MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – The No. 8 MIT women's tennis team saw six student-athletes receive a total of nine NEWMAC All-Conference Team honors. Senior Jay Lu (Austin, Texas), juniors Alaina Kolli (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) and Artemis Pados (Delray Beach, Fla.), sophomores Saina Deshpande (Pune, India) and Anastasia Samets (Ocean, N.J.), and first-year Chloe Zeng (Austin, Texas) each earned at least one award from the conference.
 
Saina Deshpande

• NEWMAC All-Conference Singles First Team and All-Conference Doubles Second Team
• Singles Record: 14-0 overall, 14-0 dual matches, 5-0 NEWMAC
• Doubles Record: 13-3 overall, 13-3 dual matches, 6-0 NEWMAC
• Previous NEWMAC awards: Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2024), All-Conference Singles Second Team (2024), All-Conference Doubles Second Team (2024)

Jay Lu

• NEWMAC All-Conference Singles First Team and All-Conference Doubles First Team
• Singles Record: 21-4 overall, 16-1 dual matches, 8-0 NEWMAC
• Doubles Record: 22-4 overall, 16-1 dual matches, 7-0 NEWMAC
• Previous NEWMAC awards: Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2023), All-Conference Singles First Team (2022, 2023, 2024), All-Conference Doubles First Team (2022, 2023), All-Conference Doubles Second Team (2024)

Chloe Zeng

• NEWMAC All-Conference Singles First Team and All-Conference Doubles First Team
• First-time honoree
• Singles Record: 16-8 overall, 11-5 dual matches, 6-1 NEWMAC
• Doubles Record: 22-3 overall, 16-1 dual matches, 7-0 NEWMAC

Alaina Kolli

• NEWMAC All-Conference Doubles First Team
• Doubles Record: 14-6 overall, 12-4 dual matches, 5-2 NEWMAC
• Previous NEWMAC awards: All-Conference Singles First Team (2024), All-Conference Singles Second Team (2023), All-Conference Doubles First Team (2024), All-Conference Doubles Second Team (2023)

Artemis Pados

• NEWMAC All-Conference Doubles First Team
• Doubles Record: 14-6 overall, 12-4 dual matches, 5-2 NEWMAC
• Previous NEWMAC awards: All-Conference Doubles First Team (2023, 2024)

Anastasia Samets

• NEWMAC All-Conference Doubles Second Team
• Doubles Record: 17-6 overall, 14-3 dual matches, 7-0 NEWMAC
• Previous NEWMAC awards: Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2025), All-Conference Singles Second Team (2024), All-Conference Doubles First Team (2024)

 
MIT continues its season this week in the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship. Recipients of a first-round bye, the Engineers will face either No. 14 Tufts University or Nichols College on Saturday, May 10 at host No. 7 Bowdoin College.
 
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