Carter named ‘Player of the Week’

Published 2:45 pm Friday, February 20, 2015

MISSOULA, MONTANA – The Big Sky Conference has named Sasha Carter of the University of Montana the women’s Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 11-17.

Carter is a Bainbridge High School alumni. She is ranked in fifth-place in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Mountain Region, and is 3-2 so far this season.

Carter completed a three-day road trip with a perfect record in singles. She started by defeating Alyssa Tobita of Oregon in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. The next day, she took down another major conference opponent, Anastasia Reimchen from Iowa. Carter won, again, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.

Last Saturday, Carter started Big Sky Conference play off on the right note with a hard fought three-set victory against Siena Peri of Portland State 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. She also performed well with freshman Catherine Orfanos in doubles, finishing with a 2-1 record, including wins against Portland State and Oregon.

Carter said all the matches she played were a challenge.

“All the matches I’m playing so far have been really tough,” she said. “They are all good players.”

Coach Steve Ascher has told all of his athletes that mental toughness is a key to success, and Carter said she has done her best to apply that to her game.

“Steve has been coaching us to be the toughest player on the court mentally,” Carter said, “and that is what I think helped this weekend. Just being tough and fighting really hard to win.”

This is the third time Carter has earned Player of the Week honors in her career.