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Pac-12 Tennis Players of the Week - March 7, 2023

Mar 7, 2023

MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Max McKennon, Jr., Arizona State (Newport Beach, Calif.)

  • Max McKennon won three matches, two singles and one doubles, on the weekend to help No. 36 ASU to an upset over No. 32 Baylor.
  • Despite a team loss to Oklahoma, McKennon topped Sooner Jordan Hasson 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 and doubles pair Luis Alvarez/Alex Martinez 6-2. 
  • Against Baylor, McKennon picked up a singles win at No. 2 against Marko Miladinovic.
  • First Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Player of the Week honor. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Francisco Bastias, UTAH. 

WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Astrid Olsen, Jr., Washington (Hagan, Norway)

  • Picking up two singles and one doubles win, Olsen helped Washington Sweep #63 UCLA and #31 USC for only the second time in program history and first time since 2003.
  • Against #63 Ava Catanzarite of UCLA, Olsen had a three-set (2-6, 6-0, 6-1) victory, going on to earn another win in a 6-3 doubles match.
  • Against USC, Olsen had her highest ever ranked win over #43 Snow Han, going 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to pick up the victory. 
  • Her dual record at the No. 3 spot is now 10-3, after the back-to-back wins. 
  • First Pac-12 Women’s Tennis Player of the Week honor. 

ALSO NOMINATED: Reece Carter, ARIZ; Aya El Sayed, COLO; Jo-Yee Chan, ORE; Connie Ma, STAN; Samantha Horwood, UTAH.

2023 PAC-12 MEN'S & WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

 Week  Men's Women's
Jan. 17 Jonas Ziverts, Arizona Maxine Murphy, Washington State
Jan. 24 Alexander Hoogmartens, UCLA Madison Sieg, USC
Jan. 30 Peter Makk, USC Alexandra Yepifanova, Stanford
Feb. 7 Stefan Dostanic, USC Midori Castillo-Meza, Arizona
Feb. 14 Gustaf Strom, Arizona Hikaru Sato, Washington
Feb. 21 Arthur Fery, Stanford Ares Teixido Garcia, Oregon
Feb. 24 Cesar Bouchelaghem, Washington Hikaru Sato, Washington
Mar. 7 Max McKennon, Arizona State Astrid Olsen, Washington