MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (3-5) AT INCARNATE WORD (2-2)
Saturday, February 22 | 11:00 AM CT
San Antonio, Texas | Mabry Tennis Center 

Live Stats: TBD
 
WICHITA STATE (3-5) AT UTSA (3-4)
Sunday, February 23 | 11:00 AM OR Noon CT
San Antonio, Texas | UTSA Tennis Centers 

Live Stats: Stat Broadcast
Live Video: Sporfie

Openers

• Wichita State men's tennis is in its third season under head coach Darragh Glavin
• The Shockers are 3-5 after taking down the Denver Pioneers on February 16, 5-2
• WSU 0-3 on the road this year with losses to three ranked teams in UCF (11), South Florida (48), and Arkansas (37)
• The Shockers have played four ranked opponents so far this year with the three teams mentioned previously and Boise State who is No. 32

By the Numbers

• Ilias Worthington, Kristof Minarik, and Alejandro Jacome are tied for the team lead in singles wins with five each
• In doubles, the pair of Jacome and Minarik have won five matches to lead the team
• The duo of Worthington and Luke Bracks has the best record of any pairing for the Shockers at 3-1
• In lineup positions, Minarik and Vanja Hodzic are a combined 6-1 this year playing at line two singles, with Minarik at 5-0 and Hodzic at 2-1 in that spot
• Jacome is the only Shocker to hold down one position in the singles lineup all season, playing at line three in all eight matches this year

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 Incarnate Word

• Incarnate Word is in its eighth season under head coach Jonas Anderson
• The Cardinals are 2-2 this season and 2-0 at home
• Both victories for IW came over Prairie View A&M on February 14
• The Cardinals went 19-5 last season and 11-1 at home

Series History vs. Incarnate Word

• This match will be the first meeting between the teams

Scouting UTSA

• Former Furman head coach Sasha Gozun is in his first season leading the Roadrunners
• The Roadrunners are 3-4 on the year and 1-2 at home
• Against AAC opponents this season, UTSA is 0-1, losing to Florida Atlantic on February 21, 4-3

Series History vs. UTSA

• WSU leads the all-time series with UTSA 7-2
• UTSA has won the last two meetings in the season series, and both were against the Shockers in the Glavin era
• Wichita State is 2-1 against the Roadrunners in San Antonio

Next Up
The Shockers head to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to face the hometown Lobos at 12:00 PM CT on Friday, March 7.