MATCH INFORMATION
 
#50 MEMPHIS (8-8) AT WICHITA STATE (5-7)
Friday, March 14 | 1:00 PM CT
Wichita, Kan. | Genesis Rock Road 

Live Stats: StatBroadcast

Openers

• Wichita State men's tennis is in its third season under head coach Darragh Glavin
• The Shockers are 5-7 and have dropped their last two matches, losing 5-2 to New Mexico on March 7, and to No. 67 Santa Clara on March 8, 4-3
• The Shockers are 3-2 at home this year
• Memphis will be the first ranked team the Shockers will face at home this year
• Among the 12 teams the Shockers have played this year, seven are currently ranked and the Shockers are 0-7 against those teams

By the Numbers

• Ilias Worthington leads the team singles wins with eight
• In doubles, the pair of Jacome and Minarik have won six matches to lead the team

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
• 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 four new players and two new coaches joining the team for the 2025 spring season
• The new players consist of three true freshmen in Zaid Al Mashni, Amir Milushev, 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 Memphis

• Chris Doerr is in his second year as head coach at Memphis
• Memphis is 8-8 on the year and 3-5 on the road
• The Tigers enter after knocking off No. 37 Yale on the road, 4-2, on March 2
• Memphis has been ranked in each ITA top 75 rankings so far this year and their current No. 50 ranking is their highest of the year

Series History vs. Memphis

• Memphis holds a narrow 5-4 lead in the all-time series
• The Tigers have won the last three meetings, and the teams have met seven times since 2019
• WSU's last win in the series came on April 22, 2021, at the AAC Championship, 4-3
• The Shockers are 2-0 at home against Memphis, but the Tigers have not played in Wichita since March 5, 2021

Next Up
The Shockers play No. 67 Charlotte on Sunday at 1:00 PM in Wichita.