Austin – Texas Women's Tennis senior Taisiya Pachkaleva has been named Big 12 Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 4, the conference announced Tuesday. It marks the first time she has earned a weekly honor in her Big 12 career.
Pachkaleva went a combined 4-0 in singles and doubles leading Texas to two ranked wins – 7-0 over No. 25 Wisconsin and 4-3 over No. 4 Georgia – in a span of just over 24 hours. Both doubles victories came at No. 1 against top-60 opponents, including a strong 6-1 win over No.