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UCF's Sharma Takes Women's Tennis Player of the Week Honors

03.28.23

IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of its weekly men’s and women’s tennis honors for the week-ending March 27.
 
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Nandini Sharma • Sr. • UCF • Chandigarh, India
Sharma went 2-0 in singles and won her only doubles match that was completed as UCF dropped a pair of 4-3 decisions to nationally ranked opponents. Sharma scored a straight-set win at No. 3 singles, defeating the No. 65-ranked player from No. 22 Georgia Tech 6-3, 6-1, while she took a three-set win (2-6, 6-3, 7-5) at No. 4 singles against No. 33 Clemson. She added a 6-2 victory at No. 1 doubles against the Tigers. Sharma has won her last four completed singles matches, improving to 9-3 on the season.
 
 
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the ITA Rankings

 
Women’s Team (March 28 ranking)
  32 UCF
  56 SMU
  64 South Florida
  68 Tulsa
 
Women’s Singles (March 21 ranking)
  38 Marie Mattel UCF
  112 Hadley Doyle SMU
 
Women’s Doubles (March 21 ranking)
  5 Maiko Uchijima/Jamie Wei Temple
  37 Taylor Johnson/Jackie Nylander SMU
  57 Nandini Sharma/Stefani Webb UCF
  75 Sophia Biolay/Marie Mattel UCF