Amelia Honer Award Player of the Week Week Of 4/27/2022 Sport Women's Tennis School UC Santa Barbara Year Freshman Position Hometown Newtown, Pa. High School Amelia Honer won both her matches and aided No. 25 UC Santa Barbara to a 4-1 victory at No. 65 Cal Poly last Saturday that clinched a fourth successive Big West regular-season crown for the Gauchos. They are 17-6 overall heading into the postseason, and finished a perfect 9-0 in Big West play. Both teams had entered Saturday at 8-0. The freshman from Newtown, Pa., first joined junior partner Kira Reuter to get past Delanie Dunkle and Melissa LaMette on the No. 2 court, 6-3, and clinch the doubles point. Honer then cruised past Emily Ackerman at No. 4 singles in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, to go up 2-0. Honer won all seven of her singles matchups against Big West opponents, and 12 of her last 13 contests. Honer is a two-time Big West Player of the Week this year, with a prior selection on March 2. Hers is the seventh award for UC Santa Barbara in 2022, more than any other program, with four different Gauchos recognized. UC Santa Barbara takes its season-best eight-match win streak into the 2022 Big West Women’s Tennis Championship this Wednesday through Saturday, April 27-30, at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego. As the No. 1 seed and defending champions, the Gauchos will take the court on Thursday morning at 9 a.m. against the winner of Wednesday’s opening match between No. 8 seed UC Irvine and ninth-seeded UC Riverside.