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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 10/23/2024, Last updated: 10/23/2024
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UCLA Earns Women’s Tennis Weekly Award

Bruins’ Fakih claims women’s tennis weekly award

Player of the Week 
Kate Fakih, UCLA 
Fr. – Pasadena, Calif. – Major: Undeclared 

  • Alongside partner and fellow freshman Olivia Center, the duo posted a doubles runner-up finished at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships in San Diego  

  • Fakih/Center downed three nationally ranked pairs: No. 20 Lily Fairclough/Grace Piper of USC, No. 41 Patricija Spaka/Sara Svetac of Arizona State and No. 60 Claudia De Las Heras/Kailey Evans of San Diego 

  • Fakih also reached the singles quarterfinal round, increasing her team-high singles win total to eight  

  • Last UCLA Player of the Week: Kate Fakih (Sept. 25, 2024)

2024-25 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Honorees 
Sept. 18: Maiko Uchijima, Jr., Penn State 
Sept. 25: Kate Fakih, Fr., UCLA 
Oct. 2: Maria Sholokhova, Jr., Wisconsin 
Oct. 9: Jana Hossam, Fr., USC  
Oct. 16: Luciana Perry, So., Ohio State/Oliva Dorner, Jr., Penn State  
Oct. 23: Kate Fakih, Fr., UCLA