Men's Tennis

Arizona and Texas Tech Tabbed for Weekly Big 12 Tennis Accolades

Arizona’s Jay Friend (men’s) and Texas Tech’s Kseniia Logvin (women’s) were tabbed as the Big 12 Tennis athletes of the week.

Friend finished the weekend with a 3-1 record. From the doubles court, the senior paired with Alejandro Arcilla, splitting the week against No. 25 Pepperdine, 6-3, and No. 10 San Diego, 3-6. The pair picked up a ranked doubles win over Pepperdine’s No. 51-ranked pair of Gustavo Almeida and David Fix. Friend moved to the top singles court, where he clinched the match against the Waves’ No. 88 Edward Winter, 6-4, 7-2 (9-7), picking up his first singles ranked win of the season. He then made quick work of the Torreros’ Oliver Tarvet in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, earning his third win of the week. This is Friend’s first Big 12 weekly honor this season and fourth overall.

On the women’s side, Logvin went undefeated in a doubleheader against Oregon and Sam Houston. Against the Ducks, she paired with teammate Mariia Hlahola to claim the doubles point against Hinata Furutani and Juliet Santitto (6-2). The junior then clinched the match for the Red Raiders, picking up her first singles win of the weekend against Oregon’s Patsy Daughters, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. In the afternoon slate, Logvin paired with Yekaterina Dmitrichenko to grab the doubles point in a 6-1 win over the Bearkats’ top double pair. She then made quick work of Sam Houston’s Anamaria Kurtsikashvili earning the win in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. This is the first Conference weekly accolade of Logvin’s career.