Syosset girls tennis' Juliette Prince, Selena Wang win state doubles title
Juliette Prince, left, and Selena Wang of Syosset moments after becoming state girls tennis doubles champions on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 in Flushing. Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.
When the moment got big, Juliette Prince and Selena Wang didn’t falter.
The third-seeded Syosset doubles pair dropped the first set in the state championship match to top-seeded Lola Dangin and Luma Teixeira of Ross. Still, Prince and Wang didn’t lose confidence.
They fought to a tight second-set win and, in the third, Prince served up match point to win a state doubles title, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, Wednesday morning at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing.
“There was still a lot of pressure on, but it’s always good to make serves in,” Prince said. “Just having each other, being beside each other helps a lot. Even after losing the first set, our coach told us that we’re still on track and that it’s just a matter of the bigger points.”
Syosset coach Shai Fisher said Prince, a seventh grader, never shies away from those high-intensity moments.
“She has what I call an ‘it factor,’ ” Fisher said. “The more pressure she’s under, the more she’s going to go for it, the more she succeeds. She’s fearless; that’s a gene that she has and takes advantage of.”
Both final pairs won county titles earlier this month. Dangin and Teixeira earned the top seed after not dropping a set all season. The state champions are a new pair that clicked quickly.
“We just had to get used to each other,” Wang said. “Of course, Juliette’s baseline is just so amazing. She sets me up so well to hit at the net. They had some really good serves, so we just had to keep adjusting and we eventually got the hang of it.”
Prince and Wang’s road to the title seemed easy until the semifinals, where they upset No. 2 Mia Long and Daniella Rosenblit of Horace Greeley in Chappaqua, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Prior to the semis, they had dropped only two games in the tournament.
Fisher said he has seen the pair’s chemistry grow tremendously since the beginning of the season. With Wang only a sophomore and Prince not even in high school yet, their ceiling as a pair can be limitless.
“Just the way they adapt in doubles strategy,” Fisher said. “They went to play double back, they went to rush up to the net. We call it playing chess and these girls do it really, really well. They’re constantly changing, constantly adapting.”
Tess Ferguson is a reporter on Newsday's high school sports staff. She joined the team after graduating with a journalism degree from Ithaca College in 2025.
