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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 4/21/2026, Last updated: 4/21/2026
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Washington and USC Collect Final Women’s Tennis Weekly Awards

Huskies’ Carter and Trojans’ Zozaya earn weekly recognition

Player of the Week 
Reece Carter, Washington 
Sr. – Victoria, Canada  

  • Had three wins over the weekend at No. 56 Penn State and No. 5 Ohio State 
  • Recorded the highest ranked singles win of her career in a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 4 Luciana Perry from Ohio State  
  • Earned a 7-6(6), 0-6, 6-1 win against Penn State’s Patricia Grigoras 
  • Alongside doubles partner Jermine Sherif, earned a win over Penn State’s Baldi/Ciubotaru, 6-3 
  • Last Washington Player of the Week: Reece Carter (April 1, 2026)  

 

Freshman of the Week 
Eugenia Zozaya, USC 
Oviedo, Spain  

  • Against Indiana, Zozaya helped USC win its first-ever Big Ten Championship, winning both her singles and doubles matches 
  • In singles, Zozaya was the first to finish, winning her match 6-3, 6-2 over Indiana’s Ameia Sorey on court two  
  • In doubles, Zozaya and partner Dani Borruel downed Indiana’s Teodosescu/Boyer, 7-5, to win the doubles point  
  • Earns her third Freshman of the Week honor of the season  
  • Last USC Freshman of the Week: Eugenia Zozaya (April 1, 2026) 

 

2025-26 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Honorees 
Sept. 17 
P: Brianna Baldi, So., PSU 
F: Ameia Sorey, IND 
Sept. 24 
P: Ahmani Guichard, Jr., UCLA 
F: no selection  
Oct. 1 
Co-P: Teah Chavez, Jr., OSU 
Co-P: Maria Sholokhova, Sr., WIS 
Co-F: Krisha Mahendran, USC 
Co-F: Lucie Urbanova, WIS 
Oct. 8  
P: Hi’ilani Williams, Fr., IND 
F: Hadley Appling, ORE 
Oct. 15 
P: Maiko Uchijima, Sr., PSU 
F: Margot Phanthala, NU 
Oct. 22 
Co-P: Nao Nishino, So., OSU 
Co-P: Jana Hossam, So., USC 
F: Dani Borruel, USC  
Oct. 29 
P/F: Gabriella Lindgren, Fr., MICH 
Nov. 5 
P: Ellie Blackford, So., MSU 
F: no selection 
Nov. 12 
P: Erika Matsuda, Sr., WASH 
F: Mayu Crossley, UCLA 
Jan. 21 
P: McKenna Schaefbauer, Sr., ILL 
F: Margot Phanthala, NU 
Jan. 28 
P: Aiva Schmitz, Sr., MINN 
F: Flora Johnson, OSU 
Feb. 4 
P/F: Mayu Crossley, Fr., UCLA 
Feb. 11 
P: Jermine Sherif, Jr., WASH 
F: Hephzibah Oluwadare, OSU 
Feb. 18 
P: Luciana Perry, Jr., OSU 
F: Ansley Cox, PSU 
Feb. 25 
P: Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Sr., UCLA 
F: Mayu Crossley, UCLA 
March 4 
P: Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Sr., UCLA 
F: Mayu Crossley, UCLA 
March 11 
Co-P: Mia Mack, Jr., IOWA 
Co-P: Erika Matsuda, Sr., WASH 
F: Kaede Usui, WIS 
March 18 
P: Jana Hossam, So., USC 
F: Eugenia Zozaya, USC 
March 25 
P: Emily Sartz-Lunde, So., MICH 
F: Mayu Crossley, UCLA 
April 1 
P: Reece Carter, Sr., WASH 
F: Eugenia Zozaya, USC 
April 8 
P: Luciana Perry, Jr., OSU 
F: Katie Spencer, NEB 
April 15 
P: Maelie Monfils, Jr., PSU 
F: Flora Johnson, OSU 
April 21 
P: Reece Carter, Sr., WASH 
F: Eugenia Zozaya, USC