SAN FRANCISCO – Jada Hart has been named Pac-12 Player of the Week for the week of March 25-31, the conference announced Tuesday.
Hart was unbeatable over the course of UCLA's three home matches, racking up wins in each of her three singles showdowns and both of her doubles duels.
Her trio of top-court singles triumphs included upsets of No. 28 Michaela Gordon of Stanford and No. 30 Julia Rosenqvist of California. Her third win, a 6-2, 6-2 result against Elizaveta Volodko of UC Santa Barbara, clinched a 4-0 win to open the week. Hart's 6-2, 6-3 defeat of Gordon gave the Bruins a 3-2 lead over the Cardinal, while her 6-2, 6-7(5), 1-0(8) marathon win against Rosenqvist completed a 6-1 rout of the 15th-ranked Golden Bears. She trailed Rosenqvist 0-4 in the third-set tiebreaker before bouncing back for her eighth win in nine tries. All three singles wins came on the top court.
The 22nd-ranked tandem of Hart and Elysia Bolton also took care of business against a pair of top-25 opponents on Court 2, posting resounding 6-1 wins against No. 18 Gordon-Emily Arbuthnott and 23rd-ranked Anna Bright-Jasie Dunk of Cal. The latter clinched the doubles point.
With her first weekly award of 2019, Hart has now tallied five for her career. As a program, UCLA women's tennis has racked up 24. Maxime Cressy of UCLA men's tennis received the men's award Tuesday, marking the seventh time that Bruins have swept the honors.
2018-19 PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
| Week of | Women's POTW |
| Jan. 22 | Stacey Fung, Washington |
| Jan. 28 | Angela Kulikov, USC |
| Feb. 5 | Elysia Bolton, UCLA |
| Feb. 12 | Emily Arbuthnott, Stanford |
| Feb. 19 | Julia Rosenqvist, California |
| Feb. 26 | Melissa Lord, Stanford |
| March 5 | Angela Kulikov, USC |
| March 12 | Lauryn John-Baptiste, Arizona State |
| March 19 | Julia Rosenqvist, California |
| March 26 | Monica Malinen, Colorado |
| April 2 | Jada Hart, UCLA |