The St. Lawrence University women's tennis team followed up its dominant 2024-25 campaign in 2025-26, going 14-5 overall and 6-2 in Liberty League play.

The Saints' season began back in the Fall at the Union Invitational, where the team saw dominant performances. Molly Jespersen took the flight championship in the A draw for singles and teamed up with Angelica Aksdal-Jansen to take the A draw in doubles. Ariane Karera also showed out, winning the B draw for the second consecutive season at Union.

Following the Mary Hosking Invitational, the team took part in the ITA Northeast Regionals at Skidmore College, where Aksdal-Jansen made the deepest run for the Scarlet and Brown. The senior advanced to day three of the Regional and took on NYU's Victoria Wang in the semifinals, falling 4-6, 6-1, 3-6.

The Fall ended at the Hamilton Invitational, where Aksdal-Jansen took her momentum from Regionals and channeled it into winning the number one singles flight. She and Jespersen won the Doubles portion as a tandem, while Elisa Iuri, Eleanor McDermed, Alexandra Fuller, Maya Stepic, Ariane Karera, and Kate Butler also had strong performances.

The season picked back up in February, and the Saints went on a run, winning their first five matches against Saint Michael's, SUNY Oneonta, Daemen, Rochester, and RIT, all by a 7-0 score.

The Scarlet and Brown dropped a match at RPI, but then went 3-2 on their Spring Break trip to gain momentum as they went back into Liberty League play. St. Lawrence proceeded to win five of its last six matches to roll into the Liberty League Tournament as the third seed.

The Saints were tasked with William Smith in the opening round of the Tournament and advanced with a 4-0 win to set up a semifinal bout against RPI. A tightly contested 3-3 match came down to the wire in a three-hour singles match to decide who would advance.

In the final match, Jespersen took the lead with a 7-6 (7-5) win before dropping the next set 7-5. In the decisive set, it went to another tiebreak, where Jespersen took a 6-3 lead. Kayla Wheeler won the next five points to take the match for herself and the Engineers.

Aksdsal-Jansen and Jespersen collected their accolades as each was named First-Team All-League in singles and as a doubles pairing. As a doubles team, the two had a team-best 18-7 record.

Aksdal-Jansen compiled a team-best 22-6 record, going 11-3 in each semester. In dual matches, Aksdal-Jansen was outstanding at the No. 1 position with an 11-2 record and went 6-2 against Liberty League opponents.

Jespersen delivered an impressive senior season with an 18-6 singles record. She went 8-3 during fall tournament play before posting a 10-3 mark in the spring, including a 10-2 record at No. 2 singles. Jespersen was especially strong in conference action, leading all Saints with a 6-1 Liberty League record.

Iuri and Ariane Karera also had great seasons in singles play, going 16-8 and 15-5, respectively, while they had the second-most doubles wins with a 10-5 record together.

2025-26 Awards/Honors

All-Liberty League First Team Singles
Angelica Aksdal-Jansen
Molly Jespersen

All-Liberty League First Team Doubles
Angelica Aksdal-Jansen / Molly Jespersen

Martha Finch Senior Female Athlete of the Year
Angelica Aksdal-Jansen

CSC Academic All-District
Angelica Aksdal-Jansen
Molly Jespersen
Elisa Iuri

Liberty League Singles Performer of the Week
Molly Jespersen (Sept. 8, Mar. 2)
Angelica Aksdal-Jansen (Oct. 13, Apr. 6, Apr. 27)
Ariane Karera (Feb. 23)

Liberty League Doubles Team of the Week
Angelica Aksdal-Jansen/Molly Jespersen (Sept. 8, Mar. 30, Apr. 13)

Liberty League Honor Roll
Angelica Aksdal-Jansen (singles) (Sept. 15, Sept. 29, Feb. 16, Mar. 30, Apr. 13, May 4)
Angelica Aksdal-Jansen/Molly Jespersen (Sept. 15, Oct. 13, Feb. 16, Feb. 23, Mar. 2, Apr. 6)
Ariane Karera (singles) (Mar. 16)
Ariane Karera/Elisa Iuri (Mar. 16, Apr. 20)
Elisa Iuri (singles) (Apr. 20)
Yvette Karera/Eleanor McDermed (Apr. 27, May 4)

Liberty League All-Academic
Angelica Aksdal-Jansen, Sr., English, San Francisco, Calif.
Kate Butler, So., Environmental Studies-Sociology, Pittsfield, Mass.
Ellie Fritz, Jr., Psychology, Concord, Mass.
Alexandra Fuller, Sr., Neuroscience & Estudios Hispanicos, Highland, N.Y.
Elisa Iuri, So., Undeclared, Pagnacco, Italy
Molly Jespersen, Sr., Biology, Upper Deerfield, N.J.
Eleanor McDermed, So., Mathematics & Finance, Prairie Village, Kan.
Abigail Sicuranza, Sr., Mathematics & Estudios Hispanicos, Old Lyme, Conn. 
Maya Stepic, Sr., Biomedical Science, Westerly, R.I.