MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Colton Smith, Jr., Arizona (Tenino, Wash.)
- Won a pair of singles and doubles matches across Arizona’s team wins over USC (March 22) and UCLA (March 24).
- Opened his weekend with a 6-3, 7-5 singles win over USC’s Peter Makk on court one, later adding a 6-2 doubles win over Makk and Lodewijk Westrate.
- Clinched the doubles point and match against the Trojans.
- Took down Govind Nanda of UCLA, 6-3, 6-4 and picked up a 6-2 doubles win over Bruin pair Timothy Li and Giacomo Revelli.
- His second Player of the Week honor this season, having additionally won the award on Jan. 30.
ALSO NOMINATED: Bor Artnak, ASU
WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Valentina Ivanov, Sr., California (Sydney, Australia)
- Won a trio of singles and doubles matches across Cal’s team victories over Hawaii (March 21), Colorado (March 22) and Utah (March 23).
- Battled to a 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8) singles win over Hawaii’s Ana Vilcek and added a 6-1 win in doubles.
- Added two more doubles wins from court two over the weekend and singles wins on court one over Aya El Sayed of Colorado (6-3, 6-3) and Marcela Lopez of Utah (6-4, 6-2).
ALSO NOMINATED: Reece Carter, ARIZ; Mila Stanojevic, COLO; Connie Ma, STAN
2024 PAC-12 MEN'S & WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Week | Men's | Women's |
Jan. 16 | Joe Friend, Arizona | Giulia Morlet, Arizona State |
Jan. 23 | Quinn Vandecasteele, Oregon | Tian Fangran, UCLA |
Jan. 30 | Colton Smith, Arizona | Emma Charney, USC |
Feb. 6 | Govind Nanda, UCLA | Sophie Luescher, ORE |
Feb. 13 | Nishesh Basavareddy, Stanford | Alexandra Yepifanova, Stanford |
Feb. 20 | Herman Hoeyeraal, Arizona | Grace Piper, USC |
Feb. 27 | Max Basing, Stanford | Angelica Blake, Stanford |
Mar. 5 | Murphy Cassone, Arizone State | Tian Fangran, UCLA |
Mar. 12 | Nishesh Basavareddy, Stanford | Tian Fangran, UCLA |
Mar. 19 | Alex Chang, California | Tian Fangran, UCLA |
Mar. 26 | Colton Smith, Arizona | Valentina Ivanov, CAL |
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