Big Ten Conference Reveals 2025 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Players to Watch List

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference has announced the 2025 Women’s Tennis Players to Watch list, as selected by the conference head coaches.  

Among the list are 2024 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, All-Conference selection and recent NCAA Singles qualifier Luciana Perry of Ohio State, USC’s Grace Piper, who earned bids to NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships in the fall and also earned All-Conference recognition in 2024, Michigan’s Julie Fliegner who in the fall, became the second player in Wolverine program history to advance to the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championship and UCLA’s Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer who qualified for NCAA Singles competition in the fall.  

A trio of freshmen from Northwestern, Penn State and Purdue are also featured on the preseason watch list. 

The complete list of the 2025 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Players to Watch can be found below.  

2025 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Players to Watch List  
Mckenna Schaefbauer, Jr., Illinois 
Nicole Teodosescu, Jr., Indiana 
Tereza Dejnozkova, Jr., Iowa 
Kallista Liu, Sr., Maryland 
Julia Fliegner, Sr., Michigan 
Liisa Vehvilainen, Sr., Michigan State 
Aiva Schmitz, Jr., Minnesota 
Ana Zamburek, Sr., Nebraska 
Mika Dagan Fruchtman, Fr., Northwestern 
Luciana Perry, So., Ohio State  
Olivia Symons, Jr., Oregon 
Patricia Grigoras, Fr., Penn State 
Ece Gencer, Fr., Purdue 
Zuzanna Frankowska, So. Rutgers 
Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Jr., UCLA 
Grace Piper, Sr., USC 
Erika Matsuda, Jr., Washington 
Taylor Cataldi, Sr., Wisconsin