MATCH INFORMATION
 
[12] EAST CAROLINA (7-12) VS. [5] #58 WICHITA STATE (12-9)
Thursday, April 17 | 12:00 PM CT
Memphis, Tenn. | Leftwich Tennis Center

Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
Openers

• Wichita State women's tennis is in its 16^th season under the guidance of head coach, Colin Foster
• Foster crossed the 250 career win mark with a 4-0 win over North Texas on April 4
• The Shockers are 12-9 on the year with wins over Wyoming, Kansas State, Oral Roberts, Kentucky, Abilene Christian, Tulsa, Louisiana Tech, Princeton, Tulane, South Florida, UTSA, and North Texas
• The Shockers enter having lost their last three matches, with all three being ranked opponents
• WSU is 8-7 not playing in Wichita this year and 2-2 at neutral sites
• The Shockers are 9-4 against unranked opponents this season
• 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 5-3 against AAC opponents this season
• The Shockers are the No. 5 seed in the tournament, their highest seed since 2023
• Wichita State was the No. 7 seed in last year's AAC Championship, beating 10-seed Tulsa, 4-0, before falling to 2-seed, No. 43 Charlotte, 4-3 in the quarterfinals
• Since joining the AAC for the 2018 season, the Shockers have a record of 3-6 at the AAC Championship
• WSU has never advanced past the second round of the AAC Championship

Team Leaders

• Chantava leads the team in dual singles wins with 12 
• Chantava leads the Shockers in dual doubles wins with 12
• Chantava and Kudryavtseva are the winningest doubles duo with ten wins paired together
• The Shockers have team records of 57-38 in singles and 28-24 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. 104 in singles
• The duo of Wang and Roselli were ranked No. 66 in doubles by the ITA on March 18, their first ranking of the season
• The Shockers slotted in at No. 58 in this week's ITA rankings

East Carolina Notes

• Kirstin Burgess is in her third year as head coach of the Pirates
• ECU enters the tournament with a record of 7-12 on the year
• The Pirates are 0-4 this year against ranked opponents and have been outscored 19-0 by those four teams
• East Carolina is 5-5 in their last ten matches
• ECU is looking for their first win at the AAC Championship since 2017

Series History vs. East Carolina

• This will be the first all-time meeting between the teams

Next Up
A Shockers' win would advance them to the AAC Quarterfinals where they would meet either 13-seed Temple or 4-seed, No. 52 Tulsa on Friday at noon.