DALLAS, Texas – Seven members of the Wichita State men's tennis team are set to begin the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge on Friday at the SMU Tennis Complex.
 
Six of the seven Shockers in attendance will also participate in the doubles bracket. The fifth-ranked duo of Marius Frosa and Murkel Dellien will compete as the No. 1 seed in the tournament and will receive a first-round bye along with the pairing of Rafael Serra and Stefan Latinovic. Zach Grueber and Alex Richards will be the final doubles team for WSU and will face off against Ilgiz Valiev and Justin Bloss from Texas Tech in the first round.
 
In singles, there will be three flights with the top two players from each advancing to a playoff bracket to determine the overall singles champion for the tournament.
 
Below is a list of day one matchups for the Shockers.
 
Doubles
First Round
Grueber/Richards vs. Valiev/Bloss (Texas Tech) 9 a.m.
Second Round
R. Serra/Latinovic vs. Duo/Bosancic (Princeton) 9:30 a.m.
#5 Dellien/Frosa vs. Sarrio/Dhokia (SMU/Baylor) OR Gasperini/Kvantaliani (Tyler JC) 9:45 a.m.
*Grueber/Richards vs. Vrbsky/Chakravarthi (SMU) 9:45 a.m.
 
* = must win first match to play this match
 
Singles
Blue Flight
R. Serra vs. Michael Smith (SMU) 3 p.m.
Grueber vs. Diachi Akiyoshi (UT Arlington) 3 p.m.
Richards vs. Ricardo Alban (UT Arlingotn) 3 p.m.
White Flight
Frosa vs. Jeff Guerrero (Tyler JC) 12:30 p.m.
Latinovic vs. Bill Duo (Princeton) 1 p.m.
Red Flight
Ovil vs. Ethan Leon (SMU) 11 a.m.
Dellien vs. Jaycer Lyeons (Tyler JC) 12 p.m.
 
Play on Friday will begin at 9 a.m. for singles, and 10:30 a.m. for doubles.
 
There will be live scoring for this tournament on twitter so be sure to follow @SMU10sComplex along with our Twitter (@GoShockersMTEN) for live updates. Also check back here for daily updates at the conclusion of play each day.