MATCH INFORMATION
 
UT ARLINGTON (8-8) AT WICHITA STATE (8-9)
Wednesday, March 26 | 1:00 PM CT
Wichita, Kan. | Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex 
 
Live Stats: Stat Broadcast

Openers

• Wichita State men's tennis is in its third season under head coach Darragh Glavin
• The Shockers are 8-9 and had their three-match win streak broken by UNLV on the road on Monday
• WSU is 4-3 at home this season
• Wichita State entered the ITA top 75 for the first time this season on last 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 52-41 in singles as a team and 23-23 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 UT Arlington

• UT Arlington is led by head coach Diego Benitez
• The Mavericks are 8-8 on the year and are 2-5 on the road
• UTA enters having lost two of their last three
• The Mavs have played three AAC teams this year, losing to all three (Rice, UTSA, and No. 25 South Florida)

Series History vs. UT Arlington

• Wichita State leads the all-time series with UT Arlington 15-8
• The Shockers are 7-3 against the Mavericks playing them in Wichita
• The teams have met 12 times since 2013, with the Shockers winning nine of those matchups
• The Shockers have won five of the last six meetings

Next Up
The Shockers host Creighton on Friday, April 4 at 1:00 PM at Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex.