MTEN Preview: at Arizona State (Jan. 14)

1/12/2026 3:00:00 PM

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.

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