Ohio State and Penn State Share Women’s Tennis Weekly Award

Co-Player of the Week 
Luciana Perry, Ohio State 
So. – Export, Pa. – Major: Health Promotion, Nutrition and Exercise Science 

• Captured the ITA Midwest Regional Championships singles title Tuesday 

• In the tournament, Perry, the No. 2 seed who is ranked 23rd, won six straight matches, dropping just two sets combined. As a singles finalist, she also secured a berth into this fall's NCAA singles championship 

• The championship is the first regional singles title in program history and the third regional title 

• Perry won her Round of 64 and Round of 32 matches in straight sets and then posted a three-set win in the Round of 16. After a quarterfinal victory in two sets, Perry rallied for a three-set win in the semifinals against Michigan's No. 55-ranked Piper Charney, 3-6, 7-6 (9), 7-5. In the final, Perry defeated No. 1 seed and No. 12 ranked Julia Fliegner, 6-1, 6-1 

• Last Ohio State Player of the Week: Irina Cantos Siemers (April 23, 2024) 

Co-Player of the Week 
Olivia Dorner, Penn State 
Jr. – Williamsport, Pa. – Major: Division of Undergraduate Studies  

• Paired with Maiko Uchijima to win the doubles title at the ITA Northeast Regional 

• The duo captured Penn State's first ITA regional title, in singles or doubles, since 2012 and became the first Nittany Lions to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships since 2013 

• In the doubles final, Dorner and Uchijima knocked off Penn's Eileen Wang and Sabine Rutlauka, 1-6, 6-4, 10-7. - On their way to the championship match, the Penn State duo earned wins over Seton Hall’s Rachel Benoualid and Isabelle May (8-3), Fordham’s Lilianna Chitambar and Lorraine Bergmann (8-4), Princeton’s Pearlie Zhang and Isabella Chhiv (8-1) and Penn’s Gavriella Smith and Saige Roshkoff (8-0) and Esha Velaga and Lara Stojanovski (6-2, 6-3) 

• Dorner and Uchijima are 10-1 in doubles this fall 

• Also reached the Round of 16 in singles play with wins over Fordham’s Chitambar (6-1, 6-2) and Mercyhurst’s Kayla Dean (6-1, 3-6, 6-1) 

• Last Penn State Player of the Week: Maiko Uchijima (Sept. 18, 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