MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (2-6) AT DRAKE (6-4)
Friday, February 23 | 10:00 AM
Des Moines, Iowa | Roger Knapp Tennis Center
 
Live Stats: tinyurl.com/DrakeMatchLiveStats
Live Video: tinyurl.com/DrakeMatchLiveVideo

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After playing back-to-back home matches, the Wichita State men's tennis team will play their first of four-straight away from home when they travel to Des Moines, Iowa to compete with the Drake Bulldogs on Friday, February 23 at 10:00 AM.
 
SHOCKER NOTES

• The 2024 season is the second for the Shockers under head coach, Darragh Glavin.
• The Shockers (2-6) enter the match after a 4-2 loss at home against the UTSA Roadrunners on Sunday afternoon.
• Vanja Hodzic leads the Shockers in total singles wins this year with 12 and leads the team in dual match wins with four.
• The duo of Hodzic and Alejandro Jacome lead the Shockers in doubles wins in dual matches with three.
• In dual matches this year, the Shockers are 14-27 in singles matches and 5-13 in doubles.
• The Shockers are 1-3 in true road matches this season.
• Wichita State is looking to break a three-match losing streak.

SERIES HISTORY VS DRAKE

• This will the 46th all-time meeting between the Wichita State and Drake men's tennis team.
• In the all-time series, Drake holds a slight edge, 26-19.
• In the last ten meetings, both sides have won five matches each.
• The Shockers are 5-10 at Drake all-time.
• The Shockers are 2-8 in their last ten meetings at Drake, dating back to April 3, 2004
• The last Shocker win at Drake came on February 14, 2020, where the Shockers prevailed 4-1 over the Bulldogs in Des Moines.

LAST TIME VS DRAKE

• The teams met last season where the No. 74 Bulldogs won a nailbiter, 4-3 in Wichita on March 18, 2023.
• The Shockers lost the doubles point in a tight battle, losing the decisive battle at court one in a tie break, 7-6 (2)
• Misha Kvantaliani, Orel Ovil, and Alejandro Jacome collected singles wins for the Shockers.
• Kvantaliani's 6-4, 7-5 win at court one came over Drake's No. 92 Jeremy Schifris and was Kvantaliani's lone win over a ranked opponent last season.

DRAKE SCOUTING

• Drake enters with a record of 6-4 but have lost their last two matches after dropping a pair last week to Arkansas and Oklahoma State.
• This is Drake's only match between February 18 and March 1.
• Drake is in their first season under head coach, Ben Lott, who spent the previous three years as an assistant at Drake.
• The Bulldogs are 5-1 at home this season, with the lone loss being to Old Dominion.

LAST MATCH

• The Shockers lost a competitive match at home to the UTSA Roadrunners, 4-2.
• The Shockers lost the doubles point for the third straight match.
• Kvantaliani and Hodzic collected singles wins for the Shockers.

LIKELY PAIRINGS (WSU vs DRAKE)
Doubles

1. Kvantaliani/King (1-3) vs #59 Johansson/Matic (5-2)
2. Jacome/Hodzic (2-2) vs Clegg/Johnson (2-1)
3. Sepulveda/Ju (0-1) vs Schifris/Lidholt (1-2)

Singles

1. Jacome (2-4) vs Schifris (3-2)
2. Kvantaliani (3-5) vs Johansson (3-2)
3. Hodzic (4-3) vs Matic (3-4)
4. Sepulveda (1-6) vs Bolin (7-1)
5. Bracks (1-4) vs Lidholt (2-2)
6. King (1-3) vs Johnson (3-2)

NEXT UP
The Shockers will head from Des Moines to Stillwater, Oklahoma to face the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Greenwood Tennis Center on February 25 at 1:00 PM.