Columbia Women's Tennis

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ITA preseason rankings are out!

Newcomer Margot Phanthala checks in at #57 in the singles rankings!

There are a pair of doubles teams in the top-100 as well!

Amy Lee/Kenzie Nguyen check in at #77, while Malak and Margot check in at #87!

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Catch up with the lions this summer! 🦁 First we have Amber in China :)

Some great views from the best facility ever!!

Margaret is interning in the Bay Area and getting to explore (watch out for her amazing tik toks)

Gayathri having lunch with some lion alumni in New York

Michelle did Columbia’s amazing summer study abroad program in Paris

Salma spending some time out in New York

Malak and Gayathri having some of the many food options near campus while watching the World Cup

Emily traveling to Korea 🫰

Sabrina went horse back riding in Montana. This cute horse is named teacup :p

Some awesome tennis flicks of Kenzie

Another awesome tennis flick of Elena

Salma going to see the MET for free with our student discount

Amy visited catalina island!

Elena went hiking through the Andes Mountains in Peru!

Margot in Paris! Waiting impatiently to be in nyc :))

Kylie out here in Miami!!

Kenzie going to beach to get herself a nice little tan

Sobee in Barcelona

LET’S GO LIONS!

Columbia was named the Northeast Region Community Service Award winner!

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Brick, by brick....

The Lions finish 46th in the final team ranking!

Exactly 20 spots higher than 2024-25!

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🦁 2025–26 Season Recap 🦁
• Currently ranked #48 in the ITA National Rankings
• Finished 2nd in the Ivy League
• Perfect 11–0 record at home with wins over Yale, Cornell, Brown, Penn, Dartmouth, Michigan State, Purdue, FIU, and Marshall
At our annual End-of-Year Luncheon, we celebrated the achievements of all of our players and the incredible season this team put together.
🔹 First-Years
Michelle Li — five Ivy League singles wins, including clinching victories against Cornell and Dartmouth
Margaret Hui — 16–4 overall singles record
Sabrina Lin — Honorable Mention All-Ivy in doubles
🔹 Sophomores
Amber Yin — five Ivy League singles wins
Malak El Allami — 10–2 doubles record before injury
Emily Baek — Second Team All-Ivy in singles and Honorable Mention All-Ivy in doubles. Emily was also named our 2026 Most Improved Player after moving from the #5/ #6 positions as a first-year to #2 this season while delivering key wins throughout the year.
🔹 Juniors
Gayathri Krishnan — Unanimous First Team All-Ivy for the second consecutive year
Salma Farhat — 6–1 singles record this fall
(Pictured with Head Coach Ilene Weintraub CC’02)
🔹 Senior
Sophia Wang, Class of 2026, our lone senior, was named Team MVP after recording the most combined singles and doubles wins this spring.
Thank you for your continued support of our program. We are excited about the future and the momentum this team has built.
Go Lions 🦁

Congratulations to Emily, Gayathri, Sophia, and Amber for earning CSC Academic All-District honors!

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Four Lions Earn All-Ivy Women’s Tennis Honors

Gayathri Krishnan earns first-team honors for the second time. Emily Baek earns Honorable Mention in singles. Baek and partner Sophia Wang earn HM honors in doubles. So does Gaya and her playing partner Sabrina Lin!

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