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2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster

Brock Borgeson
Sam Rosenbloom
Ricky Bassman
Sam Rosenbloom
Jeremiah Wilson
Jeremiah Wilson
Brock Borgeson
Todd Drexler
Todd Drexler

Ana Paula Melilo

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 5-3
  • Hometown São Paulo, Brazil
  • Major International Business

Biography

2023 ASUN All-Tournament Team
2022 Automatic Bid to NCAA Doubles Championships (With Kit Gulihur)
3x ASUN Champion (2019, 2021, 2023)
3x ASUN Player of the Week ( April 15, 2019 | March 10, 2021 | March 31, 2021)
2022 ASUN Doubles Pair of the Year (With Kit Gulihur)
2023 ASUN Doubles Pair of the Year (With Kit Gulihur)
No. 70 ITA Doubles Ranking (March 25, 2021 -  Kit Gulihur)
No. 9 ITA Doubles Ranking (December 8, 2021 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 5 ITA Doubles Ranking (February 9, 2022 - Ana Paula Melilo)
No. 13 ITA Doubles Ranking (February 24, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 19 ITA Doubles Ranking (March 9, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 15 ITA Doubles Ranking (March 23, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 28 ITA Doubles Ranking (Apr. 6, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 29 ITA Doubles Ranking (Apr. 13, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 30 ITA Doubles Ranking (Apr. 20, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
UNF Athletics Department Best Individual Female Performance (with Kit Gulihur) - 2022 Ozzies
No. 32 ITA Doubles Ranking (Apr. 27, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 33 ITA Doubles Ranking (May 4, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 42 ITA Doubles Ranking (June 2, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 9 ITA Doubles Southeast Region Final Ranking (June 15, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 23 ITA Preseason Doubles Ranking (Sept. 6, 2022 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 43 ITA Doubles Ranking (Feb. 21, 2023 - Kit Gulihur) 
No. 78 ITA Doubles Ranking (March 7, 2023 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 68 ITA Doubles Ranking (March 21, 2023 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 85 ITA Doubles Ranking (April 4, 2023 - Kit Gulihur)
No. 90 ITA Doubles Ranking (April 11, 2023 - Kit Gulihur) 
2019 ASUN All-Freshman Team
2019 ASUN All-Conference Second team
3x ITA Division I Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023)
2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Fall 2021 ITA All-American Doubles Main Draw

ASUN Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
Crowley Student Award Winner - UNF (Fall 2022)


Stats | 2021-22 | 2021 | 2019-20 | 2018-19

Spring 2023

  • Named ASUN Doubles Pair of the Year with Kit Gulihur
  • Appeared in the ITA Doubles Rankings six times this season
  • Three-time ASUN Champion after helping North Florida to the title in the 2023 spring
  • Was a regular singles starter and top slotted doubles competitor in the spring season, going 11-7 in singles including 8-5 at the fourth spot.
  • Finished the season with a dominant 18-3 mark at one doubles with Kit Gulihur
  • Had a strong performance in ASUN postseason play, taking home ASUN All-Tournament laurels
  • Won five-straight singles matches between March 19 and April 1
  • Picked up a three-set win against No. 5 Auburn’s Angella Okutoyi Feb. 24
  • Won a wild three-set match that featured two sets that went to tiebreaker March 7. Defeated Davidson’s Savanna Kollock 2-6, 7-6 (12-10), 1-0 (10-6).
  • Didn’t lose a doubles match between Jan. 20 and March 23. 
  • All but one of her doubles wins came by a margin greater than 6-4.


Fall 2022

  • Competed in the UNF Fall Invite at the end of the fall season against Clemson


Spring 2022

  • Played almost exclusively in doubles alongside Kit Gulihur, becoming the first Osprey doubles duo to advance to the NCAA Doubles Championships.
  • Named ASUN Doubles Pair of the Year with Gulihur.
  • Ranked in every ITA Doubles poll of 2022, reaching as high as No. 5 to start the spring season.
  • Finished the year ranked No. 42 in the ITA Doubles rankings.
  • Went 20-7 in doubles play, including 15-5 in duals.
  • Took home a 3-2 mark against ranked doubles foes.
  • Knocked off eight of nine doubles foes in ASUN play.
  • Won in straight sets in both of her singles matchups, with one coming against North Alabama and the other against Bellarmine.


Fall 2021

  • Completed solely in doubles play, going 5-1 in six matches while making UNF history with a ITA Southeast Regionals championship with Kit Gulihur.
  • Finished the fall ranked No. 9 in the ITA Doubles Rankings.
  • Earned an impressive set of doubles wins, defeating pairs from LSU, Georgia (twice), Miami and Florida.


2021

  • Became a two-time ASUN Champion.
  • Earned two ASUN Player of the Week honors, doing so March 10 and 31.
  • Earned a No. 70 ITA Doubles Ranking with playing partner Catherine Gulihur.
  • Sidelined during April and May due to an injury.
  • Last match competed in during the season was a March 29 win against Kennesaw State.
  • Went 9-4 in singles play and a dominant 12-2 in doubles competition.
  • Played at the second and third singles slots.
  • Competed exclusively at one doubles, playing with Catherine Gulihur.
  • Earned a doubles win against No. 7 Florida State’s top pair of Giulia Pairone and Nandini Das.


2019-20

  • Finished the season 7-3 at the two slot in singles in the shortened spring season
  • Went 7-2 with Lucia Montano in No. 1 doubles
  • Defeated Yu Fujioka of South Alabama in straight sets to help the Ospreys beat the Jaguars for the first time since 2009-10 (Feb. 8, 2020)
  • Posted a 6-5 singles record during the fall season
  • Went a team best 12-3 in doubles action with partner Lucia Montano, bringing home 2 doubles titles
  • Won the Doubles Flight A Final at the Mercer Gridiron Invite
  • Took home the championship at the Doubles Flight A Final at the Bedford Cup at FGCU


2018-19

  • Part of the ASUN Championship team
  • Had a team-high 21 wins in singles play and 13 in dual matches
  • Went 6-1 in ASUN action to earn a second team nod, competing at the No. 3 spot
  • Paired with Valentina Mariotto in the No. 3 doubles spot for a 12-7 mark including a 5-0 ASUN record
  • Had a nine-match win streak from February 23-April 13
  • Ended the season on a nine-match win streak with Mariotto as they did not finish the final two matches of the season
  • Was key in helping UNF claim a share of the regular season title as she defeated Julia Ascua in three sets to help the Ospreys beat FGCU


Prior to UNF (prep)

  • Comes in with an ITF juniors ranking of #341.
  • Won several national championships in both singles and doubles.
  • Was a four-time champion in singles & doubles in the National tournaments GA,
  • Had three singles titles and two doubles championships at the G1 competition
  • In 2016, Defeated MariaRiveira Corado who is currently ranked in the ITF top 35. 
  • Finished as the runner-up in the ITF junior finals in Londrina and Vila Maria, while also capturing in the doubles title in Curitiba
  • Winner of Rendez Vouz in Brazil that granted her a spot in the qualifying draw of Junior Roland Garros. She won two rounds to enter the main draw of the 2018 juniors competition. 


Personal

  • Daughter of Alexandre and Denize
  • Majoring in international business
  • Also played soccer

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2020-21Junior

    5'3"
  • 2021-22Senior

    5'3"
  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    5'3"