ROSEMONT, Ill. – UCLA's Mayu Crossley earned both Big Ten Conference women's tennis weekly awards Wednesday, collecting the Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week honors. She is the first player to accomplish the feat this season.
Crossley had a Northern California trip to remember, knocking off a pair of top-20 singles opponents as the 17th-ranked Bruins split against No. 16 California (Jan. 30) and No. 11 Stanford (Jan. 31). The Tokyo native also helped clinch a doubles point.
She started by beating this past fall's NCAA singles runner-up, ninth-ranked Berta Passola Folch of Cal, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0. The win avenged a 6-1, 6-1 result Passola Folch posted over Crossley during the individual tournament.
In UCLA's 7-0 triumph over Stanford the next day, Crossley had a hand in her team's first two points. The all-freshman doubles duo of Crossley/Kayla Chung dug itself out of a 0-4 hole, clinching the initial point with a 6-4 decision and improving to 1-1 on the weekend. Crossley then pushed the lead to 2-0, putting on a 6-3, 6-1 display versus No. 18 Alyssa Ahn.
Each award is the Bruins' second of 2025-26. Ahmani Guichard was named Player of the Week Sept. 24, 2025, while Crossley was tabbed Freshman of the Week Nov. 12, 2025. Crossley also rose to a career-best No. 37 in the ITA singles rankings Wednesday.
Crossley had a Northern California trip to remember, knocking off a pair of top-20 singles opponents as the 17th-ranked Bruins split against No. 16 California (Jan. 30) and No. 11 Stanford (Jan. 31). The Tokyo native also helped clinch a doubles point.
She started by beating this past fall's NCAA singles runner-up, ninth-ranked Berta Passola Folch of Cal, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0. The win avenged a 6-1, 6-1 result Passola Folch posted over Crossley during the individual tournament.
In UCLA's 7-0 triumph over Stanford the next day, Crossley had a hand in her team's first two points. The all-freshman doubles duo of Crossley/Kayla Chung dug itself out of a 0-4 hole, clinching the initial point with a 6-4 decision and improving to 1-1 on the weekend. Crossley then pushed the lead to 2-0, putting on a 6-3, 6-1 display versus No. 18 Alyssa Ahn.
Each award is the Bruins' second of 2025-26. Ahmani Guichard was named Player of the Week Sept. 24, 2025, while Crossley was tabbed Freshman of the Week Nov. 12, 2025. Crossley also rose to a career-best No. 37 in the ITA singles rankings Wednesday.