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2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster

Natsumi Kurahashi

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Nodagakuen HS
  • Hometown Toyota, Japan

Biography

Career Statistics:
Through Spring 2024; Dual records in parentheses
 
Singles:
2019-20: 10-7 (1-3)
2020-21: 8-12 (8-12)
2021-22: 18-11 (10-9)
2022-23: 12-14 (8-8)
2023-24: 8-17 (6-14)
Totals: 56-61 (33-46)
 
Doubles:
2019-20: 12-12 (5-8)
2020-21: 8-13 (8-13)
2021-22: 11-10 (8-6)
2022-23: 16-14 (11-6)
2023-24: 18-8 (15-6)
Totals: 66-57 (48-39)
 
Individual Honors / Accolades:
8x Athletic Director's Honor Roll qualifier (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
CSC Academic All-District (2022-23, 2023-24)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021-22)
2023-24 (RS-Senior):
2024 CSC Academic All-District selection...Competed in every dual match...Went 15-5 in doubles with partner, Xin Tong Wang...Played at No. 1 or 2 position in singles and doubles in every match...Went 11-3 in final 15 doubles decisions of the season...Competed in two fall events...Notched two singles and one doubles win at the Tulsa Invitational Nov. 3-5.

2022-23 (RS-Junior):
Fourth-year Shocker is a vocal leader with great doubles instincts... Played the bulk of the year at No. 2 singles and finished with a 12-14 mark (8-8 in duals)… Helped key a road win over No. 49 Nebraska on Mar. 10 with a dominant 6-3, 6-0 performance at No. 2… Went 16-14 in doubles (11-6 in duals)… Was 15-12 alongside Lingwei Kong while playing mostly No. 2 doubles… Won six straight decisions (and held late leads in two other unfinished matches) from Mar. 16 to Apr. 15… Teamed up with Kong in the fall for a quarterfinal run at the ITA Central Region Championships… Made the fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0+ semester GPA).

2021-22 (RS-Sophomore):
Played the majority of the year at No. 1 singles... Finished with an 18-11 singles record, going 10-9 in dual matches with an 8-8 mark at the No. 1 position... Paired with five different doubles partners throughout the year going 8-6 in duals and 11-10 overall... Played No. 1 doubles with LingWei Kong for most of the spring but shifted to No. 2 doubles for the last three matches and went 3-0 alongside Harriet Hamilton... Enjoyed a successful Fall season that included an 8-2 singles mark... Won her first three matches at the ITA Central Regional (two in qualifying and one in the Round of 96)... A member of WSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)... Qualified for the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0+ semester GPA) in both semesters... ITA Scholar-Athlete (3.50+ GPA during the academic year).
 
2020-21 (RS-Freshman):
Spent time at the Nos. 3-5 singles positions and compiled an 8-12 dual record during the spring season (intercollegiate competition was suspended in the Fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic)… Went 5-9 at No. 5 singles… Partnered with Alexandra Lazarova in doubles for an 8-13 mark. The duo played some of its best tennis down the stretch with wins in two of its last three matches... Made the AD Honor Roll in both semesters.
 
2019-20 (Freshman):
Made a smooth transition to collegiate tennis… Tied for the team-lead with nine fall tournament wins (9-4) and won six of her first seven doubles matches on the way to a 7-4 fall mark… Finished the spring 1-3 (all at No. 6 singles) but held the lead in three other unfinished matches… Notched her first collegiate win on Mar. 4 over an opponent from Xavier… Went 5-8 in spring doubles duals – all at No. 3 – while partnering with Alexandra Lazarova and Ting-Ya Hsu.
 
Personal:
Born June 30, 2000 in Japan… Daughter of Yoshimitsu and Miyabi Kurahashi... Has two siblings: Haruki and Tomoya... Exercise Science major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Redshirt Freshman

  • 2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2022-23Redshirt Junior

    5'2"
  • 2023-24Redshirt Senior

    5'2"