INSTITUTE, W.Va. -- The No. 40 West Virginia State University women's tennis team was declared 2022 regular season co-champions of the Mountain East Conference along with Charleston and West Liberty! All three teams finished with a 5-1 record in league play. The Yellow Jackets have claimed regular season conference championships for the last nine consecutive seasons.

WVSU was ranked No. 40 in all of Division II by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association at the conclusion of the 2022 season. State was also ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Atlantic Region rankings behind only IUP with a 10-4 overall record and 10-1 in-region record.

West Virginia State will enter the 2022 MEC Tournament as the No. 3 seed. Charleston will be the No. 1 seed, West Liberty will be the No. 2 seed and Fairmont State will be the No. 4 seed. The Yellow Jackets will be matched up with West Liberty in the semifinals on Saturday, April 30th. They will play in the 5 p.m. time slot that day. The final is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 1st. All matches will be played in Charleston, W.Va. at Schoenbaum Tennis Courts.