SAN FRANCISCO – After a dominant weekend against opponents from UCLA and USC, Sun Devil sophomore Lauryn John-Baptiste has been named as the Pac-12 Women's Tennis Player of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday.
The honor is John-Baptiste's third in her short tenure as a Devil as the England international earned two as a freshman for ASU back in 2018.
John-Baptiste opened the weekend with a doubles win on court one with her All-American doubles partner Ilze Hattingh.
The No. 6 duo in the nation outlasted UCLA's top doubles squad No. 16 Bolton/Hart, 7-5, to help ASU take the doubles point. John-Baptiste would go on to upset No. 10 Elysia Bolton in singles play on court two, besting the Bruin frosh in a comeback three-set win, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Saturday's match against USC started the same for John-Baptiste/Hattingh as they handled No. 13 Valdes/Kulikov, 6-2, on court one.
John-Baptiste took on Rianna Valdes on court two and picked up wins in back-to-back outings for the first time this season.
The weekly honor is ASU's first on the women's side this season.
The Sun Devils return to action this weekend in the Bay Area as they take on fifth-ranked Stanford and No. 14 California.
The honor is John-Baptiste's third in her short tenure as a Devil as the England international earned two as a freshman for ASU back in 2018.
John-Baptiste opened the weekend with a doubles win on court one with her All-American doubles partner Ilze Hattingh.
The No. 6 duo in the nation outlasted UCLA's top doubles squad No. 16 Bolton/Hart, 7-5, to help ASU take the doubles point. John-Baptiste would go on to upset No. 10 Elysia Bolton in singles play on court two, besting the Bruin frosh in a comeback three-set win, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Saturday's match against USC started the same for John-Baptiste/Hattingh as they handled No. 13 Valdes/Kulikov, 6-2, on court one.
John-Baptiste took on Rianna Valdes on court two and picked up wins in back-to-back outings for the first time this season.
The weekly honor is ASU's first on the women's side this season.
The Sun Devils return to action this weekend in the Bay Area as they take on fifth-ranked Stanford and No. 14 California.