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Pac-12 announces Tennis Players of the Week

Apr 10, 2018
Scott Chandler, UCLA // Kelley L. Cox/KLC fotos, CAL

Pac-12 Men's Tennis Player of the Week: Maxime Cressy, Jr., UCLA (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)

• Maxime Cressy’s singles victory on court five proved to be the deciding point for No. 2 UCLA to clinch a 4-3 win over rival No. 13 USC, tallying the Bruins’ ninth straight win.
• On the No. 5 Court, Cressy rebounded from a lost second-set tiebreaker to defeat USC’s No. 13-ranked Riley Smith in three sets (6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2) to secure the team victory and improve to 25-6 overall in singles play this season.
• In doubles play, the junior teamed with Bryce Pereira on the third court to take down USC’s pair of Tanner Smith and Daniel Cukierman with a 6-3 triumph.
• Earns his second Pac-12 Tennis Player of the Week honor this season and UCLA’s 38th all-time weekly award.

ALSO NOMINATED: Alejandro Reguant, ARIZ; Tim Ruehl, ASU; Billy Griffith, CAL. 

2017-18 PAC-12 MEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

 Week of Player
Jan. 23 Thomas Laurent, Oregon
Jan. 30 Evan Zhu, UCLA
Feb. 6 Tom Fawcett, Stanford
Feb. 13 Tom Fawcett, Stanford
Feb. 20 Keegan Smith, UCLA
Feb. 27 Michaël Geerts, Arizona State
March 6 Maxime Cressy, UCLA
March 13 Eric Fomba, Stanford
March 20 Michaël Geerts, Arizona State
March 27  Mitch Stewart, Washington 
April 3 Evan Zhu, UCLA
April 10 Maxime Cressy, UCLA

 

Pac-12 Women's Tennis Player of the Week: Olivia Hauger, Jr., California (Tulsa, Okla.)

• Hauger won twice in singles and twice in doubles last week as No. 49 California shut out Sacramento State, 7-0, and upset No. 26 Oregon, 5-2.
• No. 44 Hauger defeated her Sacramento State opponent (6-2, 6-2) on court two and then knocked off Oregon’s Julia Eshet (7-5, 6-0) at No. 3 singles. Hauger boasts 22-6 singles record this year.
• At No. 1 doubles, the 48th-ranked tandem of Hauger and Julia Rosenqvist clinched the doubles point versus Sacramento State with a 6-2 victory. Two days later, the Golden Bears’ duo topped Oregon’s Shweta Sangwan and Julia Eshet, 6-1.
• Earns first Pac-12 Tennis Player of the Week honor and California’s Conference-leading 41st all-time weekly award.

ALSO NOMINATED: Ilze Hattingh, ASU; Alyssa Tobita, ORE; Emily Arbuthnott, STAN; Abi Altick, UCLA; Constance Branstine, USC; Alexia Petrovic, UTAH; Michaela Bayerlova, WSU.

2017-18 PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

 Week of Player
Jan. 23 Michaela Bayerlova, Washington State
Jan. 30 Stacey Fung, Washington
Feb. 6 Talya Zandberg, Arizona
Feb. 13 Jada Hart, UCLA
Feb. 20 Taylor Calton, Utah
Feb. 27 Michaela Bayerlova, Washington State
March 6 Lauryn John-Baptiste, Arizona State
March 13 Julia Rosenqvist, California
March 20 Lauryn John-Baptiste, Arizona State
March 27  Ena Shibahara, UCLA
April 3 Michaela Gordon, Stanford
April 10 Olivia Hauger, California