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Giorgia Roselli
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Tulsa TLS (11-12)
4
Winner Wichita State WS (13-9)
Tulsa TLS
(11-12)
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Final
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Wichita State WS
(13-9)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis |

Shockers Get Revenge, Sweep Rival Tulsa to Advance in AAC Tournament

DALLAS – The 74th ranked and 7th-seeded Wichita State women's tennis team swept the 10th-seeded Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the second round of the American Athletic Conference Championship on Thursday evening at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.
 
The Shockers (13-9) pick up their first win at the AAC Championship since 2019 and Tulsa (11-12) sees their three-match winning streak come to an end. The win for the Shockers also breaks a six-match long losing streak to Tulsa and avenges the Shockers' 4-1 loss at home to the Golden Hurricane ten days ago.
 
In doubles, Giorgia Roselli and Theodora Chantava struck first to give the Shockers the early edge with a 6-3 win at court three, but Tulsa bounced back to win 6-3 at court two over Xin Tong Wang and Natsumi Kurahashi, setting doubles up to be decided by Kristina Kudryavtseva and Jessica Anzo at court one.
 
After the Shocker pair took a 5-0 lead, Tulsa put together a spectacular rally, winning five games in row to tie the match 5-5. The Shockers won the next game to go up 6-5, but Tulsa answered again to send the match into a tiebreak. After going down 4-2 in the tiebreak, the Shocker pair pulled it out, winning the final five points of the tiebreak to secure a doubles win for the Shockers.
 
"It was a crazy doubles point to be able up 5-0 and then go to a tiebreak, but we were able to find a way," Head Coach Colin Foster said. "Adversity will hit you hard and you have to not only respond, but embrace it, and that's what we did today."
 
The Shockers carried the momentum from their doubles win into singles, as the Shockers took the first set on five of six courts to gain a huge advantage.
 
"Our first sets were competitive on every court," said Foster. "I thought we did a great job to stay calm and focused when we missed an opportunity, rather than carrying that with us."
 
Chantava broke through first, collecting a win over reigning AAC Player of the Week, Lily Hutchings, 6-2, 6-3, at court three.
 
Anzo earned her second win of the day with a 6-4, 6-1, victory at court six to make it 3-0 Shockers.
 
Wang would deliver the clinch, defeating Tulsa's Maria Berlanga for the second time in ten days to send the Shockers into the AAC Quarterfinals.
 
"We just kept our nose to the grindstone and played focused tennis today," said Foster. "We played at a pretty good level on every court."
 
The Shockers will play 2-seed and No. 43 ranked Charlotte tomorrow at 3:00 PM in Dallas, with the winner moving to the semifinals to face one of 11-seed UAB, 6-seed Florida Atlantic, or 3-seed Memphis on Saturday at 2:00 PM.
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