5:34 pm | April 30, 2019 | Go to Source | Author:
The Big 12 will be well represented at the 2019 NCAA Tennis Championship in singles and doubles competition as announced today by the NCAA. A total of 15 for the men (nine singles and six doubles) and 10 for the women (eight singles and two doubles) will make the trip to Orlando, Florida, for individual and tandem competition.
Texas leads the way for both the men and women in singles competition with three representatives each, while TCU is set to send the most tandems for the men with two.
TCU’s Alex Rybakov will head to the USTA National Campus as the highest-ranked Big 12 men’s student-athlete with a No. 4 seed. The Longhorns’ Christian Sigsgaard earned his bid as a No. 7 seed, while fellow teammate, Yuya Ito, ranks within the No. 9 ??? and No. 16 seeds.
In doubles action, Sven Lah and partner Jimmy Bendeck will travel to South Florida with as the No. 1 seed. Sigsgaard and Harrison Scott are seeded between No. 5 and No. 8 for the national championship.
For the women, a total of eight will be making the trip to the Sunshine State, led by Kansas’ Anastasia Rychagova, who was seeded between No. 9 and No. 16. For UT, Petra Granic, Anna Turati and Bianca Turati will make an appearance, while an individual from KU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU and Texas Tech will compete in the national competition.
The doubles tandems of Janet Koch/Nina Khmelnitckaia (Kansas) and Sofia Blanco/Catherine Gulihur (Oklahoma State) are set to compete and represent the league.
Competitors for each student-athlete named will be announced at a later date as action is set to run from May 20 through May 25 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, hosted by UCF.
Big 12 Tennis Berths for NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship
Men’s Tennis
Singles
No. 4 Alex Rybakov, TCU
Alastair Gray, TCU
No. 9-16 Yuya Ito, Texas
Spencer Papa, Oklahoma
Johannes Schretter, Baylor
Harrison Scott, Texas
No. 7 Christian Sigsgaard, Texas
Matias Soto, Baylor
Matej Vocel, Oklahoma State
Doubles
No. 1 Sven Lah/Jimmy Bendeck, Baylor
Alexander Bakshi/Stefando Tsorotiotis, Oklahoma
Alastair Gray/Alex Rybakov, TCU
Bertus Kruger/Reese Stalder, TCU
No. 5-8 Christian Sigsgaard/Harrison Scott, Texas
Parker Wynn/Bjorn Thomson, Texas Tech
Alternate: Mathieu Scaglia/Maxim Tybar, Oklahoma State
Women’s Tennis
Singles
No. 9-16 Anastasia Rychagova, Kansas
Ellie Douglas, TCU
Petra Granic, Texas
Oleksandra Korashvili, Oklahoma
Felicity Maltby, Texas Tech
Katarina Stresnakova, Oklahoma State
Anna Turati, Texas
Bianca Turati, Texas
Alternate: Livia Kraus, Baylor
Doubles
No. 5-8 Janet Koch/Nina Khmelnitckaia (Kansas)
Sofia Blanco/Catherine Gulihur (Oklahoma State)
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