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MTEN Preview: Ralph O’Connor Rice Invitational

3/21/2024 12:00:00 PM

MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (3-14) AT #58 RICE (9-6)
Friday, March 22 | 11:00 AM CT
Houston, Texas | George R. Brown Tennis Center
 
Live Stats/Video: Tennis Live
SHOCKER NOTES
  • The 2024 season is the second for the Shockers under head coach, Darragh Glavin.
  • The Shockers (3-14) enter the weekend a six-match losing streak.
  • Alejandro Jacome leads the Shockers in total wins in dual matches this year with nine.
  • In dual matches this year, the Shockers are 24-55 in singles matches and 10-29 in doubles.
  • The Shockers are 1-8 in true road matches this season and 1-3 at neutral sites.
SERIES HISTORY VS RICE
  • This match will be just the fourth meeting in the all-time series.
  • Rice leads the series 2-1.
  • Wichita State is 1-1 playing at Rice.
LAST TIME VS RICE
  • The Shockers defeated the Owls in a thrilling 4-3 match on March 24, 2018, in Houston.
  • After losing the doubles point in a tiebreak, the Shocker men rallied to win three straight singles courts, before Rice tied the match at 3-3 with wins at lines one and four
  • Haru Inoue delivered the knockout punch for the Shockers with a 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-4 win at court two.
OWL SCOUTING
  • Rice enters with a record of 9-6.
  • The Owls have won three straight matches.
  • Rice is 4-0 at home this season.
  • The Owls will be playing their second match in three days.
  • Rice is in their 12th year under the leadership of head coach, Efe Ustundag.

MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (3-14) VS UAB (8-8)
Saturday, March 23 | 11:00 AM CT
Houston, Texas | George R. Brown Tennis Center
 
Live Stats/Video: Tennis Live
SERIES HISTORY VS UAB
  • The teams have met just twice all-time.
  • The Shockers and Blazers have split the two meetings.
  • Both matches were played in Corpus Christi, Texas.
BLAZER SCOUTING
  • UAB enters with a record of 8-8.
  • Entering the weekend, the Blazers have lost two of their last three matches and are 5-5 in their last ten.
  • UAB is 1-1 at neutral sites this season.
  • The Blazers will be playing their second match in three days.
  • UAB is in their first year under head coach, Ezequiel Gils 
NEXT UP
The Shockers will make another trip to Texas to face the UT-Arlington Mavericks on March 28 at 1:00 PM.
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