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2025-26 MIT Women's Tennis Roster

Sydney Ciardi
Sydney Ciardi
Michael Last
Michael Last
Trinity University Athletics
Michael Last

Saina Deshpande

  • Height 5-2
  • Class Junior
  • High School Vikhe Patil Memorial School Pune
  • Hometown Pune, India
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Career Results

Career Best Tournament Finishes:
  • NCAA Championship (Singles): Second Round (2026)
  • ITA New England Regional Championship (Singles): "A" Draw Round of 32 (2023)
  • ITA New England Regional Championship (Doubles): Round of 48 (2025)
  • MIT Invitational (Singles): Main Draw Quarterfinals (2025); Consolation Singles Champion (2023)
  • MIT Invitational (Doubles): Main Draw Semifinals (2023)
  • NEWITT: "A" Draw Quarterfinals (2025); Consolation "A" Draw Champion (2023)
Accolades:
  • 2026 ITA All-America (Singles)
  • 2026 ITA Northeast Region Most Improved Player
  • 2025 ITA Northeast Region Player to Watch
  • 2024 NEWMAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player of the Year
  • 2x NEWMAC All-Conference Singles First Team (2025, 2026)
  • 2024 NEWMAC All-Conference Singles Second Team
  • 2025 NEWMAC All-Conference Doubles First Team
  • 2024 NEWMAC All-Conference Doubles Second Team
  • 2026 NEWMAC Sportsmanship Team
  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2025, 2026)
  • 2024 ITA Scholar-Athlete
  • 2x NEWMAC Singles Athlete of the Week (March 30, 2026; April 20, 2026)
  • 2x NEWMAC Doubles Team of the Week (March 2, 2024; April 29, 2024)
2025-26:
  • Singles Overall Record: 20-10 (13-6 in the No. 1 position)
  • Singles NEWMAC Record: 7-1
  • Doubles Overall Record: 4-3
  • Advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Singles Championship
  • MIT Invitational Singles Main Draw Quarterfinalist
  • MIT Invitational Doubles Main Draw Quarterfinalist
  • ITA New England Regional Championship Singles "A" Draw Semifinalist
  • ITA New England Regional Championship Doubles Round of 48
  • NEWITT "A" Draw Quarterfinalist
2024-25:
  • Singles Overall Record: 15-0 (10-0 in the No. 4 position)
  • Singles NEWMAC Record: 5-0
  • Doubles Overall Record: 13-4 (10-4 in the No. 3 position)
  • Doubles NEWMAC Record: 6-0
2023-24:
  • Singles Overall Record: 15-1 (8-0 in the No. 4 position)
  • Singles NEWMAC Record: 6-0
  • Doubles Overall Record: 17-4 (14-2 in the No. 3 position)
  • Doubles NEWMAC Record: 7-1
  • MIT Invitational Singles Consolation Champion
  • MIT Invitational Doubles Semifinalist
  • ITA New England Regional Championship Singles "A" Draw Round of 32
  • NEWITT Consolation "A" Draw Champion
Before MIT:
  • Graduated from Vikhe Patil Memorial School Pune
  • ITF J5 Bhilai singles and doubles winner
  • ITF J4 Chennai doubles winner
  • U-14 India Nationals semi-finalist
  • Best Outstanding Athlete for 2019-2020
  • Highest ITF Junior rank - 507
  • Games Captain
  • Won the Geolab Earth Sciences Competition
Personal:
  • 2024 Office of the First Year Athletics Award recipient
  • Student researcher at CSAIL
  • MIT Sports Tech Club former member

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    5'1"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'2"
  • 2025-26Junior

    5'2"