Prisha Rapur

  • Award
    Rookie
  • Week Of
    9/25/2023
  • Sport
    Women's Tennis
  • School
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Irvine, Calif.
  • High School
    Portola
RPI first-year player Prisha Rapur Prisha began the week by winning both matches in a head-to-head competition against Oneonta. She and partner Brooke Bauer won 8-4 at No. 3 doubles and she captured No. 2 singles 8-3. Then, while competing in the ITA Regional, Rapur was 2-1 in singles and 1-1 in doubles. She defeated opponents by scores of 6-3, 7-5 (Beilynn Geiss of Skidmore) and 6-4, 6-3 (Sofie Shen of Vassar) before losing in three sets in the round of 16, 2-6, 6-1, 13-11, to Taylor Crain of Ithaca, who was ranked 5-8. In doubles, Rapur and Krisia Flores Gonzalez won 8-3 over a tandem from Drew before falling 8-5 to a duo from Vassar, who are the No. 2 seed and in the final.