MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University tennis team is set to take on No. 8-seed TCU in the first round of the 2023 Big 12 Tennis Championship on Thursday, April 20, hosted by the University of Kansas.
 
The Mountaineers (11-11, 1-8 Big 12) enter the tournament as the No. 9-seed. First serve from the Lawrence Sports Pavilion is set for 11 a.m. ET, and will be a rematch following West Virginia's home finale, on April 16, when then-No. 50-ranked Horned Frogs topped WVU, 6-1. Live coverage of Thursday's match can be found here.
 
"We are looking forward to the start of the Big 12 tournament and a rematch against TCU," Mountaineer coach Miha Lisac said. "We have worked all season to be playing our best tennis at the end of the year. Now it's time to start the tournament and create more program firsts."
 
TCU finished the regular season with a 12-8 overall record, a 3-6 mark in Big 12 play and is currently ranked No. 49 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) National Team Rankings, on April 18. Destinee Martins leads TCU with a 12-5 overall singles record this spring, while Mercedes Aristegui leads the Horned Frogs in rankings, coming in at No. 114.
 
Sophomore Michaela Kucharova leads the Mountaineers with 10 wins this season in singles play, followed by junior Momoko Nagato, sophomore Camilla Bossi and redshirt freshman Maja Dodik all adding nine victories.
 
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