MATCH INFORMATION
 
#49 WICHITA STATE (12-6) AT #63 SMU (9-12)
Sunday, April 6 | 11:00 AM CT
Dallas, Texas | Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex

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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 12-6 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 have won six matches in a row with two being wins over ranked opponents
• The six-match streak is the longest for the Shockers since 2019
• After starting 1-4 Wichita State has won 11 of their last 13 matches
• WSU is 6-3 on the road 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

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 team in dual singles wins with 11 each
• Knuettel has the best winning percentage in singles with a 10-1 record (0.909)
• Chantava leads the Shockers in dual doubles wins with 11
• Chantava and Kudryavtseva are the winningest doubles duo with nine wins paired together
• The Shockers have team records of 54-28 in singles and 26-20 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

SMU Notes

• The Mustangs are in their sixth year under head coach Jeff Novolo
• SMU is 9-12 on the year and has lost their last two
• Eight of the nine Mustang wins have come at home this year and they are 8-5 at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex
• SMU won the AAC Championship last year as the No. 1 seed
• The Mustangs took No. 1 Virginia to the wire earlier this season, losing 4-3
• SMU is 1-1 against AAC teams this year, beating Rice 4-3 and losing to No. 53 Tulsa 4-3

Series History vs. SMU

• SMU leads the all-time series 6-5
• The Shockers are 5-5 against the Mustangs in the Colin Foster era
• SMU has won last four meetings, all by 4-0 decisions
• Wichita State's last win in the series came on February 22, 2019, 4-3 in Wichita

Next Up
The Shockers travel to Houston, Texas for another fight with a ranked team in Texas, this time in the No. 48 Rice Owls on Tuesday at 10:00 AM at George R. Brown Tennis Center.