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WICHITA STATE MEN’S TENNIS 2019-20 MEDIA GUIDE 2019-20 Wichita State Men’s Tennis Media Guide #WATCHUS 1 WICHITA STATE MEN’S TENNIS 2019-20 MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS COMMUNICATIONS • 2019-20 TEAM INFORMATION TAMI CUTLER 2019 Roster 3 Associate A.D. , Strategic Communications 2019 Schedule 3 [email protected] Quick Facts 3 BRYAN HOLMGREN Director of Communications- MBB •COACHING STAFF [email protected] Head Coach Danny Bryan 4-5 WESTON PLETCHER Assistant Coach Justin DeSanto 6 Assistant Director of Communications - WBB, SB, Director of Operations Nick Taylor 7 GoShockers.com [email protected] •MEET THE PLAYERS MATT MCCLAIN Marius Frosa 8 Graduate Assistant/Communications- XC, T&F, Murkel Dellien 9 MBB Orel Ovil, Stefan Latinovic 10 [email protected] Alex Richards, Zach Grueber, Rafael Serra 11 RYAN MEYERS Bruno Serra, Elio Lago 12 Graduate Assistant/Communications- SB, Golf, Zach Grueber 13 WTEN Bruno Serra 13 [email protected] Rafael Serra 13 HOUSTON KORENOSKI Student Assistant/Communications- MTEN, Spirit •2018-19 REVIEW Squad 2019 Results 15 [email protected] 2018-19 Statistics 16-18 MEDIA INFORMATION •2019-20 PREVIEW Outlook 20 PLAYER INTERVIEWS Shocker players will be available for interviews with members of the 2019-20 Opponents 21-24 media on an arranged basis. All interviews must be arranged through the Communications office. Contact Communications Student Assistant •HISTORY AND RECORDS Houston Korenoski at 402-650-6459 to set up interviews. History 26-27 Coaching Records 28 COACH INTERVIEWS All-time Leaders 29 Head coach Danny Bryan will be available for interviews by phone or in Shockers in MVC 30 person. Requests should me made through the Communications office and Houston Korenoski at 402-650-6459 MVC Awards 31 Shockers in ITA Rankings 32-33 www.goshockers.com ITA Events 34-35 Updated standings, scores, Players of the Week, and statistics can be Shockers on AD Honor Roll 36 found on the official website of Wichita State athletics. Shockers in NCAA’s 37 Shockers All-Americans 38 All-Time Series Records 39 2 Year-by-Year Results 40-49 WICHITA STATE MEN’S TENNIS 2019-20 MEDIA GUIDE 2019-2020 SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION JANUARY Location . Wichita, Kan . 18 Denver Wichita, Kan. 12 p.m. Founded . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1895 19 Omaha Wichita, Kan. 12 p.m. Enrollment . 15,784 25 Middle Tennessee (Arkansas Quad) Fayetteville, Ark. 9 a.m. Colors . Yellow(Pantone116)/Black 25 Arkansas (Arkansas Quad) Fayetteville, Ark. 5 p.m. Nickname . .Shockers 26 Drake (Arkansas Quad) Fayetteville, Ark. 11 a.m. Affiliation . NCAA Division I 30 Charlotte Charlotte, NC 12 p.m. Conference . American Athletic FEBRUARY Facilities . Sheldon Coleman/Genesis President . Dr . Jay Golden 1 Georgia State Knoxville, Tenn. 1 p.m. Athletic Director . Darron Boatright 2 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. 11 a.m. Sport Admin . Brad Pittman 4 Creighton Kansas City, Mo. 8 a.m. 4 UMKC Kansas City, Mo. 12 p.m. COACHING STAFF 14 Drake Des Moines, Iowa 6 p.m. Head Coach . Danny Bryan 15 DePaul Des Moines, Iowa 11 a.m. Alma Mater/Year . LSU, 2008 16 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 12 p.m. Career Record.........................43-33 (.460) 21 UT Arlington Wichita, Kan. 12 p.m. Season at WSU .............................Fpurth 29 San Joaquin Invitational Fresno, Calif. TBA Email [email protected] MARCH Assistant Coach . .. .. .. .. .. .. Justin DeSanto 1 San Joaquin Invitational Fresno, Calif. TBA Alma Mater .......................... Wilkes, 2012 14 Abilene Christian Wichita, Kan. 4 p.m. Season at WSU ............................. Fourth Director of Operations .. ... ... ... ... ... Nick Taylor 20 UTSA San Antonio, Texas 1 p.m. Season at WSU ..................................10 22 Tulane New Orleans, La. 1 p.m. 22 New Orleans New Orleans, La. 6 p.m. 2018-19 Season 29 USF Wichita, Kan. 12:30 p.m. Overall Record . .. 16-10 APRIL AAC Tournament Record . .1-1 (SF) 1 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla 9 a.m. vs . Nationally Ranked . .1-1 1 Temple Tulsa, Okla. 2 p.m. Letterwinners R/L . 5/1 3 ECU Wichita, Kan. 1 p.m. Newcomers . 2 5 SMU Wichita, Kan. 11 a.m. 11 Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 2 p.m. 2019-20 ROSTER Name Class Height Hometown Elio Lago Sr. 6-5 Fortaleza, Brazil Murkel Dellien Sr. 6-3 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Marius Frosa Sr. 6-1 Galati, Romania Alex Richards Fr. 5-9 Tulsa, Okla. Bruno Serra Fr. 6-2 Overland Park, Kan. Rafael Serra Fr. 6-2 Overland Park, Kan. Orel Ovil So. 5-9 Petah Tikva, Israel Stefan Latinovic So. 6-6 Belgrade, Serbia Zach Grueber Fr. 6-3 Columbia, Mo. Nicolas Acevedo So. - - - Concepcion, Chile Yi Jui Lo Fr. - - - Kaohsiung, Taiwan Benjamin Niv Fr. - - - Bankya-Sofia, Serbia 3 WICHITA STATE MEN’S TENNIS 2019-20 MEDIA GUIDE POSITION Head Coach , 4th Season ALMA MATER LSU, 2008 DANNY BRYAN HOMETOWN Lafayette, La. Former LSU All-American and professional tennis Under Bryan’s guidance, the Shockers entered the ITA/ tandem Marius Frosa and Murkel Dellien to an at-large player, Danny Bryan begins his fourth year as head Oracle Team Rankings in four different weeks throughout appearance in the main draw of ITA All-American coach at Wichita State (2019-20). the spring, reaching as high as No. 39 on March 5. The Championships in Tulsa. The duo advanced to the ranking marked just the second time the Shockers were Round of 16 with a win over Kumar and Genender of Bryan amassed many impressive feats for the Shockers ranked inside the top-40 in over 30 years. In just their sec- Stanford, before falling to eventual champion, No. in the 2018-19 season, leading them to a 16-10 record ond year in the American Athletic Conference, the Wichita 4-seeded Ingildsen and Perez of Florida. in his third year in control. Bryan, who holds a 43-33 State men’s team reached the semifinals of the American record as head coach, lead dynamic juniors Murkel Athletic Conference Tournament after beating Tulsa at the Under his guidance, four Shockers have been named Dellien and Marius Frosa to many accomplishments USTA National Campus in Orlando under Bryan. ITA Scholar-Athletes. Jocelyn Devilliers in the 2017 during the season. The duo, from Bolivia and Romania, season, and most recently Haru Inoue, Eddie Stoica, respectively, compiled an impressive 11-2 record in the In his second year at the helm, Bryan led the 2017-18 and Marius Frosa. Both his teams were named ITA No. 1 slot, with wins over five ranked opponents and a Shockers to a 14-10 dual match record in their inaugural All-Academic teams, maintaining a grade point season high ranking of No. 20. The duo, who teamed season in the American Athletic Conference. Led by a average of 3.20 or higher. up in late March, became just the second Shocker duo core junior class, WSU captured the Pacific Invite title for to ever reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles the second-straight season, with wins over No. 46 New In Bryan’s first season at the controls, a young Shocker Championships and earn All-America status, the first Mexico, San Francisco, and Grand Canyon. lineup went 13-13 in dual matches and finished up at since Paul Smith and Roberto Saad in 1983. Dellien No. 8 in the ITA’s Central Region Rankings. Sophomores and Frosa were named All-Conference in doubles play The Shockers claimed the 60th annual Rice Invite crown Haru Inoue and Marius Frosa earned all-conference for the 2018-19 season. in March, ending Rice’s streak of 10-straight victories. honors. WSU became the first team other than Rice to win the Bryan led freshmen standouts Stefan Latinovic and title since Oklahoma in 2007. Inoue (23-11) posted one of the best seasons by an Orel Ovil to stellar seasons on the court. Latinovic underclassmen in Shocker history, landing at No. 98 in compiled an impressive 8-2 mark in the fifth flight, In April, WSU defeated SMU in Dallas (4-3), marking the the final Oracle/ITA Division I Rankings. It was the first while Ovil led the Shockers in dual wins primarily in first win in school history over the Mustangs. The two time in 35 years that a WSU freshman or sophomore the sixth slot. The pair finished the season winning six have met nine times, dating back to 1981. had finished on the national singles chart. In addition, of their last eight matches, helping the Shockers to the Inoue’s 11 dual wins at No. 1 singles were the most by most wins (16) under Bryan. WSU and American Athletic Conference foe Tulsa met for a Shocker underclassmen since 1995. the 37th time in February, where the Shockers upended Bryan led the Shockers to a 4-2 win over No. 28 Dart- the Golden Hurricane, 4-3. The win was just the first over In March, WSU defeated No. 39 Cal Poly, along with mouth on Feb. 23, marking the first top-30 win for the Tulsa since 1991. Fresno State and UT-Arlington to win the 2017 Pacific Shockers since the 2012-13 season. In the classroom, Invite. the Shockers maintained a 3.44 GPA throughout the Bryan guided rising junior Haru Inoue to a No. 58 ITA/ season with eight student-athletes named to the Oracle Fall Ranking to begin the 2017-18 season, marking Bryan took charge of the Shocker men’s tennis pro- Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and seven in the highest ranked Shocker since Tin Ostojic in 2014-15. gram on June 24, 2016 after 13 seasons at LSU -- four the spring season. of them as a player (2003-07), one as a student-as- For the first time in over 25 years, Bryan guided doubles sistant (2007-08), and eight as the Tigers’ full-time BRYAN’S COACHING TIMELINE 2016-present Wichita State University Head Coach 2008-16 LSU Assistant Coach 2007-08 LSU Student Assistant 4 WICHITA STATE MEN’S TENNIS 2019-20 MEDIA GUIDE assistant coach (2008-16) under former LSU head doubles rankings and No.