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WTEN Preview: vs Tulsa, vs UMKC (Apr. 8)

4/6/2024 4:18:00 PM

MATCH INFORMATION
 
TULSA (8-11) vs #63 WICHITA STATE (10-7)
Monday, Apr. 8 | 1:00 PM CT
Wichita, Kan. | Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex
 
Promotion: Free kids' clinic between matches, free pizza before UMKC match
 
Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
 
SHOCKER NOTES
  • The 2024 campaign is the 15th for the Shockers under the guidance of Colin Foster.
  • The Shockers (10-7) enter the doubleheader on a three-match losing streak.
  • Wichita State is 3-1 in home matches 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 leads the team in total wins with 21.
  • This weekend will be the first match action for the Shockers since March 31 and their first home match since March 8.
DOUBLES NUMBERS
  • The duo of Wang and Natsumi Kurahashi lead the Shockers in doubles wins with 12 and they are 8-2 in their last ten.
  • The Shockers have won 12 doubles points this season.
  • Wichita State is 9-3 in matches this year when winning the doubles point and 1-4 when they don't.
  • The Shocker doubles teams are 27-13 in dual matches this season.
SINGLES NUMBERS
  • Wang and Chantava lead the Shockers in singles wins with nine apiece.
  • Chantava (10-1) 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 46-40 in singles matches this season.
SERIES HISTORY VS TULSA
  • This will be the 46th meeting between Wichita State and Tulsa
  • The Shockers hold a narrow advantage in the series, 24-21.
  • Wichita State is 13-4 against Tulsa playing in Wichita.
  • Tulsa has won seven of the last ten matchups and each of the last five.s
  • The Shockers are 4-11 against Tulsa in the Foster era.
GOLDEN HURRICANE SCOUTING
  • Tulsa enters the match with a record of 8-11.
  • The Golden Hurricane enter the match having lost three matches in a row.
  • Tulsa is 0-4 on the road this season.
  • The Golden Hurricane are 0-4 against teams in the American Athletic Conference entering the match.
  • UAB is in their 19th year under head coach, Dean Orford.

MATCH INFORMATION
 
UMKC (5-11) vs #63 WICHITA STATE (10-7)
Monday, Apr. 8 | 5:00 PM CT
Wichita, Kan. | Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex
 
Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
 
SERIES HISTORY VS UMKC
  • This will be the 14th matchup between Kansas City and Wichita State
  • The Shockers are an undefeated 13-0 in the series all-time.
  • Wichita State is 7-0 at home against the Roos.
  • The teams have not played in Wichita sincse February 27, 2020. 
ROO SCOUTING
  • UMKC enters the weekend slate with a record of 5-11.
  • The Roos have lost three in a row entering the match and are 3-7 in their last ten.
  • Kansas City is 1-7 in road matches this season.
  • UMKC is in their 16th season under head coach, Kendell Hale.
NEXT UP
The Shockers will travel to Lawrence, Kansas on Friday, April 12 to tangle with the currently 56th ranked Jayhawks at 10:00 AM at Jayhawk Tennis Center.
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