MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (5-3) at SMU (2-4)
Friday, Feb. 16 | 2:00 PM
Dallas, Texas. | Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex

Live Stats: smumustangs.com/sports/2017/1/12/sports-wten-live-scoring.aspx

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The Wichita State women's tennis team will play their second game in as many days when they go from Arlington, Texas to Dallas, Texas to face the SMU Mustangs on Friday 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.
• 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 nine each.
• The duos of Wang/Natsumi Kurahashi and Roselli/Chantava lead the Shockers in doubles wins with five and both duos are 5-1.

SERIES HISTORY VS SMU

• The all-time series is split 5-5 between SMU and Wichita State
• The Shockers are 2-1 against SMU in Dallas.
• SMU has won three consecutive matches over the Shockers, all via a 4-0 sweep.
• The teams have not meet since the 2021 season.
• The Mavericks won the last matchup in Dallas on March 5, 2021, 4-0.

LAST TIME VS SMU

• The teams met in the first round of the American Athletic Conference tournament on April 23, 2021 in Orlando, Florida.
• No. 40 ranked SMU won the match 4-0. 
• The Mustangs won doubles and won at singles courts one, five, six to complete their victory.

SMU SCOUTING

• The Mustangs are in their fifth season under head coach, Jeff Novolo.
• SMU is 38-9 at home in the Novolo era.
• SMU is the reigning AAC tournament champions.
• The Mustangs went 16-9 last year and 7-0 against AAC opponents including the conference tournament.
• SMU is 2-4 and enters the match after a 4-0 win against UT-Arlington on Tuesday.
• SMU defeated then No. 17 Vanderbilt on January 21, 4-3.

LAST MATCH

• The Shockers outdueled the UTA Mavericks, 4-0.
• The Shockers cruised to a win in doubles and followed with sweeping wins at courts one, five, and six.
• Chantava clinched the win for the Shockers with a come-from-behind win in set two at court five.

NEXT UP
The Shockers will speed home, as they are scheduled to face off against the Fordham Rams at Wichita Country Club on Sunday at 9:00 AM.