MATCH INFORMATION
 
NEBRASKA (5-1) AT WICHITA STATE (4-3) 
Friday, Feb. 6 | 11:00 AM CT
Wichita, Kan. | Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex
 
ABILENE CHRISTIAN (3-2) AT WICHITA STATE (4-3) 
Friday, Feb. 6 | 5:00 PM 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.

Iowa Takeover

• Wichita State defeated both Iowa State and Iowa last weekend in true road matches, 4-2.
• Against Iowa State on Saturday, the Shockers took doubles swiftly, winning courts No. 2 and No. 3, 6-2.
• In singles, things tightened up, but wins by Giorgia Roselli, Vichitraporn Vimuktananda, and Theodora Chantava pushed the Shockers to victory.
• Roselli's singles win came over No. 45-ranked Maria Alberto Villar, which ranks as the eighth-highest ranked victory in program history.
• Chantava, on her birthday, delivered the clinch, overcoming a first-set tiebreak defeat to win 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-2.
• On Sunday against Iowa, the Shockers won a tightly contested doubles point, with Roselli and Xin Tong Wang winning 6-4 at No. 1 to secure the point.
• Chantava, the lone Shocker to win her first set, rallied from down 4-1 in the second, winning five straight games to steal the set and take her match, 6-2, 6-4.
• Kristina Kudryavtseva and Vimuktananda each rebounded from losing their first sets to win their matches in three, with Vimuktananda's 4-6, 7-5, 6-0.

In the Rankings

• Wang and Roselli were ranked No. 12 in doubles in the Wednesday, 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 Vimuktananda's performance last weekend, she was named the American Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week on Feb. 3.
• She joined Wang in the Player of the Week category, who won the award back on Jan. 21.

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 3-1 when winning the doubles point, and 1-2 when they don't.

Nebraska Notes

• German Dalmagro is in his third year as the head coach of the Cornhuskers.
• Dalmagro came to Lincoln after one season as the head coach at Arkansas State and four as the associate head coach at Illinois
• The Huskers are 5-1 so far in 2026, with the lone loss coming at Kansas on Friday, Jan. 30, 4-1.
• The match at Kansas is the only match the Cornhuskers have played outside of Lincoln this season.

Series History vs. Nebraska 

• Nebraska leads the all-time series with Wichita State 24-18.
• The Cornhuskers have won three of the last four and five of the last seven matchups.
• Wichita State's last win in the series came on Mar. 10, 2023, an upset 4-3 win over the No. 49 Huskers.
• The Shockers have dominated the series in Wichita, leading 9-2.
• The teams have not met in Wichita since Feb. 16, 2011, when Nebraska won 4-3.
• Nebraska won last season's meeting 4-1 in Lincoln. The match was very close, but only Anne Knuettel earned a win, a 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory at No. 5 singles, before Nebraska clinched.

Abilene Christian Notes

• Abilene Christian is in its fifth season under head coach Bryan Rainwater
• The Wildcats are 3-2 on the season but 0-2 in road matches.
• Abilene Christian has won three matches in a row coming into Friday.
• The Wildcats lost their first two matches of the year to SMU and Texas Tech.

Series History vs. Abilene Christian 

• Wichita State leads the all-time series with Abilene Christian 5-3.
• The teams have met each year since 2020 and have played a home-and-home series since 2021.
• The Shockers have dominated the last two matchups, sweeping the Wildcats 7-0 in both.
• Wichita State did not lose a set in last year's 7-0 victory on Mar. 1 in Abilene, Texas.
• The Shockers are 2-1 playing ACU in Wichita, with the Wildcats' lone win coming on Feb. 23, 1996.

Next Up
The Shockers host Kansas on Sunday, Feb. 8, at 1:00 PM CT.