MATCH INFORMATION
 
[8] WICHITA STATE (12-12) VS. [1] #23 SOUTH FLORIDA (19-3)
Thursday, April 18 | 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 12-12 and enter after downing UAB on Wednesday in the opening round of the AAC Championship, 4-1
• Wichita State has won seven of their last ten matches dating back to March 16
• WSU is 6-9 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
• Wednesday's win over UAB was WSU's first win at the AAC Championship since 2021
• Since joining the AAC in 2018, WSU is 3-6 at the AAC Championship

By the Numbers

• Ilias Worthington leads the team in singles wins with 13 
• The pair of Alejandro Jacome and Kristof Minarik lead the team in doubles wins with six
• Minarik leads the team in total doubles wins with 13
• The Shockers are 65-52 in singles as a team and 30-32 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 South Florida

• South Florida is in their ninth season under head coach Ashley Fisher
• The Bulls are 19-3 on the year and have won their last ten matches
• USF's last loss came on March 3 at national power TCU, 6-1
• South Florida is 5-0 against AAC foes this season
• The Bulls had a first-round bye in the AAC Championship

Series History vs. South Florida

• South Florida leads the all-time series with Wichita State 4-1
• USF beat the Shockers earlier this year on January 17, 5-2, in Tampa
• Wichita State's lone win in the series came last year on April 5 in Wichita, 4-3
• WSU lost to USF 4-3 in their first-ever AAC Championship match on April 20, 2018

Next Up
A win for Wichita State would send them to the semifinals, where they would face the winner of [5] No. 72 Rice and [4] No. 61 Tulsa on Saturday at 10:00 AM CT at Leftwich Tennis Center in Memphis.