Michigan State Earns Women’s Tennis Weekly Award
Spartans’ Bhakta selected as this week’s honoree
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Player of the Week
Ria Bhakta, Michigan State
Fr. – Delray Beach, Fla. – California Connections Academy – Major: Business
Earned a three-set victory over No. 19-ranked Julia Fliegner of Michigan
Completed a come from behind victory over Fliegner for the highest ranked victory of her young career
Worked her way back after dropping the first set, 4-6, rattling off two straight-set victories (6-4, 1-0 [11-9]) in a back-and-forth matchup
Last Michigan State Player of the Week: Maja Pietrowicz (March 19, 2019)
2024 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Honorees
Jan. 17 Kari Miller, MICH
Jan. 24 Julia Fliegner, MICH
Jan. 31 Irina Cantos Siemers, OSU
Feb. 7 Irina Cantos Siemers, OSU
Feb. 14 Piper Charney, MICH
Feb. 21 Kasia Treiber, ILL
Feb. 28 Gala Mesochoritou, MICH
March 6 Selma Cadar, MD
March 13 Julia Fliegner, MICH/Aiva Schmitz, MINN
March 20 Sydney Pratt, NU
March 27 Marisa Schmidt, IOWA
April 3 Maria Sholokhova, WIS
April 10 Ria Bhakta, MSU