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 25.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Lucia Quiterio • Gr. • Charlotte • Benedita, Portugal
Quiterio was 4-0 in Charlotte's two dual matches last week as she scored two wins each in singles and doubles. She anchored the 49ers 4-2 win against No. 43 SMU with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 1 singles and a 6-3 decision at No. 1 doubles. She followed that performance by claiming a straight-set (6-4, 7-6 (4)) singles win and a 6-1 doubles victory - both at No. 1 - in a 4-3 loss to No. 57 South Florida. Quiterio improved to 12-3 in singles and 13-3 in doubles in the 2024 dual match season.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
The American in the ITA Rankings
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| Women’s Team (March 26 ranking) |
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42 |
Charlotte |
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43 |
SMU |
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46 |
Memphis |
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52 |
South Florida |
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58 |
Wichita State |
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64 |
Florida Atlantic |
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67 |
Tulane |
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| Women’s Doubles (March 19 ranking) |
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41 |
Taylor Johnson/Lana Mavor |
SMU |
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44 |
Maiko Uchijima/Samantha Nanere |
Temple |
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60 |
Lucia Quiterio/Ares Teixido Garcia |
Charlotte |
2024 Weekly Award Winners
| Women's Tennis Player of the Week |
| Jan. 23 |
Drew Morris, SMU |
| Jan. 30 |
Lucia Quiterio, Charlotte |
| Feb. 6 |
Stadfany Nformi, North Texas |
| Feb. 13 |
Panna Bartha, Florida Atlantic |
| Feb. 20 |
Taylor Johnson, SMU |
| Feb. 27 |
Lucia Quiterio and Ares Teixido Garcia, Charlotte |
| Mar. 5 |
Stanislava Shulzhenko, North Texas |
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Darya Schwartzman, Rice |
| Mar. 12 |
Grace Schumacher, South Florida |
| Mar. 19 |
Xin Tong Wang, Wichita State |
| Mar. 26 |
Lucia Quiterio, Charlotte |