MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (2-7) AT #23 OKLAHOMA STATE (10-2)
Sunday, February 25 | 1:00 PM
Stillwater, Okla. | Greenwood Tennis Center
 
Live Stats: okla.st/statbroadcast

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The Shockers will play their second match in the last three days when they take on the 23rd ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys on Sunday afternoon.
 
SHOCKER NOTES

• The 2024 season is the second for the Shockers under head coach, Darragh Glavin.
• The Shockers (2-7) enter the match after a 5-2 loss on the road to Drake.
• 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 16-31 in singles matches and 5-15 in doubles.
• The Shockers are 1-4 in true road matches this season.
• Wichita State is looking to break a four-match losing streak.

SERIES HISTORY VS OKLAHOMA STATE

• This will be the 17th all-time meeting between the Wichita State and Oklahoma State men's tennis team.
• In the all-time series, Oklahoma State leads 14-2.
• Dating back to 1997, Wichita State has lost the last 13 matchups in head-to-head series.
• The Shockers are 0-12 at Oklahoma State all-time.
• The last Shocker win the series came in Wichita on April 3, 1996, 4-3.

LAST TIME VS OKLAHOMA STATE

• The teams met last season year in Stillwater where the then No. 29 Oklahoma State defeated thee Shockers, 5-2
• The Shockers seized the doubles point with a tight win at court one by Kristof Minarik and Alex Richards, 7-5
• Luke Bracks was the lone Shocker to win in singles, taking a 7-5, 7-5 win at court six.
• Jacome and Kvantaliani pushed their opponents to third sets at courts two and four, but both would fall, giving the Cowboys the 5-2 win.

COWBOY SCOUTING
 

• Oklahoma State is 10-2 this season with the losses coming at No. 4 Texas, 4-1, and at home against UCLA, 4-3.
• The Cowboys enter on a six-match winning streak and fresh off a win on Wednesday on the road at Tulane.
• OSU is 8-1 at home this season.
• The Cowboys are in their third year under head coach, Dustin Taylor.
• Under Taylor, the Cowboys are 36-28 overall and are 29-9 playing at homes

LAST MATCH

• The Shockers lost a tough match on the road to the Drake Bulldogs, 5-2.
• Luke Bracks and Ziwen Ju collected singles wins for the Shockers. Ju's win was the first for him as a Shocker.

LIKELY PAIRINGS (WSU vs OSU)
Doubles

1. Kvantaliani/King vs Zink/Garcia
2. Jacome/Hodzic vs Basile/Becroft 
3. Sepulveda/Ju vs Schiessl/Zgola 

Singles

1. Jacome vs #15 Zink 
2. Kvantaliani vs Becroft 
3. Hodzic vs #49 Garcia
4. Sepulveda vs Schiessl
5. Bracks vs Basile
6. Ju vs Pini 

NEXT UP
The Shockers will get a few days off a match play, before heading to Denver, Colorado and Denver University for two matches in two days. The first is against Montana on March 2 at 1:00 PM and the second is against host Denver the following day at 10:30 PM.