Penn State Earns Women’s Tennis Weekly Award
Nittany Lions’ Uchijima selected as first honoree of fall season
Player of the Week
Maiko Uchijima, Penn State
Jr. – Tokyo, Japan – Major: Business
- Uchijima picked up three doubles wins and two singles victories during opening weekend of fall play
- Paired with Olivia Dorner, ranked as the nation’s No. 49 doubles duo
- Earned doubles wins over Duke’s No. 61 Shavit Kimchi/Ellie Coleman (6-3), Charlotte’s Sara Suchankova/Shona Nakano (6-3) and Purdue’s Carmen Gallardo/Tara Milic (6-1)
- Collected singles wins over Charlotte’s Ni Xi (6-1, 6-3) and Purdue’s Carmen Gallardo (6-3, 7-6)
- Last Penn State Player of the Week: Petra Januskova (April 17, 2013)
2024-25 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Honorees
Sept. 18 Maiko Uchijima, Jr., Penn State