CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Middlebury women's tennis doubles team of Nina Farhat and Sahana Raman concluded a the 2024-25 season with a runner-up finish during the NCAA Individual Championships at Biszantz Tennis Center on the campus of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
 
The Panther tandem, who earned the top seed in the bracket, squared off against Matia Cristiani and Olivia Soffer from Babson. The Beaver duo raced out to an early lead and secured a 6-2 win in the opening set. The third-seeded Babson pair followed that effort in the second, easing to a triumph by identical scores of 6-2 and 6-2.

Farhat and Raman defeated Karina Elvestrom and Kaya De Bruijn of Gustavus Adolphus College in the round of 16 (6-2, 6-3), before edging Izabele Antanavicius and Iris Berman from Emory by a 7-6 (1), 6-3 triumph in the quarterfinals. In Monday's semifinals, the Panther tandem squared off with Pomona-Pitzer's Angie Zhou and Marissa Markey, earning a spot in the championship match with a 6-2, 7-5 triumph.

The Panther tandem secured wins in 20 of its 23 matches to close the season. Raman finished with a career doubles record of 99-30, while Farhat concluded her time in the blue and white uniform with a 72-16 mark.The Middlebury duo closes the year with a record of 30-4, including winning streaks of 17 and eight, respectively.

2025 NCAA Women’s Tennis Singles/Doubles Tournament - NESCAC Results
 
NCAA Singles First Round
Jimena Menendez (NYU) def. Sahana Raman (Middlebury) 5-7. 7-5, 6-4
Emily Kantrovitz (Emory) def. Elsie Van Weiren (Middlebury) 6-1, 6-4
Jacqueline Soloveychik (Wesleyan) def. Eleanor Archer (WashU) 6-1, 6-1
Lane Durkin (Wesleyan) def. Lily McCloskey (Case Western) 6-2, 6-1
Olivia Soffer (Babson) def. Caitlin Bui 6-1, 6-2
 
NCAA Singles Second Round
Jackie Soloveychik (Wesleyan) def. Matia Cristiani (Babson), 6-1, 6-4
Lane Durkin (Wesleyan) def. Olivia Soffer (Babson), 6-4, 6-4

NCAA Singles Quarterfinals
Sunday, May 25 – 1pm (ET)
Jackie Soloveychik (Wesleyan) def. Izabele Antanavicius (Emory) 0-6, 6-4, 6-3
Lindsay Eisenman (CMS) def. Lane Durkin (Wesleyan) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
 
NCAA Singles Semifinals
Jackie Soloveychik (Wesleyan) def. Jimena Menendez (NYU)
 
NCAA Singles Final
Lindsay Eisenman (CMS) def. Jackie Soloveychik (Wesleyan) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 NCAA Doubles First Round
Nina Farhat/Sahana Raman (Middlebury) def. Kaya DeBruijn /Karina Elvestrom (Gustavus) 6-2 6-3
Elanore Archer/Caitlin Bui (WashU) def. Lane Durkin/Sarah Youngberg (Wesleyan) 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)

NCAA Doubles Quarterfinals
Nina Farhat/Sahana Raman (Middlebury) def. Izabele Antanavicius/Iris Berman (Emory) 7-6 (7-1), 6-3
 
NCAA Doubles Semifinals
Nina Farhat/Sahana Raman (Middlebury) def. Marissa Markey/Angie Zhou (Pomona-Pitzer) 6-2, 7-5
 
NCAA Doubles Final
Matia Cristiani/Olivia Soffer (Babson) def. Nina Farhat/Sahana Raman (Middlebury) 6-2, 6-2