2023-24 Tennis Roster

Momoko Nagato
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Abiko, Chiba, Japan
- High School:
- Tokyo Gakkan Funabashi High School
2023-24 (Senior)
- Nagato ends her career with 104 career victories
- Sits 20th on the program's all-time wins list
- Finished 39-20 overall to lead the team in wins
- Was one of three players to win 30 or more matches during the 2023-24 season
- Spring 2024
- Finished 27-17 overall, including 14-8 in singles and 13-9 in doubles play
- Led the team in overall wins and singles wins
- Fall 2023
- Finished 12-4 overall, including 6-2 in singles play and 6-2 in doubles play
- Ranked No. 6 with Michaela Kucharova in the ITA Atlantic Regional doubles rankings
- Named to the College Sports Communicators 2023-24 Academic All-District Team
- 2024 Spring Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Named a 2024 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete
2022-23 (Junior)
- Finished 37-31 overall for the season, going 15-17 in singles play and 22-14 in doubles play
- One of three players to finish with 30+ wins for the year
- Played primarily as the No. 2 seed in doubles with Michaela Kucharova
- Named a 2023 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete
- Named to the 2022-23 Academic All-District Women’s Tennis Team by College Sports Communicators
- Named to the 2023 Spring Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2021-22 (Sophomore)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Posted a record of 19-10 during her sophomore season, with a 15-12 doubles record
- Primarily played in the No. 2 doubles position
- Went 13-6 during the fall campaign
- She and Pei-Ju Hsieh defeated Old Dominion’s Alcaide and Viktorovich, 8-7(3) to advance to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Super Regional quarterfinals; marked WVU’s first quarterfinal appearance since 2019
2020-21 (Freshman)
- Posted a record of 9-10 during her first season at WVU; primarily playing in the No. 2 singles and doubles positions
- Started the spring on a four-match win streak, winning both of her contests against Cleveland State and Youngstown State
- Defeated Kansas State’s Rosanna Mafei in a three-set, tiebreaker to claim the first Big 12 singles win of her career
- Began the fall season by earning a trio of wins to claim a second-place finish at the ITA Fall Circuit in Morgantown
- Finished the fall with a 3-1 record
Prep
- Played for Coach Yasushi Nagashima at Tokyo Gakkan Funabashi High
- Also played club tennis for TTC under Coach Hiroshi Mori
Personal
- Daughter of Hideki and Chifuyu Nagato
- Has two brothers
- Birthday is June 3
- Majoring in Business
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
WVU Tennis Senior Day 2025
Tuesday, April 08
TEN: West Virginia Defeats Toledo, Temple
Monday, February 17
TEN: West Virginia Sweeps Cleveland State, Mount St. Mary's
Tuesday, February 11
2025 Tennis Hype Video
Wednesday, January 15