SHOCKER NOTES

• The 2024 campaign for the Shockers is their 15th under the guidance of head coach Colin Foster.
• The Shockers (9-4) enter the road slate on a four-match win streak.
• Wichita State is 4-3 in true road matches this season and 2-0 at neutral sites.
• 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 leads the team in total wins with 17.
• Wichita State has won six of their last seven matches.

DOUBLES NUMBERS

• The duo of Wang and Natsumi Kurahashi lead the Shockers in doubles wins with nine and they have won four matches in a row.
• The Shockers have won nine doubles points this season.
• Wichita State is 8-1 in matches this year when winning the doubles point and 1-3 when they don't.
• The Shocker doubles teams are 20-11 in dual matches this season.

SINGLES NUMBERS

• Wang and Chantava lead the Shockers in singles wins with eight apiece.
• Wang has won eight singles matches in a row and has not lost when playing at the No. 2 position this season.
• Chantava (8-1) has the best singles record of any Shocker. Her lone loss came on February 9 against Kentucky's Ellie Myers in three sets, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 1-0 (10-5).
• As a team, the Shockers are 42-28 in singles matches this season.

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MATCH INFORMATION
 
#47 DENVER (11-4) vs WICHITA STATE (9-4)
Saturday, Mar. 16 | 12:00 PM CT
Charlotte, N.C. | Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex
 
Live Stats: TBD

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SERIES HISTORY VS DENVER

• This will be the 11th meeting all-time between Denver and Wichita State.
• Wichita State leads the series 7-3.
• The Shockers has won three straight matches over Denver.
• The teams are split 1-1 playing at neutral sites all-time.
• This will be the first meeting between the teams since February 28, 2015.
• The Shockers are 6-1 against Denver in the Colin Foster era (since 2009).

LAST TIME VS DENVER

• The teams last met in Lincoln, Nebraska on February 28, 2015, where the then No. 29 Shockers won 4-1 over the 51st ranked Pioneers.
• The Shockers won a competitive doubles point and won at each of the top three singles courts to wrap up the win.

PIONEER SCOUTING

• Denver enters the match with a record of 11-4.
• The Pioneers have won four straight matches.
• Denver is 1-2 at neutral sites this season.
• The Pioneers are 8-2 in their last ten matches with both losses coming on the road against top-40 opponents.
• Denver is in their third year under head coach Paul Wardlaw.
• Under Wardlaw, the Pioneers are 43-18.

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MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (9-4) AT #52 CHARLOTTE (11-5)
Sunday, Mar. 17 | 10:00 AM CT
Charlotte, N.C. | Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex
 
Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
Video: Web Track

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SERIES HISTORY VS CHARLOTTE

• This is the first ever matchup between Charlotte and Wichita State 

CHARLOTTE SCOUTING

• Charlotte enters the match with a record of 11-5.
• The 49ers enter the weekend after achieving their highest ranked win in program history over No. 28 Columbia, 4-1 on March 8.
• The 49ers have won their last three matches.
• Charlotte is a perfect 9-0 at home this weekend.
• This is the 49ers first match against an American Athletic Conference foe this season.

SHOCKERS AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS

• Since the 2016 season, the Shockers are 20-31 against ITA top-75 opponents.
• The Shockers went 1-5 against top-75 teams last season with the victory coming on the road at then #49 Nebraska.
• Wichita State collected their first win over a ranked opponent this season on Wednesday, March 13 against No. 66 Liberty, 4-2.

LAST MATCH

• The Shockers enter the weekend after an invigorating victory over 66th ranked Liberty on Wednesday in Palm Springs, California.
• The Shocker pairings dominated in doubles, sweeping the Flames with a 6-0 win at court two and a 6-3 win at court one.
• Liberty fought back in singles after going down in the match 3-1, but the Shockers battled back from some steep deficits at courts three and five in the third sets to win the match, 4-2.

NEXT UP
The Shockers will return home from their road gauntlet for a two-week rest before going back out on the road to Memphis, Tennessee for a pair of matches against AAC opponents in UAB on March 30 and against host and currently 54th ranked Memphis the next day.