FLUSHING, N.Y. — The top-seeded Pratt Institute women's tennis team advanced to the conference championship final with a 4-0 victory over No. 4-seeded Lehman College on Tuesday afternoon in the semifinals of the 2026 City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) Women's Tennis Championship at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Pratt (9-0) captured the doubles point with consecutive victories on courts one and three. Seniors Pallavi Verghese (Fayetteville, Ark.) and Beatrice Crespo (Kearny, N.J.) finished first at the No. 1 position, winning 6-1, while first-year Elva Yu (Spring, Texas) and sophomore Sophia Schafler (West Palm Beach, Fla.) clinched the opening team point at No. 3 doubles with a matching 6-1 triumph. Play at No. 2 doubles was halted with Judith Song (Sharon, Mass.) and Olivia Tao (Ann Arbor, Mich.) leading 4-2.

The Cannoneers dictated the play in singles, conceding just three games across the session. Yu turned in a 6-0, 6-0 shutout at the No. 5 position and Crespo followed at No. 2 with 6-0, 6-0 victory.

Tao officially clinched the match in the No. 4 slot and sent the black-and-gold into the championship final with a 6-1, 6-0 victory.

Pratt had commanding leads on the remaining three singles courts when play was stopped after after the clinch. Verghese at No. 1 singles and Song at No. 3 singles were both up 6-1, 5-0 and Schafler at No. 6 singles led 6-0, 5-0. 

Top-seeded Pratt advances to face No. 2 seed Hunter College in the CUNYAC Championship Final on Thursday, Oct. 29. First serve is scheduled for 3 p.m. at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.