MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (4-3) at UT-ARLINGTON (4-1)
Thursday, Feb. 15 | 2:00 PM
Arlington, Texas. | UTA Tennis Center

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The Wichita State women's tennis team heads back on the road for a pair of matches in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, the first on Thursday against the UT-Arlington Mavericks at 2:00 PM.
 
SHOCKER NOTES

• The 2024 campaign for the Shockers is their 15th under the guidance of Head Coach Colin Foster.
• The Shockers (4-2) enter the match after a close victory at home against Tulane on February 11
• Wichita State is 3-2 on the road this season.
• The Shocker roster is made up of five returners and three international 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.
• So far this year, Wang and Chantava lead the team in total wins with eight each.
• The duos of Wang/Natsumi Kurahashi and Roselli/Chantava lead the Shockers in doubles wins with four.

SERIES HISTORY VS UT-ARLINGTON

• Wichita State leads the all-time series 9-3
• The Shockers won seven consecutive matches against UT-Arlington from 2012 to 2020
• The Shockers are 4-2 against the Mavericks when playing in Arlington.
• UT-Arlington has won two of the last three contests.
• The Mavericks won the last matchup in Arlingtonn March 6, 2022, 4-0.

LAST TIME VS UT-ARLINGTON

• The teams met last season in Wichita where the Shockers won 4-0.
• The Shockers won the doubles point and took victory at singles courts two, three, and four to take the match.
• LingWei Kong, Kristina Kudryavtseva, and Chantava prevailed in singles, all in straight sets.

UT-ARLINGTON SCOUTING

• The Mavericks are in their 19th season under head coach, Diego Benitez.
• UTA went 18-4 overall and 8-1 in conference in last season.
• The Mavericks went 12-1 at home last year with the lone loss coming to Texas Tech.
• UTA is 4-1 and enters the match after suffering their first loss of the season, losing at home to SMU, 4-0
• Bruna Casasampere leads the team in wins with eight and is 8-1 overall this year.

LAST MATCH

• The Shockers inked out a win at home against Tulane, 4-3
• The Shockers won a tight doubles point and pulled through with wins at singles courts two, five, and six.
• Freshman Roselli won the match for the Shockers with a sweeping, 6-0, 6-3 win at court six.

NEXT UP
The Shockers remain in Texas as they are set to face SMU in Dallas on Friday at 2:00 PM.