TULSA, Okla. – Tulsa women's tennis senior Saana Saarteinen was named the American Athletic Conference female tennis player of the week, as announced by the league office Tuesday. Last weekend, Saarteinen went 1-0 in singles play and 1-0 in doubles play.
Saarteinen partnered with Mahitha Dadireddy to defeat UCF's Cortney Cesarini and Monica Matias, 6-4, at the No. 3 doubles position. Saarteinen won her singles match against Sofia Baptista, 6-2, 6-1, to extend the Hurricane match lead to 2-0.
This is Saarteinen's first weekly conference accolade in her career, and it's the first weekly conference accolade that the Tulsa women's tennis has won since joining the American Athletic Conference.