WICHITA, Kan. - The Wichita State women's tennis team was selected as the No. 5 seed at the American Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Championship, it was announced Monday, April 15.

The Shockers open play on Wednesday, April 17 with a matchup against 12-seed UConn at 9 a.m. ET. The winner will take on four seed Tulsa on Thursday at 12 p.m.
 
All matches will be played at the prestigious USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. Complete coverage of The American Tennis Championships, including live scoring and video, can be found on the conference's Championship Central site located HERE.
 
 

The top seed in the American Women's Tennis Championship goes to @UCF_WTennis.

The battle for the league title and automatic NCAA bid begins Wednesday in Orlando.https://t.co/JuwAiu6dgL pic.twitter.com/PK0Bquz36M

— American Tennis (@American_Tenn) April 15, 2019

 ON UCONN
The Huskies ended the regular season with a 5-12 record, including a 1-4 mark against conference opponents. Their wins include Quinnipiac, Detroit Mercy, Temple, Georgia Southern and Bryant.
 
Individually, Julieanne Bou leads the Huskies with an 8-6 dual match record, mainly in the second slot. Bou and Gillian Perrotta lead the doubles tandems, sporting a 7-3 record in the top slot.
 
This will be the first meeting between the two programs.