MATCH INFORMATION
 
IOWA (5-3) VS. WICHITA STATE (4-4)
Monday, February 24 | 11:00 AM CT
Wichita, Kan. | Genesis Rock Road
 
Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
 
Openers

• Wichita State women's tennis is in its 16^th season under the guidance of head coach, Colin Foster
• The Shockers are 4-4 on the year with wins over Wyoming, Kansas State, Oral Roberts, and Kentucky
• WSU is 1-3 against Power Four opponents this season
• Wichita State's Xin Tong Wang was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on February 4

Fall Success

• Wang became the first Shocker since 1983 to compete in the Central Region Singles Final, and in November, she became the first Shocker to make an appearance at nationals since 2019
• Theodora Chantava and Giorgia Roselli represented the Shockers in doubles at the first annual AAC Fall Championships, where they made a run to the semifinals of the tournament
• Roselli led the Shockers in singles wins in the fall with ten
• Chantava, Roselli, and Kristina Kudryavtseva tied for the lead in doubles wins with five each

Team Leaders

• Chantava, Wang, and Anne Knuettel are tied for the team lead in singles victories with four
• Knuettel has the best winning percentage in singles with a 4-1 record (0.800)
• Kudryavtseva and Chantava lead the Shockers in doubles win with five, all coming paired together, and they have a 5-1 record as a duo this season
• The Shockers have team records of 22-17 in singles and 10-10 in doubles

In the Rankings

• The Shockers were ranked No. 65 as a team in the first ITA computer top 75 poll of the season
• After a fall campaign that saw her become the first Shocker to qualify for nationals since 2019, Wang was ranked No. 62 by the ITA in singles
• Wang is also the first Shocker to be ranked by the ITA since May 1, 2019, when Fatima Bizhukova was ranked No. 121
• Wang is currently ranked No. 117 in singles

New Faces

• Two new players have joined the Shocker roster from last season in true freshman Sati Aubakirova and Miami (FL) transfer Tatyana Nikolenko
• Coach Foster will be joined by two new assistant coaches this season: Arianna Raga, who came to Wichita State after guiding the Cowley Tigers to an NJCAA Division I National Championship, and Maya Tahan, who just wrapped up a collegiate playing career between Miami and LSU

Iowa Notes

• Hawkeye Head Coach Sasha Boros is in her ninth year at the helm of Iowa
• Boros has a record of 94-87 in her time with Iowa 
• Iowa has a record of 5-3 on the year and are 2-2 on the road
• The Hawkeyes are 0-2 against team in Kansas so far this year, losing 4-1 to Kansas, and 4-3 to Kansas State
• Among common opponents, UI and WSU have played Kansas, Kansas State, and Kentucky
• Iowa lost to Kansas State on Saturday, 4-3
• In the fall, the Shockers went 5-0 as a team against Iowa across singles and doubles at ITA Central Regionals in October
• WSU's Wang beat two Iowa opponents (Nikita Vishwase and Tereza Dejnozkova) in regionals on her way to the Central Region Singles Final

Series History vs. Iowa

• The Shockers hold a slim 5-4 lead over Iowa in the all-time series
• Coach Foster is 1-2 against the Hawkeyes at WSU
• Wichita State won the only meeting in Wichita in the series, 5-2, on March 23, 2018
• The teams have only met three times since 1985, once in Wichita, once in Iowa City, and once in Indian Wells, California

Next Up
The Shockers travel to Abilene, Texas, to play the Abilene Christian Wildcats on Saturday, March 1, at noon.