University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Tian Earns First Pac-12 Player of the Week Honor
April 18, 2023 | Women's Tennis
SAN FRANCISCO โ Fangran Tian of the UCLA women's tennis team was voted Pac-12 Player of the Week for April 10-16, the conference announced Tuesday.
Tian added another chapter to her already remarkable debut season, defeating No. 11 Janice Tjen 7-6(1), 6-7(6), 6-3 to secure a 4-3 win for the Bruins against fifth-ranked Pepperdine at Los Angeles Tennis Center on April 12. The non-conference match took over four hours to complete.
Two days later, Tian bested Sophie Luescher 6-4, 6-1 โ again in clinching fashion โ as UCLA returned to Pac-12 play with a 4-0 victory at Oregon. Tian also collaborated with fellow freshman Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer on two doubles wins for an unblemished week.
Tian has won the first 14 dual-match singles decisions of her career and is riding a seven-match doubles winning streak. The Bruins have prevailed in five of their past six contests.
The Pac-12 Player of the Week award represents the first of Tian's career and third for UCLA women's tennis this season. Kimmi Hance was previously honored for the week of March 13-19 and Sasha Vagramov for March 6-12. The program has now collected 39 all-time weekly accolades from the conference.
ALSO NOMINATED:ย Salma Ziouti, ARIZ; Jessica Alsola, CAL; Emma Charney, USC,ย Angelica Blake, STAN.
2023 PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
| Week | Player |
| Jan. 17 | Maxine Murphy, WSU |
| Jan. 24 | Madison Sieg, USC |
| Jan. 30 | Alexandra Yepifanova, STAN |
| Feb. 7 | Midoriย Castillo-Meza, ARIZ |
| Feb. 14 | Hikaru Sato, WASH |
| Feb. 21 | Ares Teixido Garcia, ORE |
| Feb. 24 | Hikaru Sato, WASH |
| March 7 | Astrid Olsen, WASH |
| March 14 | Sasha Vagramov, UCLA |
| March 21 | Kimmi Hance, UCLA |
| March 28 | Alexandra Yepifanova, STAN |
| April 4 | Connie Ma, STAN |
| April 11 | Antonia Balzert, COLO |
| April 18 | Fangran Tian, UCLA |
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