MATCH INFORMATION
 
[5] #58 WICHITA STATE (13-9) VS. [4] #52 TULSA (17-7)
Friday, April 18 | 12:00 PM CT
Memphis, Tenn. | Leftwich Tennis Center
 
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 13-9 on the year with wins over Wyoming, Kansas State, Oral Roberts, Kentucky, Abilene Christian, Tulsa, Louisiana Tech, Princeton, Tulane, South Florida, UTSA, North Texas, and East Carolina
• The Shockers enter after beating ECU on Thursday in the opening round of the AAC Championship, 4-1
• WSU is 9-7 when not playing in Wichita this year and 3-2 at neutral sites
• The Shockers are 3-5 against ranked 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 6-3 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 4-6 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 13 
• Chantava leads the Shockers in dual doubles wins with 13
• Chantava and Kudryavtseva are the winningest doubles duo with 11 wins paired together
• The Shockers have team records of 60-39 in singles and 30-24 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

A Familiar Foe

• Since WSU joined the AAC in 2018, the Shockers have met Tulsa four times across six AAC Championships
• Tulsa has won three of the four meetings
• No meeting has occurred past the second round

Tulsa Notes

• Dean Orford is in his 20^th year at the helm of the Golden Hurricane
• Orford has a record of 369-143 at Tulsa
• The Golden Hurricane is currently ranked No. 52 in the ITA Rankings
• In the opening round of the Championship, Tulsa crushed 13-seed Temple, 4-0
• Tulsa is 5-3 against AAC opponents this season

Series History vs. Tulsa

• Wichita State leads the series with Tulsa 26-22
• Coach Foster is 6-12 against the Golden Hurricane
• WSU is 3-3 against Tulsa at neutral sites
• Tulsa has won seven of the last ten meetings, but the Shockers have won back-to-back matches against the Golden Hurricane

Next Up
A Shockers' win would advance them to the AAC Semifinals, where they would meet either the eighth-seed UTSA or the top-seed No. 27 Florida Atlantic on Saturday at 2:00 PM.