MATCH INFORMATION
WICHITA STATE (6-8) AT UAB (6-9)
Tuesday, March 18 | 11:00 AM CT
Hoover, Ala. | Hoover Met Tennis Courts
Live Stats: TBD
Openers
- Wichita State men's tennis is in its third season under head coach Darragh Glavin
- The Shockers are 6-8 and enter fresh off a win over Charlotte, 5-2
- WSU is 2-4 on the road this year
- Wichita State is 2-1 against American Athletic Conference opponents this season, beating UTSA and Charlotte and losing to Memphis
By the Numbers
- Ilias Worthington leads the team singles wins with nine
- In doubles, the pair of Jacome and Minarik have won six matches to lead the team
- The Shockers are 44-34 in singles as a team and 17-21 in doubles
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
- 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, 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 UAB
- The Blazers are in their first year under head coach Matt Coomer
- UAB is 6-9 on the year and 4-2 at home
- The Blazers have won two of their last three, but have lost two of their last seven
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