Lief & Yang Named NWC Tennis Student-Athlete of the Week

9/23/2024 4:30:00 PM

The Northwest Conference is proud to announce its Student-Athlete of the Week in Tennis for the week of September 17th through September 23rd.

Men’s Tennis - Student-Athlete of the Week
Cameron Yang I Whitman | JR | Bellevue, Wash. | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Yang won the A single draw of the ITA Fall Northwest Regional Championship.

 

Women’s Tennis - Student-Athlete of the Week
Eva Lief I Willamette | SO | Anchorage, AK | West Anchorage HS

Lief, partnering with first-year Sofia Spencer, won the blue draw of the Pacific Invitational this past weekend. In the final, she teamed with Spencer to defeat Elle Garcia and Madi Vianzon of Lewis & Clark 8-6.  Then in the singles match she lost the first set to Vianzon 6-1 but battled back to win the second set in a tie-breaker 7-6(7-3) and won the match tie-breaker 10-4.