{"id":269484,"date":"2026-04-28T07:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/269484\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:48:11","slug":"tcu-earns-ncaa-tournament-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/269484\/","title":{"rendered":"TCU Earns NCAA Tournament Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT WORTH \u2013 For the first time since 2017, the TCU women&#8217;s tennis team has clinched a spot in the NCAA tournament, as the Horned Frogs are the No. 2 seed in the Baton Rouge\u00a0Regional.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe program earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament by winning the Big 12 Tournament title. This year will mark TCU&#8217;s 19th overall appearance in the tournament. Prior to the Frogs&#8217; last appearance in 2017, TCU had a stretch of making 18 of 22 NCAA Tournaments spanning from 1996 to 2017.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn the NCAA First Round, TCU will face off against Rice on May 2 at 11 a.m. If the Frogs were to advance, they would take on the winner of LSU and SFA on May 3 at 2 p.m. in the NCAA Second Round.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Frogs are familiar foes with Rice, as the two squared off to open the month of February, with TCU coming away with a. 4-0 victory. Against the other side of the field, TCU last went up against LSU in 2024 in Baton Rouge, and the Frogs are 1-0 all time versus SFA with a win over the Ladyjacks in 2022.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTickets for the Baton Rouge NCAA Regional will be priced at $5 for adults and $3 for kids and can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/lsusports.evenue.net\/events\/TN?_gl=1*1kdjjyv*_gcl_au*MTgwMzQ5NTMzNy4xNzc3MzI0NzEz*_ga*MTI0OTAzMDUzNy4xNzc3MzI0NzEz*_ga_H5J0WQLH9X*czE3NzczMjQ3MTMkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzczMjQ5MjYkajYwJGwwJGgw&amp;_ga=2.240017411.1246591047.1777324713-1249030537.1777324713\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> or online at lsusports.net under the Tournament Info page. For TCU fans interested in attending the event in person, parking is available in Lot 411, opposite the LSU Tennis Complex, but it is limited. Furthermore, Lots 408-409 will be unavailable due to reserved parking for LSU Baseball&#8217;s series against South Carolina.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Frogs will look to advance out of the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history. TCU accomplished this feat in the 2006 season, as the team was able to make its way to the NCAA Third Round.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBATON ROUGE REGIONAL SCHEDULE<br \/>\nAll Times Central<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTCU vs. Rice \u2013 May 2, 11 a.m. \u2013 First Round<br \/>\nLSU vs. SFA \u2013 May 2, 2 p.m. \u2013 First Round<br \/>\nWinner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2 \u2013 May 3, 2 p.m. \u2013 Second Round<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH \u2013 For the first time since 2017, the TCU women&#8217;s tennis team has clinched a spot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-269484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}