Rome, Ga. — Wichita State's Pablo Roche Alcaya and Rodrigo Cruz open play at the ITA Conference Masters Championships at the Rome Tennis Center on Thursday.

Alcaya and Cruz made program history by capturing the doubles title at the 2026 American Individual Tennis Championship, earning a berth in the ITA Conference Maters Championships.  

The Shocker duo enters the tournament as the No. 5 seed and is set to face Southern's Sebastien and Zachery Byng at 4:30 p.m. CT Thursday.

The tournaments top doubles finalists will earn a berth in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship, scheduled for Nov. 17-22 in Athens, Ga., at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.