IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly men’s and women’s tennis honors for the week-ending January 30.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Marie Mattel • Sr. • UCF • Le Plessis-Bouchard, France
Mattel helped No. 23 UCF get a split of a pair of matches against top-25 opponents at the ITA Season Kickoff in Auburn, Alabama. She scored a straight-set win at No. 1 singles (6-2, 7-5) to lead the Knights to a 4-2 win against No. 19 Arizona State as she topped the No. 69 player in the ITA singles rankings. She held a one-set lead at No. 1 against the No. 43-ranked player in a 4-1 setback to No. 15 Auburn before her match went unfinished. Mattel is off to a 2-0 start in singles play in the 2023 spring season.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the ITA Rankings
Women’s Team (January 25 ranking)
Women’s Singles (November 16 ranking)
| |
47 |
Marie Mattel |
UCF |
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110 |
Nandini Sharma |
UCF |
| |
113 |
Hadley Doyle |
SMU |
Women’s Doubles (November 16 ranking)
| |
5 |
Maiko Uchijima/Jamie Wei |
Temple |
| |
29 |
Sophia Biolay/Marie Mattel |
UCF |
| |
32 |
Taylor Johnson/Jackie Nylander |
SMU |
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38 |
Winslow Huth/Lana Mavor |
SMU |