidden dual at last November's Hurricane Invite.
• WSU leads the all-time series 24-18 (11-5 in Wichita).
• Tulsa has taken the last two meetings (2020 and 2021) but the Shockers have won each of the last duals in Wichita. Tulsa last defeated WSU on its home court back in 1999.
• Tulsa's Laia Conde Monfort checked in at No. 91 in the latest ITA Division I Singles Rankings.
• The Hurricane are off to a strong start that includes a first-round ITA Kickoff Weekend victory over Oregon.
• Tulsa finished 15-7 last year and was runner-up in the American Athletic Conference tournament.

 

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at ORAL ROBERTS (2-4)
Friday, Feb. 18 | 2 p.m. CT
Tulsa, Okla. | Bernis Dukes Tennis Center

• This will be the home opener for ORU, which has played its first six matches at road or neutral sites.
• The teams share a common opponent. Golden Eagles opened their season in Wichita (Jan. 23) with a neutral court match against Saint Louis (L, 3-4). WSU defeated SLU 5-2 on Jan. 22.
• The Shockers hold a 22-7 edge in the series and have captured 16-straight. ORU's last win came in 1986.

 

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at ARKANSAS (4-3)
Saturday, Feb. 19 | 10 a.m. CT
Fayetteville, Ark. | Dills Indoor Stadium
Live Scoring | Live Video

• The Razorback doubles-tandem of Morgan Cross and Tatum Rice is No. 53 in the latest ITA rankings and is 4-1 in duals this spring.
• Arkansas finished 11-11 last spring (4-9 SEC) and lost to Old Dominion in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
• The Razorbacks are in their first season under former UCF assistant Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar.
• WSU is 2-23 all-time against Arkansas with both wins coming under Colin Foster. The Shockers' 2015 win in Fayetteville was their first in 19 series meetings. WSU won again in 2018 but has dropped the last two.