TULSA, Okla. – The Wichita State women’s tennis team will finish the fall campaign at the Tulsa Invitational at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center from Nov. 3-5. The Shockers will compete in a series of organized doubles and singles matches against North Texas, Central Arkansas, and Tulsa over the course of the weekend.
Head coach Colin Foster is looking forward to the competition this weekend.
“The Tulsa Invite is a great event to conclude our fall competition,” said Foster. “It’s a great tournament that mimics the team duel match format of our regular season, so it helps give us the chance to get some of that experience in the fall.”
This will be the first time in the fall season where the all of this year’s Shockers will be competing in the same place at the same time.
“It will be good to be able to be together, support, and energize each other this weekend,” said Foster. “The team element will be critical to our overall team success in the spring season.”
True freshman Xin Tong Wang will get her first action as a Shocker in this tournament after competing unattached sporadically in other fall tournaments. Coach Foster is anxious to get his freshman from Hangzhuo, China some action with the team.
“I’m super excited to get Xin Tong in the lineup this week for the first time,” said Foster. “I’m glad we were able to get her certified in time to compete this weekend for us.”
This weekend, Coach Foster is looking for his team to continue to improve on what they have been working on throughout the fall.
“I’m eager to see everyone be able to get out and compete,” said Foster. “We’re going to have to compete hard this weekend to have success and everyone will be tested, but I’m confident we’re going to see some positive results.”
The Shockers will open each day with doubles against one opponent followed by duel singles against a different opponent.
MATCH SCHEDULE
Friday, November 3rd
Doubles 2:00 PM
Tulsa (TLS) vs Wichita State (WSU)
Central Arkansas (UCA) vs North Texas (UNT)
Singles to follow.
TLS vs UCA
WSU vs UNT
Saturday, November 4th
Doubles 10:00 AM
TLS vs UCA
UNT vs WSU
Singles to follow.
TLS vs UNT
WSU vs UCA
Sunday, November 5th
Doubles 10:00 AM
TLS vs UNT
WSU vs UCA
Singles to follow.
TLS vs WSU
UNT vs UCA