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UCF's Mattel Earns American Player of the Week Honors

01.31.23

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)
  23 UCF
 
Women’s Singles (November 16 ranking)
  47 Marie Mattel UCF
  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
  38 Winslow Huth/Lana Mavor SMU