IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly men’s and women’s tennis honors for the week-ending March 21.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Marie Mattel • Jr. • UCF • Le Plessis-Bouchard, France
Mattel led UCF to three dual match wins by going 3-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles, with two clinching victories in singles play. After registering straight-set singles wins against BYU and Harvard, Mattel rallied for a three-set win (6-7 (9), 7-5, 6-4) against the No. 82-ranked player nationally to break a 3-3 tie and give the Knights a 4-3 win against No. 9 Oklahoma State. Mattel had previously paired with Evgeniya Levashova for a 6-2 doubles win against Oklahoma State, topping the nation’s No. 38-ranked tandem.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the ITA Rankings
Women’s Team (March 16 ranking)
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28 |
UCF |
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37 |
Tulsa |
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48 |
Memphis |
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49 |
SMU |
Women’s Singles (March 9 ranking)
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68 |
Evgeniya Levashova |
UCF |
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100 |
Marie Mattel |
UCF |
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118 |
Valeriya Zeleva |
UCF |
Women’s Doubles (March 9 ranking)
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57 |
Evgeniya Levashova/Marie Mattel |
UCF |
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74 |
Marie Mattel/Nandini Sharma |
UCF |
This Week In The American
| WOMEN |
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| Wednesday, March 23 |
Nicholls at Tulane |
Noon |
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East Carolina at NC Central |
2 p.m. |
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Temple at Villanova |
3 p.m. |
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New Orleans at Tulane |
4 p.m. |
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SMU at Texas Tech |
5 p.m. |
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| Thursday, March 24 |
SMU at Denver |
2 p.m. |
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| Saturday, March 26 |
Temple at Fordham |
10 a.m. |
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Memphis at UAB |
11 a.m. |
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Houston at South Florida |
Noon |
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East Carolina at Davidson |
1 p.m. |
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Tulsa at Kansas State |
1 p.m. |
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North Texas at Tulane |
2 p.m. |
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Cincinnati at Xavier |
2 p.m. |
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| Sunday, March 27 |
East Carolina at Charlotte |
10 a.m. |
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Florida Atlantic at UCF |
Noon |
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Memphis at Samford |
1 p.m. |
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Houston at Florida International |
1 p.m. |
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Wichita State at Kansas State |
1 p.m. |
all times Eastern
Last Week’s Results
| WOMEN |
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| Tuesday, March 15 |
Cincinnati 6, Kansas City 1 |
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SMU 5, Tulane 2 |
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| Wednesday, March 16 |
William & Mary 4, East Carolina 0 |
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| Thursday, March 17 |
Temple 4, Delaware 3 |
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Houston 7, Binghamton 0 |
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Cincinnati 4, Wichita State 3 |
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Oklahoma 4, Tulsa 0 |
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Houston 7, McNeese State 0 |
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UCF 4, BYU 0 |
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| Friday, March 18 |
South Florida 5, Wichita State 2 |
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Penn 4, Temple 3 |
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UCF 4, Harvard 1 |
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| Saturday, March 19 |
Houston 4, Tulane 2 |
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| Sunday, March 20 |
Rice 4, Tulane 0 |
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Tulsa 4, South Florida 0 |
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UCF 4, Oklahoma State 3 |
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Cincinnati 7, IUPUI 0 |
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SMU 4, VCU 0 |