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Jacome, Minarik Reach Doubles Semifinals, Shockers Wrap Up Play at Central Regionals

10/20/2024 7:01:00 PM

Box Score TULSA, Okla. – A run to the doubles semifinals by Alejandro Jacome and Kristof Minarik highlighted the weekend for the Wichita State men's tennis team at the 2024 ITA Central Region Championships at Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
 
The Minarik/Jacome duo became the sixth Shockers to reach the doubles semifinals at Central Regionals all-time and the first since Andrea Caligiana and Miroslav Herzan did so in 2017.
 
The pair of Arenui Luethi and Luke Bracks collected a doubles win in the round of 64 before falling in the next round to Nebraska's Leo Linquet and Juan Espinosa.
 
In singles, all Shockers were able to reach the main draw, after Bracks, Ilias Worthington, and Luca Mindrut collected wins in qualifying to jump into the big dance.
 
In the main draw, Bracks and Minarik were the only two Shockers to collect a win, with Minarik winning two matches before falling to Memphis' Michael Kouame in the round of 16 in a tight three-set bout, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
 
A list of all results in both singles and doubles for the Shockers in Tulsa is below broken down by player and round
 
The next action for the Shockers is at the 2024 American Athletic Conference Individual Championships in Houston, Texas at Rice's George R. Brown Tennis Center.
 
Doubles:
Alejandro Jacome & Kristof Minarik
[13] Jacome/Minarik (Wichita State) def. Ricardo Filho/Lucas Couy (Oral Roberts) 8-2
[13] Jacome/Minarik (WSU) def. [8] Khololwam Montsi/Hank Trondson (Oklahoma) 8-6
[4] Isaac Becroft/Alessio Basile (Oklahoma State) def. [13] Jacome/Minarik (WSU) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (6)
 
Arenui Luethi & Luke Bracks
Luethi/Bracks (WSU) def. Alejandro Gandini/Zachary Kuo (Creighton) 8-5
[12] Leo Linquet/Joan Espinosa (Nebraska) def. Luethi/Bracks (WSU) 8-0
 
Vanja Hodzic & Ilias Worthington 
[9] Asahi Harazaki/Carlos Valdes (Oklahoma) def. Hodzic/Worthington (WSU) 8-4
 
Singles:
Luke Bracks
Singles Qualifying
[5] Bracks (WSU) def. Couy (ORU) 6-4, 6-4
Singles Main Draw
Bracks (WSU) def. Vojtech Petr (OKLA) 6-1, 7-6 (3)
[1] Calvin Mueller (NEB) def. Bracks (WSU) 6-2, 6-4
Additional Matches
Bracks (WSU) def. Gus Tettamble (Tulsa) 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-3
 
Vanja Hodzic
Singles Main Draw
Alex Okonkwo (TLS) def. Hodzic (WSU) 6-3, 6-0
Singles Consolation
Jose Frias (Drake) def. Hodzic (WSU) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Additional Matches
Lars Johann (NEB) def. Hodzic (WSU) 6-2, 6-2
 
Alejandro Jacome
Singles Main Draw
Connor Doig (TLS) def. Jacome (WSU) 7-6 (8), 6-4
Singles Consolation
Mikhail Korkunov (Omaha) def. Jacome (WSU) 6-3, 6-4
Additional Matches
Jacome (WSU) def. Ethan Terry (North Dakota) 6-4, 6-1
 
Arenui Luethi
Singles Main Draw
Bryan Kuntz (OMA) def. Luethi (WSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Singles Consolation
Parv Nage (ORU) def. Luethi (WSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Additional Matches
Luethi (WSU) def. Colson Wells (NEB) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
 
Kristof Minarik
Singles Main Draw
Minarik (WSU) def. Ian Bracks (OKST) 7-5, 6-3
Minarik (WSU) def. [15] Timothy Seger (TLS) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Michael Kouame (Memphis) def. Minarik (WSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
 
Luca Mindrut
Singles Qualifying
Mindrut (WSU) def. Ryan Holloway (ORU) 6-1, 6-4
Singles Main Draw
[16] Harry Rock (MEM) def. Mindrut (WSU) 6-1, 7-6 (9)
Singles Consolation
Hank Trondson (OKLA) def. Mindrut (WSU) 6-3, 6-1
Additional Matches
Mindrut (WSU) def. Calum Jestin (TLS) 7-6 (9), 7-5
 
Ilias Worthington
Singles Qualifying
[1] Worthington (WSU) def. Riki Koshimizu (Saint Louis) 6-2, 6-3
Singles Main Draw
[13] Benedikt Emesz (Arkansas) def. Worthington (WSU) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
Singles Consolation
Ty Wunderlich (OKST) def. Worthington (WSU) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)
Additional Matches
Will Pellegrini (TLS) def. Worthington (WSU) 6-1, 6-1
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