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Mizzou tennis under new leadership

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Published 10:57 AM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Mizzou tennis is now under new leadership under Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois announced a change in the program on Thursday.

Chris Wootton is no longer with the team after taking it over in May 2021.

Bianca Turati will serve as the program's interim head coach for the remainder of thisseason. Turati, a former two-time All-American collegiate player at Texas who played professionally for three years, joined Mizzou in January as an assistant coach.

"In a short time in Columbia, I have learned about how special Mizzou is, and I welcome the opportunity to provide consistency and leadership for our team during the rest of the season," Turati said. "We have an impressive group of student-athletes in the program. I look forward to continuing to coach them and share my experiences as both a college and professional player to help our team achieve its goals."

The Tigers return to the court on Friday facing Kansas at 4 p.m.

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