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Cassius Chinlund
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Chinlund Voted Big Ten Freshman of the Week
March 25, 2026 | Men's Tennis
ROSEMONT, Ill. โ 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 โ 6-1) and Nebraska (March 22 โ 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
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 |
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