Melissa Applebaum
 Melissa Applebaum
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Coral Gables, Florida

High School:
Gulliver

Height:
5-8

Major:
Broadcasting

2006 ALL-AMERICAN (Doubles)
2006 ALL ACC TEAM

2005-06: All-American in doubles...earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Doubles Championship with Audra Cohen as the No. 2 seed...Ranked second in doubles with Cohen and No. 58 in singles to end season... named to the All-ACC team...19-13 overall and 15-10 in dual play...10-7 at the No. 2 position...posted a 38-6 record in doubles...went 24-3 in doubles alongside Cohen...held a 15 match unbeaten streak with Cohen at the No. 1 position...is Miami's all-time leader in doubles with a 107-34 career doubles record...is tied for 11th all-time with a 80-43 career singles record.

2004-05: Finished the season with a 17-6 dual record and 24-10 overall... played mostly at No. 3 compiling a 13-5 record at the spot...posted 4-1 record at the No. 2 position...defeated No.122Alex McGoodwin in straight sets in UM's upset over No. 4 UCLA... earned an upset victory over USF' No. 75 Courtney Verson, 6-2, 7-6 (3), at the No. 2 slot...downed Saras Arasu of Duke, 6-3, 6-4, in upsetting No. 10 Duke...defeated Clelia Detour of No. 15 Duke, 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championships ...bested Alix Lacelarie of No. 11 Clemson, 6-1, 6-1 in the ACC semi-finals...defeated Katherine Bartnik of Florida Atlantic, 6-1, 6-0 in the NCAA Team tournament first round....downed Monica Wiesener of No. 24 California, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, in the second round of the NCAA tournament...entered the singles rankings for two straight weeks...compiled a 24-14 overall doubles record playing at all three spots with a myriad of partners... knocked off No. 13 Julie Coin and Alix Lacelarie of No. 11 Clemson in the semi-finals of the ACC tournament with Audrey Banada...finished the season playing No. 1 doubles with Banada and a final ranking of 36...Fall...Was ranked 21st in the South Region in the ITA Fall Regional Rankings...Ranked No. 121 in the ITA preseason rankings...finished the fall season with a 7-4 singles record...paired up with freshman Caren Seenauth to compile a 5-4 record in doubles play...strung together a four match win streak to close out the fall season...defeated Georgia Tech's Kacie Anson at the ITA South Regional Championship consolation round.

2003-04: Finished her sophomore season ranked 24th in singles play in the final ITA Southeast Region rankings... recorded a dual record of 13-7 in singles play ...a solid performer at No. 3, going 7-1 in dual matches...downed opponents from West Virginia, Florida Atlantic, Baylor, UCLA and Old Dominion...paired up with teammate Megan Bradley to defeat UCLA's Daniela Bercek and Lauren Fisher, 8-6, in the NCAA Quarterfinals...compiled a 22-6 dual record in doubles alongside Bradley...paired up with Bradley to go undefeated in the NCAA Tournament...was ranked 30th in Doubles in the ITA NCAA Division I Women's rankings, alongside Bradley...tied for the sixth position on the Big East's All-Tournament Team in singles...entered her sophomore season at Miami ranked No. 97 in the ITA preseason rankings...compiled an overall record of 3-3 in singles play during the fall season...downed No. 93 Katie Martzolf of Wake Forest 6-4, 6-3 in the opening round of the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships.

2002-03: Was ranked No. 74 in singles play in the final ITA national rankings... recorded an overall record of 21-11 in singles play at the 1-2-3-4 spots...played primarily at the No. 2 spot compiling a dual record of 6-3...a solid performer at No. 3, going 5-1 in dual matches...won her first five matches as a Hurricane, downing opponents from Illinois, Florida Atlantic, Baylor, Texas and Florida...upset No. 18 Nataly Cahana of Old Dominion in three sets 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 playing in the No. 1 slot...downed No. 87 Alicia Salas of Notre Dame 6-4, 6-2...overtook Virginia Tech's Carolyn Kramer 6-0, 6-3 in the semi-finals of the BIG EAST Tournament before falling in the finals to Alicia Salas of Notre Dame 7-5, 4-6, 7-5...helped lead UM to a 4-1 win over No. 39 Purdue in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament...fell to No. 33 Julie Smekodub of Tulane 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the opening round of the NCAA Singles Tournament...paired with teammate Megan Bradley for an overall record of 15-3 and ranked No. 21 nationally in doubles play, including going 14-2 in dual matches at the No. 1 spot.

Prep: No. 1 ranked high school player in the state of Florida...ranked as high as No. 11 in the nation...won the Easter Bowl doubles championship in April 2002...was a National K-Swiss singles finalist...made the quarterfinals in the pre-qualifying NASDAQ Tournament in 2002...recorded a victory at the NASDAQ Tournament over a professional player ranked No. 150 by the Women's Tennis Association...also a quarterfinalist in the Orange Bowl tournament in doubles competition in 2001.

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