CAA Men's And Women's Tennis Weekly Awards - Feb. 24

RICHMOND, Va. (February 24, 2026) – UNCW senior Lukas Steffen was chosen as the CAA Men’s Tennis Player of the Week, while CAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Week honors went to Towson junior Ashira Murray. William & Mary’s Oliver Hague and Gur Trakhtenberg were selected as the CAA Men’s Doubles Team of the Week and Drexel’s Adva Dabah and Lorie Lemongo received CAA Women’s Doubles Team of the Week accolades.

CAA Men’s Tennis Player of the Week

Lukas Steffen, Sr., UNCW (Cary, N.C.)

Steffen posted a 3-0 record at No. 1 singles, including a win over a nationally ranked opponent, in UNCW’s matches against Coastal Carolina, North Florida and #8 UCF. The senior opened the week by beating Coastal’s Christopher Norlin, 6-3, 6-2, in a 5-2 team victory. In a narrow 4-3 setback to UNF, he rolled past Andreas Scott, 6-3, 6-2. Steffen capped his week by defeating 116th-ranked Yassine Dlimi of UCF, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to improve to 4-0 since moving up to the No. 1 singles spot.

CAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Week

Ashira Murray, Jr., Towson (Birkenhead, England)

Murray improved to 7-0 in singles this spring with victories in matches against Georgetown and Navy. Competing at No. 4 singles, the junior battled past GU’s Ashley Kennedy, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7) to help the Tigers earn a 4-2 team win. She followed by edging Navy’s Jina Cha, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 1-0 (11-9) by capturing the final five points of the match.

CAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week

Oliver Hague, Jr., William & Mary (Manchester, England)

Gur Trakhtenberg, So., William & Mary (Raanana, Israel)

Hague and Trakhtenberg went 2-0 at No. 1 doubles to help William & Mary earn team wins over Navy (7-0) and Brown (4-2). The Tribe tandem clinched the doubles point against Navy with a 6-4 triumph over Aniketh Ayinala and Tommy Kim. They also secured the doubles point versus Brown by topping Zander Bravo and Ivan Soldan, 6-3. Hague and Trakhtenberg were also a combined 3-0 in singles in the two matches.

CAA Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week

Adva Dabah, Sr., Drexel (Mazliah, Israel)

Lorie Lemongo, Gr., Drexel (Yaounde, Cameroon)

Dabah and Lemongo helped Drexel extend its winning streak to four by beating Delaware State, 5-2. Playing at the No. 1 doubles spot, the Dragons duo downed DSU’s Lucia Casas Blas and Catherine Goldman, 6-3. They also contributed in singles as Lemongo cruised past Goldman, 6-1, 6-0 and Dabah got a narrow 6-7, 7-6, 1-0 win against Casas Blas.

CAA Men’s Tennis Players of the Week

Jan. 27 – Rafael Ymer, Elon

Feb. 3 – Tarek Mo Erlewein, Drexel

Feb. 10 – Gur Trakhtenberg, William & Mary

Feb. 17 – Oliver Hague, William & Mary and Jakub Solarski, Charleston

Feb. 24 – Lukas Steffen, UNCW

CAA Women’s Tennis Players of the Week

Feb. 3 – Laura Ozola, Stony Brook

Feb. 10 – Paisha Douglas, Stony Brook

Feb. 17 – Cornelia Kack, Elon and Lorie Lemongo, Drexel

Feb. 24 – Ashira Murray, Towson

CAA Men’s Doubles Teams of the Week

Jan. 27 – Veljko Krstic and Nikola Parichkov, Elon

Feb. 3 – Jakob Bonnett and Louis Keller, Monmouth

Feb. 10 – Will Burridge and Tarek Mo Erlewein, Drexel

Feb. 17 – Alex Martinez Sanz and Sasha Vysochenko, Monmouth

Feb. 24 – Oliver Hague and Gur Trakhtenberg, William & Mary

CAA Women’s Doubles Teams of the Week

Feb. 3 – Adva Dabah and Lorie Lemongo, Drexel

Feb. 10 – Francesca Davis and Tilda Larsson, William & Mary

Feb. 17 – Chandre Boshoff and Kiersten Tambe, Towson

Feb. 24 – Adva Dabah and Lorie Lemongo, Drexel

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