MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (2-4) AT TEXAS TECH (1-2)
Saturday, Jan. 31 | 1:00 p.m. CT
Lubbock, Texas | Lubbock Country Club

A New Season Begins
• Wichita State men's tennis is in its fourth season under head coach Darragh Glavin.
• The Shockers went 12–13 last season, their best record and highest win total under Glavin.
• Wichita State has a preseason team Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) of 74.43, which ranks as No. 66 in the NCAA.
• WSU's team UTR is the fifth-highest in the American Conference.
• The Shockers are 2-4 on the season with wins over New Mexico State and Omaha.
Last Match
• The Shockers defeated the Omaha Mavericks 5-2 on Saturday, Jan. 24 in Omaha.
• The win made the Shockers 8-0 all-time against the Mavericks.
• Wichita State rallied for five singles victories after losing the doubles point to take the match.
• Zaid Al Mashni earned his third straight doubles win to improve to 3-0.
• Ilias Worthington delivered the clinch for the Shockers with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 1 singles.
• Rodrigo Cruz improved to 2-0 in his Shocker career in singles.
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.
• Worthington led the team in doubles wins with three.
• Jacome reached the semifinals of the American Conference Singles Championship and 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 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 Cruz—arrived in Wichita as true freshmen.
Additional Notes
• In January matches, the Shockers were 2–2 last season and are 10-13 under Glavin.
• Against teams outside the American Conference, Wichita State went 9–10 last season.
• The Shockers are 28-31 all-time in the Glavin era against unranked opponents.
• Wichita State is 1-2 on the road this season and has yet to play a home match.
Scouting Texas Tech
• Michael Breler is in his seventh overall season with Texas Tech and third as a head coach.
• Texas Tech is 1-2 on the season and lost to Nebraska on Friday, 4-3.
• The Red Raiders were 12-12 last year, losing their final six matches.
• Texas Tech was 7-4 last year when playing at home and is 1-1 this year.
Series History vs. Texas Tech
• Wichita State is winless in the all-time series with Texas Tech, losing all 13 matchups.
• The teams have played each year since 2022 as part of a home-and-home series.
• In last season's matchup, Texas Tech overcame large third-set deficits at courts No. 1 and No. 4, storming back to take a 4-3 win over the Shockers in Wichita.
• Five of the six players who played for the Red Raiders in last season's meeting are still with Texas Tech.
• Of the 13 all-time meetings, five have been played in Lubbock.
Next Up
The Shockers travel to Norman, Okla., for a doubleheader with Oral Roberts and Oklahoma on Feb. 6 at Headington Family Tennis Center.