ROSEMONT, Ill. – Cassius Chinlund of UCLA men's tennis earned his first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor Wednesday, the conference announced. The redshirt freshman clinched both ends of the Bruins' home sweep of Wisconsin (March 20 – 6-1) and Nebraska (March 22 – 6-0).

Chinlund topped Matthew Fullerton of the Badgers 6-1, 7-5 on Court 6, completing a turnaround after UCLA dropped the doubles point. Elevated to Court 5 the next day, Chinlund cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Henry Lamchinniah of the Cornhuskers. Chinlund, who lost his dual doubles debut in the Nebraska match, is now 9-2 in dual singles contests and 13-3 dating back to tournament play.

This is UCLA's second Big Ten weekly award of the season. Spencer Johnson was tabbed Player of the Week Oct. 22, 2025 following undefeated singles and doubles runs at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships that earned him NCAA berths

2025-26 BIG TEN MEN'S TENNIS FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK

Week	Player
Sept. 17	Adam Jilly, ILL
Sept. 24	no selection
Oct. 1	Sam Olszakowski, ORE
Oct. 8	Arnav Bhandari, MICH
Oct. 15	Jeri Lassila, NEB
Oct. 22	Max Dahlin, MICH
Oct. 29	no selection
Nov. 5	no selection
Nov. 12	Max Dahlin, MICH
Jan. 14	Max Exsted, USC
Jan. 21	Sasha Colleu, ILL
Jan. 28	Jeri Lassila, NEB / Max Exsted, USC
Feb. 4	Cooper Han, NU
Feb. 11	Max Dahlin, MICH
Feb. 18	Kyle Chesman, PSU
Feb. 25	Max Exsted, USC
March 4	Adam Jilly, ILL
March 11	Branko Djuric, USC
March 18	Adam Jilly, ILL
March 25	Cassius Chinlund, UCLA