MATCH INFORMATION
 
WICHITA STATE (2-3) AT OKLAHOMA (5-1)
Friday, February 2 | 5:00 PM
Norman, Okla. | Headington Family Tennis Center
 
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The Wichita State men’s tennis team is set to head back on the road to challenge the Oklahoma Sooners on Friday afternoon.
 
SHOCKER NOTES

• The Shockers (2-3) enter the match after a victory over the Omaha Mavericks, 4-3.
• The win for the Shockers broke a three-match losing streak and was the team’s first home match of the season.
• Kristof Minarik, Alejandro Jacome, and Vanja Hodzic collected singles wins against Omaha.
• Hodzic (11-5) leads the Shockers in singles wins. Jacome is close behind with ten.
• Jacome possesses a singles record of 26-10 in his collegiate career.
• In dual matches this year, the Shockers are 9-15 in singles matches and 4-8 in doubles.
• The Shockers are 2-10 in true road matches in the Darragh Glavin era and are 1-2 this season.
• In the Glavin era, the Shockers are 2-8 in Friday matches.
• The Shockers are 1-3 against Oklahoma schools in the Glavin era.
• This is the second consecutive year the Shockers home opener is against Omaha.
• The duo of Kristof Minarik and Alejandro Jacome led the Shockers in doubles wins in the fall season with four. 

SERIES HISTORY VS OKLAHOMA

• This is the 25th all-time clash between the Wichita State and Oklahoma men’s tennis teams.

• In the all-time series, Oklahoma leads 21-3
• The Shockers have lost 16 consecutive matches to the Sooners.
• The last win for the Shockers came on March 26, 2003, 6-1 in Wichita.
• The Shockers are 1-19 when playing Oklahoma in Norman all-time.
• The teams have competed at least once every year since 2009.

LAST TIME VS OKLAHOMA

• The teams met in Norman last season on Feb. 5, 2023.
• The Shockers were swept 0-7 by the Sooners.
• Jacome nearly won at No. 3 singles against #50 Nathan Han, losing the third set in a ten-point tiebreak, 8-10.

OKLAHOMA SCOUTING

• Oklahoma enters the match after suffering their first loss of the season to #6 Tennessee 1-4.
• Four of the five Sooner victories this year have come via a sweep.
• The Sooners are 4-0 at home this year and are 8-2 in their last ten matches at home.
• Oklahoma is led by head coach Nick Crowell in his seventh season.
• Under Crowell, the Sooners are 96-58 and have made five NCAA tournaments.
• In the Crowell era, Oklahoma is 67-19 at home.

LAST MATCH

• The Shockers won their home opener over the Omaha Mavericks, 4-3 on January 26.
• WSU won the doubles point and three singles matches to secure the win.
• The win made the Shockers 6-0 against Omaha and was their fourth straight year winning their home opener.

NEXT UP
The Shockers will get two weeks away from match play before returning home to face the New Mexico Lobos on February 16 at 1:00 PM.