MATCH INFORMATION
 
[9] UAB (8-13) VS. [8] WICHITA STATE (11-12)
Wednesday, April 17 | 2:00 PM CT
Memphis, Tenn. | Leftwich Tennis Center

Openers

• Wichita State men's tennis is in its third season under head coach Darragh Glavin
• The Shockers are 11-12 and enter on a 4-0 loss to No. 44 Middle Tennessee State on Sunday
• Wichita State has won six of their last nine matches dating back to March 16
• WSU is 5-9 not playing at home this season
• The Shockers surpassed last season's win total of five with a win on March 16 over Charlotte and doubled their win total from last year with a 4-3 victory over UT Arlington on March 26
• This year is the first time the Shockers have been the No. 8 seed in the AAC Championship
• At last year's AAC Championship, WSU was the 12-seed and fell in the first round to 5-seed Tulsa, 4-1
• Wichita State is looking for their first win at the AAC Championship since 2021
• Since joining the AAC in 2018, WSU is 2-6 at the AAC Championship

By the Numbers

• Ilias Worthington leads the team in singles wins with 13 and the freshman is 5-3 in his last ten decisions
• The pair of Alejandro Jacome and Kristof Minarik lead the team in his wins as a doubles pairing with six
• Minarik leads the team in total doubles wins with 13
• The Shockers are 62-52 in singles as a team and 28-32 in doubles

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 UAB

• The Blazers are in their first year under head coach Matt Coomer
• UAB is 8-13 on the year and is 3-9 not playing in Birmingham
• The Blazers have lost their last two matches
• UAB is 1-4 against AAC foes this season

Series History vs. UAB

• The all-time series with UAB is tied at 2-2
• This will be the fourth all-time meeting between the teams at a neutral site
• WSU beat UAB, 4-1, when the teams met on March 18 in Birmingham

Next Up
A win for Wichita State would send them to the quarterfinals where they will meet top seed No. 23 South Florida on Friday at 2:00 PM in Memphis.