ARLINGTON, Texas – Tarleton State’s Maria Castano, Aya Ishii and Marissa Minetti have been named the Jersey Mike’s A Sub Above Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tennis Players of the Week, for the match week ending on Monday, Mar. 30.
 
Castano, a sophomore, did not lose a set en route to leading the Texans to a pair of 7-0 wins over Montana and Utah Tech on Saturday, extending the Texans’ win streak to five straight. Castano defeated Kelsey Phillips of Montana 6-3, 6-4 and Utah Tech’s Mariana Zurita 6-1, 6-4, both on No. 1 singles court.
 
Ishii and Minetti, freshmen, collected their fourth WAC Doubles Players of the Week honor of the year after helping the Texans clinch the doubles point for the seventh consecutive match. The pair picked up their 12^th win as a duo this weekend, improving their doubles record to 12-3. Sweeping the week on the No. 1 doubles court, the freshmen defeated Montana’s Kelsey Phillips/Meghna Anand 6-4 and Utah Tech’s Mariana Zurita/Ana Gutierrez 7-5.
 
2026 Jersey Mike’s A Sub Above WAC Tennis Weekly Awards
 
WOMEN’S SINGLES PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Maria Castano, So., Tarleton State (Mar. 31)
Diana Kaibara, Fr., UT Arlington (Mar. 24)
Emma Persson, Sr., Tarleton State (Mar. 17)
Aya Ishii, Fr., Tarleton State (Mar. 10)
Ximena Morales, Sr., Tarleton State (Mar. 3)
Alice Klinteby, Sr., Abilene Christian (Feb. 24)
Masha Vrsalovic, Sr., Abilene Christian (Feb. 17)
Aya Ishii, Fr., Tarleton State (Feb. 10)
Alice Klinteby, Sr., Abilene Christian (Feb. 3)
Ana Gutierrez Sampere, Jr., Utah Tech (Jan. 27)
Marissa Minetti, Fr., Tarleton State (Jan. 20)
 
WOMEN’S DOUBLES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Aya Ishii, Fr., and Marissa Minetti, Fr., Tarleton State (Mar. 31)
Tasnime Ahamout, Fr., and Natalia Gonzalez, Fr., UT Arlington (Mar. 24)
Aya Ishii, Fr., and Marissa Minetti, Fr., Tarleton State (Mar. 17)
Ximena Morales, Sr., and Emma Persson, Sr., Tarleton State (Mar. 10)
Maria Cascos, Sr., and Masha Vrsalovic, Sr., Abilene Christian (Mar. 3)
Aya Ishii, Fr., and Emma Persson, Sr., Tarleton State (Feb. 24)
Aya Ishii, Fr., and Marissa Minetti, Fr., Tarleton State (Feb. 17)
Aya Ishii, Fr., and Marissa Minetti, Fr., Tarleton State (Feb. 10)
Ana Gutierrez Sampere, Jr., and Mariana Zurita Berdecio, Jr., Utah Tech (Feb. 3)
Ana Gutierrez Sampere, Jr., and Mariana Zurita Berdecio, Jr., Utah Tech (Jan. 27)
Maya Inouye, So., and Nutsa Tsintsadze, So., Utah Tech (Jan. 20)