MATCH INFORMATION
 
TULANE (3-4) AT WICHITA STATE (8-3)
Sunday, Feb. 15 | 10:30 AM CT
Wichita, Kan. | Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex
 
A New Era

• Wichita State women's tennis began its first dual season under head coach Jacob Eddins, who was named the ninth head coach in program history on Sept. 15, 2025. The Eddins era began with a 4-0 win over Texas State on Jan. 17 in Norman, Okla.
• Eddins came to Wichita from Illinois, where he served as associate head coach for two seasons, compiling 32 dual-match wins and earning two bids to the NCAA Tournament.
• Eddins' stint with Wichita State is his first as a head coach.
• Eddins became the fifth Shocker head coach to earn a win in his debut all-time and improved the record of Shocker head coaches in their debuts to 5-4.
• Wichita State had a preseason team Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) of 57.76, which ranks 65^th nationally and is fourth-highest in the American Conference, behind Charlotte (No. 63), Florida Atlantic (No. 49), and Rice (No. 37).
• Eddins earned both his first head coaching win at home and over a Power Four conference opponent with a 4-2 victory over SMU on Monday, Jan. 19.

Friday Recap

• Wichita State escaped Manhattan, Kan., with a 4-2 win over Kansas State on Friday.
• The Shockers won doubles with victories at courts No. 2 and No. 3.
• In singles, the teams split the first sets, three apiece.
• The three Shockers to win their first sets, Xin Tong Wang, Giorgia Roselli, and Theodora Chantava, earned singles wins to give the Shockers the win.
• Chantava's win improved her to 7-0 in singles on the season. She is the first Shocker to earn wins in her first seven singles decisions since Sandra Honigova in 2018.
• Roselli earned her sixth singles win in a row, while Wang earned her first since Jan. 24 against Long Beach State. 

In the Rankings

• Wang and Roselli were ranked No. 12 in doubles in the Feb. 4 ITA rankings, the highest ranking by any doubles pairing in program history. They moved up 12 spots from their end-of-fall rankings and 19 from their pre-fall rankings.
• In addition, Roselli earned her first career singles ranking, ranking No. 109.

Award Winners

• After Roselli went 6-0 across doubles and singles last week, she was named the American Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week on Feb. 10.
• Wichita State has won all three weekly awards from the American Conference in the spring 2026 season. Roselli joined teammates Wang and Vichitraporn Vimuktananda in the honoree category.

Doubles Champions

• Wang and Roselli won the 2025 American Conference Doubles Championship on Oct. 26, earning a bid to the 2025 ITA Conference Masters Championship, where they finished fourth.
• The pair faced a total of nine ranked opponents in the fall season, posting a 4-5 record.
• For their fall efforts, Wang and Roselli earned an ITA doubles ranking of No. 24, up seven spots from their preseason ranking of No. 31.
• The ranking was the fifth-highest achieved by a Shocker doubles pair in program history.

Remnants of the Past

• Wichita State finished 13-10 last season, reaching a national ranking as high as No. 47, and ending the year ranked No. 60.
• The Shockers return 95.1% of their dual match win production from last season and added an experienced transfer in Vichitraporn Vimuktananda.
• Seven Shockers have at least two years of playing experience. Five are academic seniors or graduate students.
• The five Wichita State seniors are the most on a roster for the Shockers since the 2019-20 season, when they had seven.

Doubles is the Key

• In matches where Wichita State won the doubles point last season, the Shockers went 11-2, with the only losses coming against No. 47/46 Charlotte and Washington State.
• When the Shockers lost the doubles point, they went just 2-8.
• This season, the Shockers are 7-1 when winning the doubles point, and 1-2 when they don't.

Tulane Notes

• Maru Brito is in her ninth season as the head coach of Tulane.
• Tulane is 3-4 on the year, with all four losses coming to top 25 competition on the road.
• The Green Wave are 2-4 in road matches this year, with wins over Louisiana and Tulsa.
• Tulane defeated Tulsa 4-2 on Friday before coming to Wichita.
• In the Tulsa match, Tulane won doubles but lost five first sets in singles. The Green Wave rallied, winning three singles matches, including two in third sets, to take the match.

 
Series History vs. Tulane

• Wichita State leads the all-time series with Tulane 5-2
• The Shockers have won the last two matchups, beating Tulane 4-0 last season on Mar. 16 in New Orleans.
• Wichita State is 2-0 against the Green Wave in Wichita.
• The last meeting in Wichita came on Feb. 11, 2024, where the Shockers came back from down 3-2 to win 4-3.
• Tulane's last win in the series came on Mar. 19, 2023, when they won 5-2 in New Orleans.
• This will be the fourth year of a home-and-home series between the teams.

Next Up
The Shockers host Oral Roberts on Saturday, Feb. 21.