Cyclones Fall to Wichita State

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State tennis team fell to Wichita State, 4-2 in its home opener Saturday afternoon.

In doubles, the Cyclones got out in front early, but were unable to close out the doubles point, falling 6-2 on both Court 2 and 3. A top 40 battle between No. 34 Mari Paz Alberto Vilar/Stanislava Shulzhenko and Wichita State's No. 24 Giorgia Roselli/Xin Tong Wang went unfinished.

In singles, Alicia Dale followed up her impressive victory at Minnesota with another dominant performance at the No. 6 spot, downing of Anne Knuettel, 6-1, 6-1. No. 124 Shulzhenko also took care of business against Kristina Kudryavtseva, 6-2, 7-5 to give the Cyclones a 2-1 lead in the match. However, the Shockers rallied off three straight victories to clinch the 4-2 team win.

The Cyclones are back in action at home Sunday at 11 a.m. against St. Thomas.

Results
Doubles
Order of Finish: 2, 3
No. 24 Giorgia Roselli/Xin Tong Wang (WSU) vs. No. 34 Mari Paz Alberto Vilar/Stanislava Shulzhenko (ISU), 5-3 UF
Theodora Chanava/Kristina Kudryavtseva (WSU) def. Julia Camblor/Ashlee Narker (ISU), 6-2
Anne Knuettel/Vichitraporn Vimuktananda (WSU) def. Suzanie Pretorius/Valeska San Martin Ramirez (ISU), 6-2

Singles
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 2, 5, 3
Wang (WSU) vs. Narker (ISU), 6-4, 5-7, 3-2 UF
Giorgia Roselli (WSU) def. No. 45 Alberto Vilar (ISU), 6-4, 6-2
Theodora Chantava (WSU) def. Camblor (ISU), 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-2
No. 124 Shulzhenko (ISU) def. Kudryavtseva (WSU), 6-2, 7-5
Vimuktananda (WSU) def. Pretorius (ISU), 6-4, 6-2
Alicia Dale (ISU) def. Knuettel (WSU), 6-1, 6-1

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Players Mentioned

Mari Paz Alberto Vilar

Julia Camblor

Alicia Dale

Ashlee Narker

Suzanie Pretorius

Valeska San Martin Ramirez

Stanislava Shulzhenko

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