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Pac-12 Tennis Players of the Week – March 5, 2024

Mar 4, 2024

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