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Pac-12 Tennis Players of the Week – Feb. 20, 2024

Feb 19, 2024

MEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Herman Hoeyeraal, Sr., Arizona (Oslo, Norway)

  • Picked up a pair of singles and doubles victories across Arizona’s appearance at the ITA National Indoor Championship last weekend. 
  • Battled back from a set down to take a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 win over Cleeve Harper from Texas, clinching the team win for the Wildcats over No. 3 Texas (Feb. 16). 
  • Followed with a 7-5, 6-3 victory in singles and 6-3 victory in doubles to help Arizona take down No. 12 Texas A&M (Feb. 18) to cap the weekend.  
  • Arizona’s league-leading third Men’s Tennis Player of the Week honor, as Joe Friend (Jan. 16) and Colton Smith (Jan. 30) previously secured the accolade.   

ALSO NOMINATED: Max MxKennon, ASU; Ryder Jackson, CAL; Quinn Vandecasteele, ORE; Spencer Johnson, UCLA; Han-Chih Lin, WASH

WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Grace Piper, Jr., USC (Taunton, Somerset, England)

  • Went undefeated in singles and doubles (4-0) over the weekend across USC’s road matchups against Michigan State (Feb. 16) and No. 2 Michigan (Feb. 18).
  • Opened her weekend with a straight-sets win (6-2, 6-4) over Michigan State’s Issue Purser from fourth position and a doubles victory from third position. 
  • Helped the Trojans knock off the No. 2 Wolverines with a comeback, three-set (5-7, 7-4, 6-3) win over No. 18 Julia Fliegner, moving up to position three. Also added a doubles win on court three.
  • USC’s league-leading second Women’s Tennis Player of the Week honor, with Emma Charney earning the accolade on Jan. 30

ALSO NOMINATED: Brandelyn Fulgenzi, ARIZ; Mao Mushika, CAL; Mila Stanojevic, COLO; Jo-Yee, ORE; Katherine Hui, STAN; Marcela Lopez, UTAH

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