MATCH INFORMATION
 
FORDHAM (3-2) at WICHITA STATE (5-4)
Sunday, Feb. 18 | 9:00 AM
Wichita, Kansas. | Wichita Country Club
 
Live Stats: stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=497523

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The Wichita State women's tennis team will play their third match in four days when they take on the Fordham Rams on Sunday morning at 9:00 AM.

SHOCKER NOTES

• The 2024 campaign for the Shockers is their 15th under the guidance of Head Coach Colin Foster.
• The Shockers (5-4) enter the match after a tough loss on the road against SMU, 4-0.
• Wichita State is 1-1 at home 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 5-2.

SERIES HISTORY VS FORDHAM

• This is the first meeting all-time between Fordham and Wichita State. 

FORDHAM SCOUTING

• Fordham is in their third year under head coach, Michael Sowter, who had been the head coach of the Fordham men's team for the six years prior.
• Under Sowter, the Rams are 31-15 overall and are 15-11 in road matches in his tenure.
• Fordham is 2-2 on the road this season.
• The Rams are the reigning Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament champions.
• Fordham went 14-8 last season and 6-6 in road contests.

LAST MATCH

• The Shockers fell in a highly competitive match to the SMU Mustangs, 4-0
• Doubles and singles were very close, but the Mustangs took home the win.
• The Shockers two-match win streak came to an end with the loss.

NEXT UP
The Shockers will take a few weeks away from match play, as they do not play another match until March 8, where they will face the Abilene Christian Wildcats at 1:00 PM at Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex.