MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (0-0) AT #13 OKLAHOMA (0-0)
Friday, Jan. 12. | 11:00 AM
Norman, Okla. | Headington Family Tennis Center
 
Live Stats:  https://statb.us/b/499178

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NORMAN, Okla. – The Wichita State women's tennis team is set to start the 2024 season with a trip to Norman to face the #13 ranked Oklahoma Sooners on January 12 at 11:00 AM at Headington Family Tennis Center. The Shockers are looking to continue to build off a successful 2023 campaign where the team compiled a record of 12-10.
 
SHOCKER NOTES

• The 2024 campaign for the Shockers will be their 15th under the guidance of Head Coach Colin Foster.
• The Shocker roster is made up of five returners and three international freshmen additions in Giorgia Roselli, Anne Knuettel, and Xin Tong Wang.
• The Shockers are coming off their first season with a winning record since 2018-19
• In the fall, freshman Wang advanced to the semifinals of both singles and doubles at the Fighting Illini open in Champaign, Illinois on Nov. 9
• In team action in the fall, Roselli and sophomore Kristina Kudryavtseva tied for the team lead in singles wins with five each.
• In doubles, the duo of Theodora Chantava and Clara Whitaker totaled the most doubles wins in the fall with four.

SERIES HISTORY

• This will be the 42nd all-time meeting between the teams and Oklahoma leads the series 35-6
• Oklahoma has won the last four meetings, with the last Shocker victory coming on April 1, 2018, where the Shockers won 5-2 in Norman.
• The Shockers are 4-18 all-time against the Sooners when playing at Norman.
• The teams met in March of last season in Norman where the Shockers were swept 0-7.
• The Shockers and Sooners have had at least one matchup in every season since 2008 except for 2012 and 2022.
• Oklahoma has won eight of the last ten matches against Wichita State.

SHOCKERS AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS

• The Shockers are searching for their first win against a top-25 opponent since 2016 (Last was 5-2 win at #18 Tulsa on March 5, 2016).
• Since the 2016 season, the Shockers are 19-31 against ITA top-75 opponents and are 2-16 against top-25 opponents.
• The Shockers went 1-5 against top-75 teams last season with the victory coming on the road at then #49 Nebraska.

SOONER SCOUTING

• The Sooners are in their eighth year under head coach Audra Cohen who is 123-52 as head coach at Oklahoma.
• In 2022, Oklahoma was the NCAA National Runner-Up and the Big 12 Regular Season Champion for the first time in program history.
• Oklahoma was picked to finish third in the Big 12 in the conference preseason poll.
• The Sooners went 22-10 last season and advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals where they were knocked about by #3 Georgia.
• Oklahoma has won 36 consecutive home matches and have not lost at Headington Family Tennis Center since March 28, 2021 

NEXT UP
The Shockers get a full week off, before getting back on the road for a Saturday match at Creighton on January 20 at 3:00 PM followed by a match the next day at Drake at 1:00 PM.