| Shocker Women's Tennis History |
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Historical Notes:
• Wichita State has sponsored women's tennis since 1974. Over the years, the Shockers have competed in the Gateway Athletic Conference (1982-92), the Missouri Valley Conference (1992-2017) and now the American Athletic Conference (2017-Pr.)
• Shockers teams have appeared in 12 NCAA Tournaments (2006, '07, '09-18), including 10-straight from 2009-18. The 2007 and 2018 teams both advanced to the second round.
• WSU has won 19 conference tournament titles in 48 seasons (1982, 84, 86, 88, 94, 95, 97, 98, 06, 07, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17).
• WSU won 12 MVC regular season titles over a stretch of 21 years from 1997-2017 ( 1997, 06, 07, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17).
• The Shockers swept the MVC regular season and tournament titles in nine-straight seasons from 2009-17. During that span, they won 89-consecutive dual matches against conference foes.
• Colin Foster is the winningest coach in WSU history, with a 238-140 dual match record heading into the 2023-24 season.
• Women's tennis representatives in the Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame include Sandy Sadler (1981-85) and Lutfiana Budiharto (2008-12).
• Sadler is the school's career singles wins leader, compiling a 112-55 record from 1981-85.
• Jill Braendle holds the career doubles wins mark with a 119-36 record from 1982-86.
• Sadler and Braendle are the most-successful doubles tandem in Shocker history with 85 victories. They won a school-record 35 matches together in the 1983-84 season.
• Guilia Guidetti set the Shockers' single-season wins record, going 38-5 during the 2015-16 season.
NCAA TOURNAMENT INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS
1981-82 - Doubles - Sandy Sadler/ Karen Gibbs - Quarterfinals (1-1)*
1983-84 - Singles - Sandy Sadler - Round of 32 (0-1)
1983-84 - Doubles - Sandy Sadler/ Jill Braendle - Round of 32 (0-1)
1984-85 - Doubles - Sandy Sadler/ Jill Braendle - Round of 16 (1-1)
1994-95 - Doubles - JoEllen Walker/ Lisa Field - Round of 32 (0-1)
2006-07 - Singles - Madina Rakhim - Round of 64 (0-1)
2009-10 - Doubles - Stephanie Dalmacio/ Delia Damaschin - Round of 32 (0-1)
2009-10 - SIngles - Lutfiana Budiharto - Round of 64 (0-1)
2010-11 - Singles - Lutfiana Budiharto - Round of 64 (0-1)
2015-16 - Singles - Gabriela Porubin - Round of 64 (0-1)
2017-18 - Singles - Fatima Bizhukova - Round of 64 (0-1)
* - AIAW National Tournament
