MATCH INFORMATION
 
NORTH TEXAS (9-9) AT #49 WICHITA STATE (11-6)
Friday, April 4 | 12:00 PM 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 11-6 on the year with wins over Wyoming, Kansas State, Oral Roberts, Kentucky, Abilene Christian, Tulsa, Louisiana Tech, Princeton, Tulane, South Florida, and UTSA
• The Shockers have won five matches in a row with two being wins over ranked opponents
• After starting 1-4 Wichita State has won 10 of their last 12 matches
• WSU is 3-2 at home 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 4-1 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 and Anne Knuettel lead the team in singles wins with ten each
• Knuettel has the best winning percentage in singles with a 10-1 record (0.909)
• 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 51-28 in singles and 24-19 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. 94 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. 49 in this week's ITA rankings

North Texas Notes

• Amanda Stone is in her second year leading the Mean Green
• The Mean Green are 9-9 on the year and have won three in a row
• North Texas is 1-6 playing in true road matches this year and is 2-8 overall not playing in Denton
• UNT is 2-2 on the year against AAC foes

Series History vs. North Texas

• Wichita State leads the series with North Texas 15-5
• The Shockers are 8-1 against UNT in the Colin Foster era
• The last North Texas win in the series came on March 10, 2013, in Denton, 4-1
• WSU has won the last six meetings
• The Shockers won last year's meeting, 4-2, on March 12 in Indian Wells, California

Next Up
The Shockers travel to Dallas, Texas to take on the No. 63 SMU Mustangs at 11:00 AM at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.