MATCH INFORMATION

WICHITA STATE (0-0) AT ARIZONA STATE (1-0)
Wednesday, January 14 | 11:00 AM CT
Tempe, Ariz. | Kiwanis Tennis Center

A New Season Begins
• Wichita State men's tennis is set to begin its fourth season under head coach Darragh Glavin.
• The Shockers went 12–13 last season, their best record and highest win total under Glavin.
• WSU is 2–1 in season openers under Glavin, losing at UCF in last season's opening match.
• The Shockers are 27–21 all-time in their first match of the season.
• Wichita State is 2–11 all-time when opening the season with a road match.
Fall Notes
• The Shockers earned 12 singles wins and five doubles wins in limited fall action.
• Alejandro Jacome led the Shockers in the fall with four singles wins, including three at the American Conference Singles Championship.
• Ilias Worthington led the team in doubles wins with three.
• Jacome reached the semifinals of the American Conference Singles Championship and the semifinals of the doubles championship with Worthington.
• Zaid Al Mashni ended the fall ranked No. 66 by the ITA in singles
Last Year's Leaders
• Worthington led the Shockers in singles wins last season with 13, with Jacome close behind at 11.
• Jacome and Worthington tied for the team lead in doubles wins with 11 among returning Shockers.
Returners to the Lineup
• Five Shockers return for another season in Wichita in 2026.
• The five returners combined for 39 of the team's 65 dual-match singles wins last season.
• Three of the top five Shockers in singles wins—Jacome, Worthington, and Amir Milushev—are back with Wichita State.
Newcomers
• The Shockers have four new players for the 2025–26 season, with three arriving for the spring semester.
• All four—Pablo Roche Alcaya, Felix Bockelmann-Evans, James Lammas, and Rodrigo Cruz—arrived in Wichita as true freshmen.
Additional Notes
• The Shockers went 5–8 on the road last season.
• In January matches, the Shockers were 2–2 last season and are 8-8 under Glavin.
• Against teams outside the American Conference, Wichita State went 9–10 last season.
• The Shockers are 26-27 all-time in the Glavin era against unranked opponents.
Scouting Arizona State
• Arizona State is in its 10th season under head coach Matt Hill.
• The Sun Devils went 12–12 last season, including a 7–4 record at home.
• ASU earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship last year, losing in the first round to USC.
• Arizona State went 6–1 in matches against unranked opponents last season.
• The Sun Devils ended last season playing 13 consecutive ranked opponents.
• ASU swept Idaho, 7-0, in its season opener on January 11.
Series History vs. Arizona State
• The Shockers are 0–4 all-time against Arizona State.
• WSU is 0–3 against the Sun Devils in Tempe.
• Arizona State has outscored Wichita State 19–4 across the four meetings.
• The Sun Devils defeated Wichita State in the Shockers' last NCAA Tournament appearance, 4–3 on May 8, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas.
• Arizona State won the most recent meeting, 4-0, on January 12, 2024.
Next Up
The Shockers play Utah State on Friday, January 16, in Chandler, Ariz., at 1:30 p.m. CT.