Daniel Cukierman Doubles Up With Pac-12 and UTR/ITA Player of the Week Honors

USC junior captain Daniel Cukierman was perfect in doubles and singles throughout the ITA National Team Indoor Championship, helping anchor the top-ranked Trojans' run to the title at the event in Madison, Wisc. For his dominating efforts, Cukierman has been named the UTR/ITA Player of the Week for the first time while also landing his second selection of the year as Pac-12 Player of the Week.

In four USC wins in four days, Cukierman won all four doubles matches with Riley Smith at the top spot and collected four singles wins. Ranked #1 in the nation in singles, Cukierman had the comeback clincher to beat No. 13 Michigan in the semifinals on Sunday. He also posted a three-set clincher in the Round of 16 win over No. 11 TCU on Friday. His straight-set singles win in yesterday's championship match set the Trojans on a path to victory in a final 4-1 win over No. 5 North Carolina. In winning USC's fourth ITA National Team Indoor Championship, the Trojans also avenged a bitter loss taken to the Tar Heels in last year's NCAA Round of 16.

Cukierman had opened the week on a winning note as well, getting a doubles win and then the clinching singles win for the Trojans in their 6-1 win over host Wisconsin last Tuesday to get the ball rolling on a winning week in Madison for the Trojans.

Cukierman now grips a 24-2 overall singles record in his junior season. He and Smith are 9-1 in doubles play. USC, too, now boasts a 9-1 overall record on the year.

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Daniel Cukierman

Riley Smith