WICHITA – In the Shockers' first outdoor home matches of the season, the team defeated Nebraska, 4-3, and shut out Northwest Missouri State, 4-0, Sunday at the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex.
 
"I'm pleased with how we competed," head coach Darragh Glavin said. "It's not easy to have a great win like that and then come back out and play again an hour and half later."
 
The Shockers (7-5) claimed the doubles point in both matches with Nos. 1 and 2 wins by Kristof Minarik/Alex Richards and Misha Kvantaliani/Orel Ovil.
 
The Shockers started off slow in singles but Kvantaliani and Richards rallied for first-set wins with Kvantaliani coming back from down 5-1 to win 7-6(3). Both Kvantaliani and Richards finished off their opponents in the second set, but the Huskers (4-4) snagged three singles wins, including No. 109 Roni Hietaranta's 6-3, 7-5 win over No. 97 Minarik at No. 1, to tie the match up at 3-3.
 
After falling in the first set at No. 4, freshman Alejandro Jacome evened the match with a 6-2 set two win and carried that momentum into the third set, winning 6-2 with the match on the line to clinch the 4-3 win for the Shockers.
 
"Having a team like that come here and take it right down to the last match and Alejandro, as a freshman, being able to keep his composure and clinch the match was great to see," Glavin said.
 
After a short break, the Shockers returned to the courts to take on Division II No. 16 Northwest Missouri State (2-2).
 
Up 1-0 after doubles, Wichita State started slow in singles once again, but battled for four first-set wins. Ovil bounced back from a loss in the Nebraska match to win his first set at No. 2 in a tiebreaker and quickly finish off the second, 6-1.
 
Bracks and King also won in straight sets, securing a 4-0 sweep for the Shockers to wrap up the doubleheader.
 
"It was great that we were able to keep our composure and come out and play some good tennis when we needed to against a tough team," Glavin said.  "Great weekend overall and excited for the rest of the year."
 
Wichita State is back on the road Feb. 25-26 in San Antonio for matches against Florida Atlantic and UTSA.

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Singles competition
1. #109 Roni Hietaranta (NEB) def. #97 Kristof Minarik (WSU) 6-3, 7-5
2. Misha Kvantaliani (WSU) def. Leo Linquet (NEB) 7-6, 6-2
3. Shunya Maruyama (NEB) def. Orel Ovil (WSU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Alex Richards (WSU) def. Lars Johann (NEB) 6-4, 6-1
5. Alejandro Jacome (WSU) def. William Gleason (NEB) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
6. Nic Wiedenhorn (NEB) def. Richey King (WSU) 6-4, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. Kristof Minarik/Alex Richards (WSU) def. Nic Wiedenhorn/Shunya Maruyama (NEB) 6-4
2. Orel Ovil/Misha Kvantaliani (WSU) def. William Gleason/Leo Linquet (NEB) 7-5
3. Roni Hietaranta/Lars Johann (NEB) def. Richey King/Luke Bracks (WSU) 6-4
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (3,6,4,1,2,5)

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 Wichita St. 4, Northwest Mo. St. 0
 
Singles competition
1. Misha Kvantaliani (WSU) vs. Andrea Zamurri (NWMSU) 6-7, 2-3, unfinished
2. Orel Ovil (WSU) def. Michael Delebois (NWMSU) 7-6, 6-1
3. Alex Richards (WSU) vs. Fabien Calloud (NWMSU) 5-7, 3-2, unfinished
4. Alejandro Jacome (WSU) vs. Jan Skerbatis (NWMSU) 6-4, 5-6, unfinished
5. Richey King (WSU) def. Mason Meier (NWMSU) 7-5, 6-1
6. Luke Bracks (WSU) def. Simon Birgerson (NWMSU) 6-2, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. Kristof Minarik/Alex Richards (WSU) def. Mason Meier/Jan Skerbatis (NWMSU) 6-2
2. Misha Kvantaliani/Orel Ovil (WSU) def. Fabien Calloud/Michael Delebois (NWMSU) 6-3
3. Zach Grueber/Luke Bracks (WSU) vs. Andrea Zamurri/Fillippo Piranomonte (NWMSU) 4-4, unfinished
 
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (6,2,5)