The four-time reigning Big 12 regular-season champions, the Mountaineers (10-1-1, 2-0) look to wrestle away the league’s top standing position from the Jayhawks (8-3-2, 3-0), who enter Friday night riding a four-match win streak.
“It’s easy to get up for the No. 2 team in the nation. I can tell you right now this is going to be a Big 12 Championship atmosphere Friday night,” Mountaineer coach Nikki Izzo-Brown said. “We’re expecting that. We know there’s going to be a lot of grit, a lot of fight and a lot of emotion Friday night. It’s going to be a good game.