WICHITA, Kan. – The Wichita State men's tennis team collected a dramatic 4-3 win in their regular season finale over the South Florida Bulls on Friday afternoon at Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex behind a dominant performance from seniors, Marcelo Sepulveda and Misha Kvantaliani.
 
With the win, the Shockers (5-17) pick up their first ever win over South Florida and pick up their first win over an American Athletic Conference opponent this season. USF (9-14) has now lost five matches in a row.
 
Doubles was very close across the board, but the Shockers would ultimately prevail to grab the very important point. Misha Kvantaliani and Richey King would strike first, winning 6-4 over USF's 51st ranked doubles pairing of Erik Grevelius and Alvin Tudoric at court one.
 
Luke Bracks and Alejandro Jacome would fall 6-4 at court three, but the loss was quickly offset by Marcelo Sepulveda and Vanja Hodzic's 7-5 win at court two to seal the doubles win for the Black and Yellow.
 
Singles was another high-stakes battle, with multiple courts being decided in third sets and tiebreaks. 
 
Hodzic would open the singles scoring with a 6-3, 6-4, win at court four to make it 2-0 Shockers.
 
The Bulls would respond quickly with a pair of wins at courts five and six over Bracks and King, evening the match at 2-2. 
 
Next, Jacome would fall at court two, 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-2, but Kvantaliani would pick up a near simultaneous win at court one, 7-6 (9), 7-5, toppling the 65th ranked Grevelius to tie the match 3-3, and send all eyes to Sepulveda's match at court three.
 
Sepulveda lost his opening set in a tiebreak 7-6 (3) but responded with a 6-2 win in the second set to force a winner-take-all third. The senior and Monterrey, Mexico native jumped on USF's Tom Pisane early, leaping out to a 4-1 lead that he wouldn't relinquish, going on to win the set 6-2, and clinch the 4-3 win for the Shockers.
 
In total on senior day, the Wichita State men's tennis seniors in Kvantaliani and Sepulveda went a combined 4-0 across doubles and singles to propel the Shockers to victory.
 
The Shockers will now get two weeks off, before travelling to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to begin play in the American Athletic Conference Championship on April 18.