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Pac-12 Tennis Weekly Awards - March 23, 2021

Mar 23, 2021

MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Emmanuel Coste, Sr., OREGON (Aix-en-Provence, France)

  • The senior had an undefeated weekend with two wins in singles and two wins in doubles to help push Oregon past Seattle (7-0) and Utah (4-0) to extend its win streak to four matches. 
  • Dropped just two games (6-1, 6-1) in his win over Utah's Slava Shainyan at No. 1 singles, and swept (6-3, 6-2) Seattle's Lucas Cerbelli on court No. 2.
  • The victories upped Coste to 10 singles wins so far this season (10-1).
  • Lost just seven games in two singles matches, and just 10 games total including two doubles matches. 

Also Nominated: Makey Rakotomalala, ASU; Alexandre Rotsaert, STAN; Riley Smith, USC. 

WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Haley Giavara, So., CALIFORNIA (San Diego, Calif.)

  • Won three times on the top court as No. 20 California posted wins over Arizona, 7-0, and No. 25 Arizona State, 6-1, in Berkeley. 
  • Ranked 18th in singles, Giavara defeated the Wildcats' Jelena Lukic and ASU's 37th-ranked Ilze Hattingh in straight sets.
  • The 40th-ranked pair of Giavara and Valentina Ivanov also beat Arizona's Lukic and Khim Iglupas, 6-2, to help Cal win the doubles point on Friday.
  • With the two wins, Cal improved its record to 10-2, including 3-1 in the Pac-12.

Also Nominated: Jelena Lukic, ARIZ; Emma Higuchi, STAN; Jada Hart, UCLA; Clare McKee, USC; Melisa Ates, WSU.

2021 PAC-12 TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

 Week of Men's Women's
Feb. 3 Daniel Cukierman, USC Elysia Bolton, UCLA
Feb. 11 Nathan Ponwith, ASU Jada Hart, UCLA
Feb. 17 Alejandro Reguant, ARIZONA Melisa Ates, WSU
Feb. 23 Stefan Dostanic, USC Valentina Ivanov, CALIFORNIA
Mar. 2 Keegan Smith, UCLA  Salma Ewing, USC
Mar. 9 Nathan Ponwith, ASU Michaela Bayerlova, WSU
Mar. 16 Bradley Frye, USC  Abbey Forbes, UCLA 
Mar. 23 Emmanuel Coste, OREGON Haley Giavara, CALIFORNIA