WEST POINT, N.Y. – Colgate women's tennis continued their fall season by traveling to the U.S. Military Academy for the Patriot League Individual Tournament. 

Each Patriot League team would enter two singles players and one doubles team into the draws. For the Raiders, senior captain Sophia Montero and junior Rebecca Hess would play singles for Colgate. In doubles, S. Montero would team up with her younger sister in first year Mila Montero. 

Coach Prohaska's Comments
"An excellent showing by these three this weekend. I'm proud of how we represented ourselves, our program and Colgate in a high pressure environment. Sophia executed in her first round singles match quite well, built points patiently, but had a tough matchup against an eventual finalist. Not an unfamiliar matchup for

'Rebecca, who faced her opponent twice last year, but had her best showing to date. Had a great mental performance to force a third set against an opponent who was executing at a high level.

'Mila and Sophia brought immense fight, energy, and had an exceptional run. They showed great confidence from the baseline and in their positional play, and did a great job staying in control of their service games. It's a special accomplishment to reach the Semis at Masters. We're pleased with our performance overall, but we have a hunger to keep pushing farther into tournament play. This weekend showed we're certainly moving in a positive direction as a program."

How it Happened
Play began on Friday with singles as S. Montero would take the court against the second overall seed, Emily Ruckno from Army. S. Montero would fight well against her opponent, but would eventually fall short in a 6-4 6-3 contest. Hess would look to add to her impressive fall campaign against her opponent Grace Li from Navy. In a tightly contested battle, Hess would push Li to three sets, but would be defeated by the score of 6-0 6(4)-7 6-1.

Later in the day on Friday, the Montero sisters would take the court in the round of 16 taking on Bald/Ganchi from Lafayette. In a back and forth set, the sister duo would eventually come out on top with a 8-6 victory. Shortly after, they would return to the court for their quarterfinal match against Fu/Li from Navy. The Colgate team defeated the Navy pairing 8-4, which included Fu, the Patriot League Rookie of the Year and Championship MVP from the 2026 season.

On Saturday afternoon, S. Montero/M. Montero returned to the court for their semifinals match against number one seeds Ruckno/Mellynchuk from the host team of Army. The Raiders pair played tough against the top seeds, but fell 8-5 after a close set. Despite the defeat, this semifinals run by the Montero sisters would be the farthest performance by Raiders in either singles or doubles in the tournament's three year history. S. Montero would break her own previous record of farthest run, which was formerly held by her quarterfinals run in singles in 2024.

Next Up
The Raiders finish their fall season by traveling to Buffalo, New York to take on the University of Buffalo in a dual match beginning at 12:30pm on Friday, October 30.