MTEN Preview: vs. Creighton (Apr. 4)

MATCH INFORMATION

CREIGHTON (12-7) AT WICHITA STATE (9-9)
Friday, April 4 | 1:00 PM CT
Wichita, Kan. | Genesis Rock Road

Live Stats: Stat Broadcast

Openers

Wichita State men's tennis is in its third season under head coach Darragh Glavin
The Shockers are 9-9 and enter after a 4-3 win over UT Arlington on March 26
WSU is 5-3 at home this season
The Shockers surpassed last season's win total of five with a win on March 16 over Charlotte

By the Numbers

Ilias Worthington leads the team in singles wins with 12 and the freshman is 7-3 in his last ten matches
The pair of Alejandro Jacome and Kristof Minarik lead the team in his wins as a doubles pairing with six
Minarik leads the team in total doubles wins with 11
The Shockers are 56-43 in singles as a team and 24-25 in doubles

Fall Success

The Shocker pair of Minarik and 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 four new players and two new coaches joining the team for the 2025 spring season
The new players consist of three 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 Creighton

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