MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Murphy Cassone Jr., Arizona State (Overland Park, Kansas)
- Won five of six matches across singles and doubles over the weekend in Arizona State’s trio of matches.
- Opened his weekend with a straight-sets, 6-3, 6-0 win over Jip Van Assendfelt of Boise State on the top court. Added a 6-1 doubles win in the 4-3 team win over the No. 58 Broncos.
- Battled to a 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 win over No. 4 Ozan Baris of Michigan State, ultimately adding a 6-3 doubles victory over Ronald Hohmann/Taym Alazmeh of the Spartans.
- Earned his third doubles victory of the weekend with a 6-3 win over Will Cooksey/Jacob Bickersteth, helping lead the Sun Devils to a 4-2 team win over No. 36 Michigan.
ALSO NOMINATED: Casper Christensen, ARIZ Peter Makk, USC
WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tian Fangran, So., UCLA (Beijing, China)
- Helped lead the Bruins to a team victory over then-No. 8 USC over the weekend.
- Took down No. 60 Snow Han of USC, 6-4, 6-2 in straight sets.
- Tian’s singles victory proved to be the clinching point as the lone remaining match was headed for a third set.
- Becomes first woman in the Pac-12 two win a pair of Player of the Week honors this season, having previously secured weekly acclaim on Jan. 23.
ALSO NOMINATED: Martyna Ostrzygalo, ARIZ; Alexia Jacobs, WASH; Elyse Tse, WSU
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 |
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