LATHAM, N.Y. – First-year Lily Ganjbaksh (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) was named the United East Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week as announced by the league office Tuesday morning (Mar. 24). This is Ganjbaksh's third career league player of the week award.
 
The St. Mary's College of Maryland women's tennis team posted a 2-3 record during their five-match Spring Break trip to Hilton Head, S.C., and Chambersburg, Pa. St. Mary's College dropped a pair of 6-1 decisions to The College of Wooster (Mar. 17) and College of Saint Mary (Neb.) (Mar. 18) before rebounding with a 4-3 triumph over Schreiner University (Mar. 19). The Seahawks ended their Hilton Head trip with a 4-3 loss to Ripon College (Mar. 19) before returning to the win column with a 7-0 league win at Cedar Crest College (Mar. 21).
 
Ganjbaksh posted a 4-1 record at both No. 1 doubles and No. 1 singles.
 
Ganjbaksh notched straight set wins over Wooster's Elizabeth Meiners (6-3, 6-3), Schreiner's Mikinley Jamison (6-2, 6-2), Ripon's Jessi Griepentrog (6-0, 6-0), and Cedar Crest's Cam Beverage (6-0, 6-0). Her only loss was a 7-6 (5), 2-6, 9-11 setback to Callista Uchil of Saint Mary (Neb.).
 
She went 3-0 with Addyson Harden '29, tallying a 7-6 (6) win over Wooster's Meiners and Sasha Riley, a 6-3 win over Ripon's Catherine Skoglund and Allison Pavlovec, and a 6-0 win over Cedar Crest's Megan Perrine and Gracelynn Pauley. Ganjbaksh added a 6-4 win with Sarah Levit '28 over Schreiner's Katherine Bergeron and Mackenzie Griffin.
 
Her only doubles loss came with Stella Manns '28, a 6-2 setback to Uchil and Noel Moreno of Saint Mary (Neb.).
 
The Seahawks (4-4, 1-0 UEC) will return to action Wednesday, March 25, when SMCM welcomes Notre Dame of Maryland University (0-1, 0-1 UEC) to the Somerset Tennis Complex for a United East match at 3 pm.

2025-26 United East Conference Women's Tennis Players of the Week

• Sept. 23 – Lily Ganjbaksh, St. Mary's College, Fy.
• Sept. 30 – Samma Zahran, Penn State Brandywine, Jr.
• Oct. 7 – Katelyn Reiderich, Lancaster Bible, Fy.
• Oct. 14 – Leah Vest, Penn College, Fy.
• Oct. 21 – Sevara Tursunboeva, Penn State Abington, Jr.
• Oct. 28 – Sevara Tursunboeva, Penn State Abington, Jr.
• Mar. 10 – Lily Ganjbaksh, St. Mary's College, Fy.
• Mar. 17 – Kiersten Strohecker, Penn State Harrisburg, So.
• Mar. 24 – Lily Ganjbaksh, St. Mary's College, Fy.

 
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