NEW YORK — The Pratt Institute women's tennis team collected five postseason accolades from the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC), highlighted by head coach Iñigo Torre Martin being selected as Coach of the Year, as the league office announced their year-end awards on Monday morning.
Four Cannoneers earned spots on the All-CUNYAC teams. Seniors Beatrice Crespo (Kearny, N.J.) and Pallavi Verghese (Fayetteville, Ark.) were selected to the First Team All-Conference, while sophomores Judith Song (Sharon, Mass.) and Olivia Tao (Ann Arbor, Mich.) garnered Second Team All-Conference recognition. Sophomore Quinn Steinman (Greendale, Wis.) was named to the CUNYAC All-Sportsmanship Team.
In Pratt's first year competing in the conference as an associate member, Torre Martin guided the Cannoneers to an undefeated 8-0 regular-season record, including a 6-0 mark against league opponents to secure the CUNYAC regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. Pratt advanced to the championship final, concluding the fall campaign with a 9-1 overall record.
Verghese and Crespo anchored the top of the lineup throughout the season. At No. 1 doubles, the senior tandem compiled an 8-2 record together.
Verghese played exclusively at No. 1 singles, posting a 7-2 dual record that included a comeback victory to secure the regular-season title over Hunter College and an upset of a top-16 seed at the ITA Regional Championships . Crespo competed at No. 2 singles, going 8-1 on the regular season, all coming in straight sets, and her lone defeat at ITA Regionals.
Song and Tao provided consistent production in both singles and doubles play. The duo went 6-1 together at No. 2 doubles, finishing the season with four 6-0 shutouts.
In singles action, Song posted a 6-1 mark playing primarily at the No. 3 flight, highlighted by three 6-0, 6-0 sweeps. Tao recorded an unblemished 8-0 singles record across courts three and four, including the a come-from-behind victory in the win over Baruch.
The awards cap a fall campaign in which the black-and-gold captured the CUNYAC regular-season title and finished as finalists in the 2026 CUNYAC Women's Tennis Championship. The Cannoneers will compete as founding members of the CITY Collegiate Conference as the conference transitions in the 2027-28 season.
