Fort Wayne's Sato Named Player of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne's Mayu Sato was named as The Summit League's Women's Tennis Player of the Week following her performance Feb. 4-10.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne
Fr. // Saitama, Japan
Sato received her first league honor after going 3-0 in singles matches and adding a pair of doubles wins during the week. Playing the No. 1 singles position, Sato won in straight sets over Oakland's Karine Cellis (4 and 0) and Cleveland State's Kara Sherwood (2 and 2) and triumphed in three sets over Northern Kentucky's Maria Voscekova (7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 10-7). Sato teamed with Marcy Huck for wins over Oakland (8-2) and Cleveland State (6-2) at No. 1 doubles.
Also nominated: Abbey Neff, IUPUI; Iasmin Rosa, South Dakota State.
Previous honoree: 1/28 – Maureen Slattery, Denver; 2/4 – Kathryn Hughes, Denver.
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at eight institutions, including three located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions, 62 All-Americans and 50 Academic All-America selections.
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