MATCH INFORMATION
 
#75 WICHITA STATE (8-8) AT UNLV (5-6)
Monday, March 24 | 1:00 PM CT
Las Vegas, Nev. | Fertitta Tennis Center 

Live Video: YouTube
Live Stats: UNLV

Openers

• Wichita State men's tennis is in its third season under head coach Darragh Glavin
• The Shockers are 8-8 and have won three matches in a row
• WSU is 4-4 on the road this year and has won four of their last five true road matches
• Wichita State entered the ITA top 75 for the first time this season on Tuesday, debuting at No. 75
• The Shockers surpassed last season's win total of five with a win on March 16 over Charlotte

By the Numbers

• Ilias Worthington leads the team in singles wins with 11 and the freshman has won three in a row
• In doubles, the pair of Jacome and Minarik have won six matches to lead the team
• Minarik leads the team in total doubles wins with ten
• The Shockers are 51-37 in singles as a team and 21-22 in doubles

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 UNLV

• UNLV is in its second year under head coach Andy Jackson
• The Rebels are 5-6 on the year with all five wins coming at home
• UNLV enters the match having lost four in a row 
• The last win for the Rebels came on February 9, in a 4-3 win over Northern Arizona

Series History vs. UNLV

• Wichita State leads the all-time series with UNLV 4-2
• The Shockers are 3-1 against the Rebels playing in Las Vegas
• The last meeting in the series came on February 13, 2021, in Denver, Colo., where WSU won 4-0

Next Up
The Shockers return to Wichita to host UT Arlington on March 26.