Category: Shocker Athletics

Xin Tong Wang and Giorgia Roselli’s run to the doubles quarterfinals highlighted the week for the Shocker women’s tennis team at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Region Championships.

After a first-round bye, Wang and Roselli defeated a pair from Missouri, 8-5, to reach the Round of 16. They then beat a duo from Nebraska, 8-4, to advance to the quarterfinals, where they ultimately fell to the No. 7-seeded team from Oklahoma, 8-2.

In singles, Kudryavtseva and Nikolenko won two qualifying matches each to reach the main draw, putting a total of seven Shockers in the field. Only Kudryavtseva and Wang earned main-draw wins, both in the Round of 64.

The Shocker women’s bowling team got standout performances from Morgan Kline and Sara Duque Jimenez, but finished 10th at the Mid-States Championships after an injury forced the Shockers to compete with just four bowlers for most of Saturday and all of Sunday’s Baker games.

Kline finished second in the individual standings with a 212.17 average, highlighted by a personal best 267 in the fourth game of Saturday’s action. Duque Jimenez was not far behind, posting a 208.67 average that included games of 225 and 222. Both earned spots on the All-Tournament Team, which was led by MVP Emily Hart of Sam Houston.

Houston also claimed the team title, taking down Newman 3-2 in the best of five championship match.

The Shocker Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon starts at 11:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17 in the Aetna Multi-Purpose Center at Charles Koch Arena. Lunch is served at noon and programming will begin soon after.

Enjoy a catered Thanksgiving-styled meal by the Candle Club and listen to players and coaches preview the upcoming season with “Voice of the Shockers” Mike Kennedy serving as the event emcee.

Tickets are available at a new low price of only $30. A table of eight can also be purchased for $200. Secure your seat now at goshockers.com/tipoffluncheon.

Shocker men’s tennis sophomore Zaid Al Mashni’s run to the singles round of 16 highlighted the week for the Shockers at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Central Region Championships in Oklahoma.

Al Mashni, the top seed in singles qualifying at regionals, dispatched Oral Roberts’ Lucas Couy 6-2, 6-4 Oct. 8 to reach the main draw. In the main draw, the sophomore defeated Memphis’ Marcos Castro Fabra 6-4, 7-6 (8) in the round of 64, and followed it with a win over six-seed Jakub Vrba from Arkansas 6-3, 6-4 to move into the round of 16. In the round of 16, Al Mashni fell to Arkansas’ Ben Weintraub 5-7, 6-0, 6-0, ending his run.

Shocker men’s basketball senior guard Kenyon Giles was named to the American Preseason All-Conference First Team, as selected by the league’s coaches.

The Chesapeake, Virginia native is a UNC Greensboro transfer who averaged better than 15 points per game on 40% shooting from beyond the arc last season for the Spartans.

Giles is just the fourth Shocker to earn American Preseason All-Conference honors, and first since Tyson Etienne in 2021. Three of the four Shockers who have collected preseason American honors have been named to the first team (Giles, Etienne and Landry Shamet). Markis McDuffie was a second team pick in 2018.

Emilio Arellano Lamas earned his third consecutive top 10 individual finish as Shocker men’s golf took third in the Grier Jones Shocker Invitational Oct. 7.

The Shockers posted rounds of 292, 281, 292 for an 865 (+1) team score. Kansas City and St. Thomas both edged the Shockers with matching 862 (-2) performances to split the team title. The Shockers’ third-place finish is their third consecutive tournament finish in the top five, the first time Wichita State has posted three successive top-five finishes since the 2020-21 season.

Shocker men’s basketball hosts Drake in a charity scrimmage at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 in Charles Koch Arena. WSU students, faculty, staff and administration can claim a general admission ticket on game day at the Shocker Ticket Office for no cost with their Shocker ID. All youth 18 and under can also claim a ticket at no cost.

All other tickets are $20 with proceeds benefiting Cheese Johnson’s UJUMP Junior Mentoring Program and the Wichita Children’s Home.

Join Shocker volleyball and wear black to break the stigma around mental health during the game against UAB at noon Sunday, Oct. 12 in Charles Koch Arena. Together, Shocker Athletics is serving up more than just a game — it’s serving up awareness, compassion and hope. The first 500 fans receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt, and stick around after the match for postmatch serves.

Wear pink for breast cancer awareness at Shocker volleyball’s annual Dig Pink game to help raise money for the Sideout Foundation against Memphis starting at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 in Charles Koch Arena. The first 500 fans receive a pair of free pink sunglasses courtesy of the Shocker Store.

Wichita State’s Xin Tong Wang was named the American Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Month for September by the conference office.

For Wang, it’s her first Player of the Month award and her third in-season award from the American Conference, as she has been named Women’s Tennis Player of the Week twice in her Shocker career.

Wang earned the monthly honor for her performance at the ITA All-American Championships, where she became the first Wichita State player to compete in — and win a match in — the singles main draw. She defeated No. 19-ranked Catherine Aulia, 7-6 (2), 6-2, in the round of 64.

Wang was the only player in the American Athletic Conference to record a main-draw singles win. She also won two matches in the doubles qualifiers at the All-Americans with partner Giorgia Roselli. Wang is currently ranked No. 73 in singles and No. 31 in doubles, paired with Roselli.

Wang and the Shockers return to action Oct. 15-18 at the ITA Central Region Championships in Norman, Oklahoma.