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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 9/18/2024, Last updated: 9/18/2024
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Penn State Earns Women’s Tennis Weekly Award

Nittany Lions’ Uchijima selected as first honoree of fall season

Player of the Week 
Maiko Uchijima, Penn State 
Jr. – Tokyo, Japan – Major: Business 

  • Uchijima picked up three doubles wins and two singles victories during opening weekend of fall play  

  • Paired with Olivia Dorner, ranked as the nation’s No. 49 doubles duo 

  • Earned doubles wins over Duke’s No. 61 Shavit Kimchi/Ellie Coleman (6-3), Charlotte’s Sara Suchankova/Shona Nakano (6-3) and Purdue’s Carmen Gallardo/Tara Milic (6-1) 

  • Collected singles wins over Charlotte’s Ni Xi (6-1, 6-3) and Purdue’s Carmen Gallardo (6-3, 7-6) 

  • Last Penn State Player of the Week: Petra Januskova (April 17, 2013) 

 

2024-25 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Honorees 
Sept. 18 Maiko Uchijima, Jr., Penn State