{"id":519333,"date":"2026-03-05T02:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/519333\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T02:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:18:16","slug":"gull-nabs-womens-tennis-big-west-player-of-the-week-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/519333\/","title":{"rendered":"Gull Nabs Women’s Tennis’ Big West Player of the Week Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

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IRVINE, Calif.–University of Hawai’i women’s tennis player Grete Gull<\/a> was named Big West Player of the Week on Wednesday. She was the lone Rainbow Wahine to win both her singles and doubles matches as the 45th-ranked\u00a0Rainbow Wahine defeated 51st-ranked Long Beach State, 5-2 this past Saturday.<\/p>\n

This marks the first career weekly conference award for Gull. It is the first weekly award for the Rainbow Wahine this season, and first since Ana Vilcek<\/a> won the award last on April 2, 2025. Gull is the first freshman to win the accolade since Nelly Knezkova accomplished the feat in back-to-back weeks in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Gull, a true freshman from\u00a0Kuressaare, Estonia, plays both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles with partner Sophie Rachor<\/a>.\u00a0 Against The Beach, Gull won her singles match over Cecilia Costa in three sets. Gull won the opening frame, but fell in the second by a break. Gull then pulled away in th third to win in three, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 to help propel UH to the win over The Beach..<\/p>\n

Although Long Beach State won the doubles point to begin the match, UH’s No. 1 duo of\u00a0Gull and Rachor\u00a0defeated\u00a0 LBSU’s Paulina Franco and Costa, 6-3.
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