MATCH INFORMATION
WICHITA STATE (0-1) AT SOUTH FLORIDA (0-0)
Wednesday, January 15 | 8:30 AM CT
Tampa, Fla. | USF Varsity Tennis Courts
Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
Live Video: Playsight
Openers
- Wichita State men's tennis enters its third season under head coach, Darragh Glavin
- The Shockers lost their season opener on Wednesday to UCF in Orlando, 6-1
- Wichita State is opening its year on the road for the third year in a row
- Wichita State went 2-10 overall in true road matches last season and are 3-20 overall on the road in the Glavin era
- WSU went 5-18 last season in dual matches
Fall Success
- The Shocker pair of Kristof Minarik and Alejandro Jacome had a very successful fall, collecting wins over multiple power four opponents and collecting doubles wins in high-level events throughout the fall
- The duo collected two wins in pre-qualifiers of ITA All-Americans and added two wins at ITA Central Regionals, reaching the doubles semifinals
- The Regionals performance punched the Shocker ticket to ITA Sectionals in Fort Worth, Texas, where the Shockers battled tough against high-level, ranked doubles competition
- Elsewhere, true freshmen Luca Mindrut and Ilias Worthington tied for the team lead in singles wins this fall with five
- Transfer addition Arenui Luethi matched Minarik and Jacome's five fall doubles wins to tie for the team lead in the fall
New Faces
- The Shocker roster has undergone a shakeup from last season with five new players and two new coaches joining the team for the 2025 spring season
- The new players consist of four true freshmen in Zaid Al Mashni, Amir Milushev, Mindrut, and Worthington, and one transfer in Luethi
- Two new coaches will join Coach Glavin on the sideline as Sonam Phuntsok came to Wichita State after serving as an assistant at New Mexico and Joan Grosset moved to Wichita after one year coaching at the University of Omaha
Scouting South Florida
- This match will be the Bulls first of the season
- South Florida is in their ninth season under the helm of head coach, Ashley Fisher
- The Bulls went 10-17 overall last season, going 3-4 against AAC opponents
- South Florida's Elijah Cham is ranked No.