MATCH INFORMATION
WICHITA STATE (0-0) AT UCF (2-0)
Wednesday, January 15 | 5:00 PM CT
Orlando, Fla. | USTA National Campus
Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
Live Video: Playsight Openers
- Wichita State men's tennis enters their third season under head coach, Darragh Glavin
- The Shockers are 2-0 in season openers under Glavin, with both wins coming over Grand Canyon
- In season openers, Wichita State has a record of 27-20 all-time, have won three in a row, and are 6-4 in their last ten
- Wichita State is opening its year on the road for the third year in a row
- The Shockers are 2-11 in season openers played on the road all-time
- Wichita State went 2-10 overall in true road matches last season and are 3-19 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 UCF
- The Knights enter with a record of 2-0 after beating Louisiana-Lafayette twice on January 11 to open the season
- UCF is led by second-year head coach and former Wichita State volunteer assistant, Lloyd Bruce-Burgess
- The Knights qualified for the NCAA Tennis Tournament last season, picking up a first-round win over Florida, and ended the year ranked 28th in the ITA top 75 poll
Series History
- UCF is undefeated in the all-time series against WSU, going a perfect 5-0
- Wichita State is 0-3 playing UCF in Orlando
- UCF has outscored Wichita State 23-4 in the five meetings between the teams
Next Up
The Shockers remain in Florida for a bout with the South Florida Bulls on Friday, January 17 at 9:30 AM Central Time.