ROSEMONT, Ill. – USC junior Nathan Trouve has been named Player of the Week and Purdue’s Lorenzo Balducci chosen as Freshmen of the Week by the Big Ten Conference for matches played Nov. 1-10.
 
Player of the Week
Nathan Trouve, USC
Jr. – Grenoble, France

• Completed an undefeated weekend at the ITA West Sectional Championships, held Nov. 5-8 at Tempe, Ariz.
• Earned singles and doubles berths in last-chance qualifying for the 2026 NCAA Individual Championships, scheduled for next week in Athens, Ga.
• Finished with a 6-0 overall record (3-0 singles, 3-0 doubles)
• Reached the semifinals in singles with wins over 67th-ranked Zoran Ludoski of Arizona and 98th-ranked Vincent Marysko of San Diego
• Teamed with Max Exsted to reach the doubles final, defeating UCLA’s Rudy Quan and Emon van Loben Sels, 6-2, 4-6 (12-10) in the semifinals

Freshman of the Week
Lorenzo Balducci, Purdue
Fr. – Monsummano, Italy

• Advanced to the singles semifinals at the ITA Conference Masters, held Nov. 5-8 in Rome, Ga.
• The Conference Masters field consisted of representatives from 32 conferences who had yet to qualify for the NCAAs
• Became the first freshman in program history to earn a bid to the NCAA Singles Championships
• Compiled a 3-0 singles record, posting wins against opponents from Wagner, Richmond and Texas Tech
• Collects his second Big Ten Freshman of the Week Award of the season

2026-27 Big Ten Men’s Tennis Weekly Awards
Sept. 23       
P: Jeremy Zhang, Sr., ILL
F: Denis Petak, Fr., OSU
 
Sept. 30       
P: Nikita Filin, Jr., OSU
F: Ilija Palavestra, R-Fr., OSU
 
Oct. 7           
P: Emil Matikainen, So., PSU
F: Gustavo Albieri, Fr., MICH
 
Oct. 14         
P: Nour Fathalla, Jr., PUR
F: Lorenzo Balducci, Fr., PUR
 
Oct. 21         
P: Brandon Carpico, Sr., OSU
P: Soham Purohit, Sr., WASH
F: Victor Lilov, So. (R-Fr.), OSU
F: Jan Chlodnicki, Fr., WASH
 
Nov. 4         
P: Naoto Tomizawa, Fr., MICH
F: Victor Lilov, So. (R-Fr.), OSU
 
Nov. 11       
P: Nathan Trouve, Jr., USC
F: Lorenzo Balducci, Fr., PUR