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. 25-March 3.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne
Fr. // Saitama, Japan
Sato received her second league honor of the season after winning a pair of singles matches and helping lead the Mastodons to two victories. Playing the No. 1 position against Robert Morris, Sato won (3 and 0) over Carolina Teixeira in a 6-0 Fort Wayne triumph. Against Youngstown State, Sato claimed a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Margarita Sadovinikova at No. 1 singles for a key point in the Mastodons' 4-2 win. With her two victories, Sato now owns a 12-1 singles record this spring.
Also nominated: Charlotte Derbyshire, Denver; Vanessa Whyte, IUPUI.
Previous honorees: 1/28 – Maureen Slattery, Denver; 2/4 – Kathryn Hughes, Denver; 2/11 – Mayu Sato, Fort Wayne; 2/18 – Evy Van Genechten, Denver; 2/25 – Sonja Radosevic, 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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