MATCH INFORMATION
 
UTSA (17-3) AT #54 WICHITA STATE (10-6)
Sunday, March 30 | 9:00 AM CT
Wichita, Kan. | Wichita Country Club

Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
Openers

• Wichita State women's tennis is in its 16^th season under the guidance of head coach, Colin Foster
• The Shockers are 10-6 on the year with wins over Wyoming, Kansas State, Oral Roberts, Kentucky, Abilene Christian, Tulsa, Louisiana Tech, Princeton, Tulane, and South Florida
• The Shockers have won four matches in a row with two being wins over ranked opponents
• After starting 1-4 Wichita State has won nine of their last eleven matches
• WSU is 2-2 at home this season but has not won a match at home not playing at Wichita Country Club
• Wichita State has had two players receive American Athletic Conference Player of the Week this season with Xin Tong Wang earning the honor on February 4 and Giorgia Roselli earning the award on March 18
• WSU is 3-1 this year against AAC opponents

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 leads the time in singles wins with nine and possesses a 10-3 record
• Anne Knuettel has the best winning percentage in singles with an 9-1 record (0.900)
• Kudryavtseva and Chantava lead the Shockers in doubles wins with nine, all coming paired together, and they have a 9-2 record as a duo this season
• The Shockers have team records of 48-27 in singles and 22-18 in doubles

In the Rankings

• 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. 120 in singles
• The duo of Wang and Roselli were ranked No. 66 in doubles by the ITA on March 18, they're first ranking of the season
• The Shockers slotted in at No. 54 in this week's ITA rankings

UTSA Notes

• Ki Kroll is in his seventh year as head coach of UTSA
• The Roadrunners are 17-3 on the year and enter off a 4-0 loss to Tulsa on Saturday
• Sunday's match with be the 'Runners second in as many days 
• UTSA is a 8-1 on the road this season
• The Roadrunners are currently unranked but reached as high as No. 44 in the ITA rankings this season
• As of Friday, UTSA is 0-2 against ranked opponents, losing to No. 48 Rice and No. 45 Tulsa
• Only four of UTSA's wins entering Friday (South Florida, North Texas, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, and Texas State) are against teams with a current College Tennis Rank (CTR) higher than 126
• UTSA's three losses are to Rice, Tulsa, and Tulane 
• The Roadrunners are 2-3 on the year against AAC foes

Series History vs. UTSA

• The teams have only met once prior to Sunday
• UTSA won the only meeting against the Shockers on March 12, 1986, beating WSU 5-4 in San Antonio

Next Up
The Shockers are set for a doubleheader on Saturday, April 4, as they are set to face North Texas at 10:00 AM and Creighton at 4:00 PM at Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex.