REGATTA RIVER IN THE Men’s tennis finishes in AAC Championship

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

Men’s tennis took a trip to Orlando, Florida, as the No. 7 seed in the American Athletic Conference Championship. Their time there was cut short as they were eliminated on the first day in a close match against No. 2 Tulane.

Tulane is currently ranked 42nd in the country and sits at a 15-12 overall record.

In the No. 1 spot in the singles draw, Minarik took on Tulane’s Luka Petrovic. The match was interrupted by a rain delay, which put a hold on Petrovic’s momentum from his second set victory. Minarik ultimately lost in three sets 1-6; 6-3;7-5.

“Kristof has had a tough year and was able to hang in there, and unfortunately the conditions got the better of him,” head coach Darragh Glavin said.

For the first month of the outdoor season, Minarik was ranked in Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s rankings. This stretch saw him ranked as high as No. 80 and as low as No. 97.

In his nineteen singles matches, Minarik went 4-12 throughout the season and won two matches over his eight matches as a ranked player.

The Shockers won the doubles point as the teams of Kristof Minarik/Alex Richards and Alejandro Jacome/Richey King were able to fend off Tulane.

The doubles match between Wichita State’s Misha Kvantaliani and Orel Ovil and Tulane’s Benji Jacobson and Billy Suarez was left unfinished as Wichita State already won the doubles point before the match finished.

Kvantaliani and Jacome scored the Shockers’ two singles wins over the Green Wave.

Kvantaliani took care of Fynn Kuenkler from Tulane in straight sets, each game ending in a 6-3 score.

and their development.”

In the special assistant role, Holland’s main jobs will include individual player development sessions as well as handling all things related to NIL.

“There are no office hours in (Holland’s) world,” Mills said. “He makes their daily improvement his top priority and is available around the clock to teach and assist. (Holland) is strategic about the time that he puts in with each individual player and caters their daily development toward a long-term blueprint.”

A native to Holland, Kansas, Meerpohl is a University of Kansas graduate that has worked as a strength and conditioning coach across multiple sports.

He worked for Wake Forest’s and Tulsa’s men’s basketball programs before heading to Oral Roberts.

Shocker Rowing hosted the Plains Regional Regatta on April 23 at Boat and Bikes in downtown Wichita. The program hosted over 200 athletes and 10 teams from Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas. Wichita State won six of their races throughout the day.