MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (2-2) AT ARKANSAS (5-2)
Sunday, February 2 | 11:00 AM CT
Fayetteville, Ark. | Billingsley Tennis Center 

Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
Live Video: Playsight

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Openers

• Wichita State men's tennis enters its third season under head coach, Darragh Glavin
• The Shockers have split their first four matches of the season after dominant wins over Omaha and Drake last weekend
• WSU is 0-2 in road matches this season
• Under Glavin, the Shockers are 3-18 in road matches
• Wichita State is 1-11 against Power Conference opponents in the Glavin era

Fall Success

• The Shocker pair of Kristof Minarik and Alejandro Jacome had a very successful fall, collecting wins over multiple power four opponents and collecting doubles wins in high-level events throughout the fall
• The duo collected two wins in pre-qualifiers of ITA All-Americans and added two wins at ITA Central Regionals, reaching the doubles semifinals
• The Regionals performance punched the Shocker ticket to ITA Sectionals in Fort Worth, Texas, where the Shockers battled tough against high-level, ranked doubles competition
• Elsewhere, true freshmen Luca Mindrut and Ilias Worthington tied for the team lead in singles wins this fall with five
• Transfer addition Arenui Luethi matched Minarik and Jacome's five fall doubles wins to tie for the team lead in the fall

New Faces

• The Shocker roster has undergone a shakeup from last season with five new players and two new coaches joining the team for the 2025 spring season
• The new players consist of four true freshmen in Zaid Al Mashni, Amir Milushev, Mindrut, and Worthington, and one transfer in Luethi
• Two new coaches will join Coach Glavin on the sideline as Sonam Phuntsok came to Wichita State after serving as an assistant at New Mexico and Joan Grosset moved to Wichita after one year coaching at the University of Omaha 

Scouting Arkansas

• Arkansas is in its third year under the leadership of head coach, Jay Udwadia
• Udwadia played for the Razorbacks in the mid-90s and has been coaching college tennis in 1998
• The Razorbacks were ranked as high as No. 28 in the ITA poll last season
• Arkansas is 5-2 on the year with wins over Hawaii, twice, Incarnate Word, Oral Roberts, and Rice
• The Hogs have lost to Georgia Tech and Tulsa this season

Series History vs. Arkansas

• Arkansas leads the series 19-3
• WSU is 2-12 playing Arkansas in Fayetteville
• Last year, WSU held on to win 4-3 over the Mavericks on January 26 at Genesis Rock Road
• Wichita State's last win in the series came on January 25, 2020, in Fayetteville, 4-3
• Arkansas has won 13 of the last 14 matchups between the teams

Next Up
The Shockers host Texas Tech for a big tilt on Friday, February 7, at 1:00 PM at Genesis Rock Road.