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Senior
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| Hometown:
Cali, Colombia
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| High School:
Colegia Colombia
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| Height:
5-8
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| Experience:
3L
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Senior Season (2011-12)
A spring record of 21-3 in singles play, rose as high as No. 25 in the ITA Rankings (April 24)... Played all but four matches at the No. 2 position... Named ACC Player of the Week (March 20)... Defeated Sarah Pham of 40th-ranked Utah in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, 6-2, 6-1... Defeated Lorena Aviles of UNF in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 6-1, 6-0... Defeated No. 40 Lindsey of 14th-ranked Virginia, 1-6, 7-5, 1-0... Defeated No. 31 Lauren McHale of seventh-ranked North Carolina, 6-1, 6-2... Defeated Elizabeth Kilborn of No. 24 Georgia Tech, 6-3, 6-1... Defeated No. 15 Diana Nakic of 12th-ranked Baylor, 6-2, 6-3... Defeated Noel Scott of 13th-ranked Texas, 6-4, 6-2... Defeated teammate and No. 16 Anna Bartenstein in the final of the FGCU Eagles Invitational, 7-5, 7-6 (7)... Defeated No. 82 Lutfiana Budiharto of 58th-ranked Wichita State in the semifinals of the FGCU Eagles Invitational, 6-2, 6-3... Teamed with Lina Lileikite in all but three spring doubles matches, with a record of 21-5. Rose to a season-high No. 74 in the ITA Rankings (March 13)... Played out of the No. 2 doubles position in all but seven matches... Defeated the duo of Rebeca Pereira and Simona Weymar of UNF in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 8-3... Defeated the duo of Lynn Blau and Elizabeth Kilborn of No. 24 Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament, 8-4... Defeated the No. 46 duo of Hana Tomlijanovic and Erin Vierra of 14th-ranked Virginia, 8-2... Defeated the duo of Diana Nakic and Sona Novakova of 12th-ranked Baylor, 8-4... Defeated the duo of Romy Kolzer and Beatrice Gumulya of 23rd-ranked Clemson, 8-3... Defeated the duo of Julia Jones and Caroline Rohde-Moe of 16th-ranked Ole Miss, 8-4... Defeated the duo of Krista Damico and Elizabeth Begley of 13th-ranked Texas, 8-2... Defeated the duo of Cecilia Estlander and Tayler Davis of eighth-ranked California, 8-5... Compiled a fall singles record of 6-1... Defeated No. 21 Emily Fraser of 14th-ranked Virginia in the final of the Duke Fab 4 Invite, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4... Defeated No. 53 Hanna Mar of third-ranked Duke in the semifinals of the Duke Fab 4 Invite, 6-3, 6-2... Defeated Rachael White of 20th-ranked Illinois, 6-0, 6-2... Defeated Haley Hemm of seventh-ranked North Carolina, 6-2, 6-0... Teamed with Anna Bartenstein in fall doubles, compiling a record of 6-2... Defeated the No. 56 duo of Ecaterina Vasenina and Loreta Alonso Martinez of 42nd-ranked USF in the Knights Invitational, 8-4... Defeated the duo of Allison Falkin and Melissa Kopinski of 20th-ranked Illinois at the Duke Fab 4 Invite, 8-5.
Junior Season (2010-11)
Finished the season 25-9 overall, 19-6 in dual match play and 8-3 against ACC opponents during the regular season ... Went 6-2 at No. 3 singles, 6-2 at No. 4 and 7-2 at No. 5 ... Won nine of her last 11 singles matches, including wins at No. 3 over ranked opponents from Michigan and Florida in the NCAA Championships ... Went 14-12 in doubles play while teamed with Melissa Bolivar in the No. 2 position ... Recorded an overall doubles record of 21-13 this year, adding a 7-1 record with Kayla Rizzolo from the fall ... Finished the year second on the team in singles wins (25), trailing only Bianca Eichkorn (33) ... Went 3-5 against ranked opponents in singles ... In the month of March, had wins at No. 5 over opponents from No. 4 Michigan, No. 11 Clemson, No. 6 North Carolina and TCU ... Picked up her first win at No. 3 with a 6-4, 6-4 win over NC State's Joelle Kissell on April 3 ... Won her spring opener over FAU in the No. 4 position before beating opponents from No. 54 FIU and No. 21 Arizona State in the No. 5 position during the ITA Kick-Off Weekend ... Her 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 win over ASU's 90th-ranked Hannah James gave Miami a match-clinching fourth point to send the 'Canes to the ITA National Indoors ... Finished the fall season 4-3 in singles play and 7-2 in doubles alongside teammate Kayla Rizzolo ... Ranked No. 83 in singles play during the fall season ... Held a ranking of No. 17 nationally in doubles with Danielle Mills entering the fall, but the tandem did not play a match together ... Alongside Rizzolo, won her only two doubles matches of the season-opening Miami Fall Invitational, downing UCF's Genevieve Lorbergs and Courtney Griffith, 8-5, and Michigan's Brooke Bolender and Denise Muresan, 8-6 ... Wrapped up the fall season winning the Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic doubles title with Rizzolo, cruising to three-straight 8-1 wins capped off by a victory over Oklahoma State's Nataliya Shatkovskaya and Kanyapat Narattana in the championship match ... Went 2-1 at the Southeast Regional Championship with Rizzolo, beating teams from Georgia Tech and Florida A&M before a Round of 16 loss to Florida's Sofie Owen and Allie Will .. Won all three of her singles matches at the Miami Fall Invitational, beating Josephine Haraldson of UCF (6-1, 6-1), Kate Parker of USF (6-1, 6-1) and Michelle Sulahian of Michigan (6-3, 6-3) ... Went 1-1 at the Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic, losing to Notre Dame's Christine McGaffigan, 6-3, 6-3, and beating teammate Danielle Mills, 6-0, 6-3.
Sophomore Season (2009-10)
Earned her first All-America honor after reaching the NCAA doubles quarterfinals alongside former teammate Laura Vallverdu ... Went 28-5 in singles play and 34-6 in doubles play, playing primarily with Vallverdu in the No. 1 position ... Played mostly at the No. 5 singles position, going 17-2 there ... Also went 5-1 at No. 4 ... Turned in an impressive mark of 22-3 in singles dual matches, including a perfect 11-0 record against ACC opposition during the regular season... Ranked as high as No. 87 in singles play and No. 3 in doubles ... After dropping her first match of the spring season, won 22 of her next 23 singles matches, including a streak of 15 straight from Feb. 14 to April 18 ... Went 2-1 in the NCAA Tournament, beating Boston's Monika Mical, 6-0, 6-0, and No. 26 USF's Jessica Zok, 6-0, 6-2, to help to `Canes to a regional title ... Went 12-5 against ranked doubles opponents while teamed with Vallverdu ... Paired up to defeat Cal's ninth-ranked tandem of Mari Andersson and Jana Juricova from Cal twice, including a 7-5, 6-2 victory in the NCAA Round of 16 ... Also during NCAA tournament play, beat USF's 16th-ranked team of Irene Rehberger and Melissa Koning, Northwestern's 59th-ranked team of Linda Abu Mushrefova and Lauren Lui and Denver's 54th-ranked pair of Sophia Bergner and Ute Schnoy ... Beat Georgia Tech's 21st-ranked team of Irina Falconi and Sasha Krupina, 8-4, in the ACC tournament ... Posted a 4-1 record in singles play during the fall campaign ... Ended the fall season with a 9-1 record in doubles competition, all alongside teammate Laura Vallverdu ... Won her first four singles matches, including a three-set decision (6-3, 2-6, 6-2) against No. 41 Yvette Hyndman of Georgia in second day action at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational ... Victory marked her first against a nationally ranked opponent ... Earned the flight title at the GTFI with her third win, a 6-3, 7-5 triumph over Georgia Tech's Sasha Krupina ... Claimed a win in her opening round match of the Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Championships, grabbing a 6-2, 6-1 decision over FIU's Maria Vallasciani ... Lost her only singles match of the fall on the strength of a 4-6, 2-6 setback at the hands of Florida State's Amy Sargeant at the FSU Invitational ... Teamed with Vallverdu for nine consecutive wins to open the fall in doubles play ... The duo entered the fall ranked No. 36 nationally in the preseason ITA doubles poll ... Defeated the 11th-ranked pair of Amanda McDowell and Irina Falconi of Georgia Tech in the season-opener at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational, using a 9-7 advantage in the match ... Won the main draw doubles competition at the Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Championships ... Defeated FIU's 25th-ranked duo of Liset Brito and Priscilla Castillo, 8-5, in the quarterfinals ... Knocked off Florida's Lauren Embree and Allie Will in the semifinals, 8-4 ... Took down USF's duo of Melissa Koning and Irene Rehberger in the finals, 8-3 ... Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships ... Outlasted California's second-ranked, and defending national doubles champs, Mari Andersson and Jana Juricova in the opening round, 9-7 ... Advanced to the semis with their 8-2 victory over Fresno Pacific's Vanessa Heroux and Katia Sabate in the quarterfinals ... Fell in her lone doubles match of the fall in the semis alongside Vallverdu on a tough three-setter (6-2, 3-6, 4-6) against Tennessee's seventh-ranked duo of Natalie Pluskota and Caitlin Whoriskey.
Freshman Season (2008-09)
Registered a 22-13 record on the year, including a 17-6 mark for the spring season ... Posted an 8-3 record in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) ... Recorded a 2-0 record at the No. 4 singles spot, while grabbing a 15-5 mark at her normal No. 5 position ... Posted a 14-21 record in doubles play for the year ... Teamed with partner Claudia Wasilewski for a 6-11 record on the year in double splay, including a 6-9 mark at the No. 3 position ... Went 2-0 with Michaela Kissell, including a 1-0 record in her only appearance at the No. 2 flight ... After dropping two of her first three matches to start the spring, Mejia bounced back for six consecutive match victories in which she earned a decision ... Took a 6-2, 6-2 win over #5 Stanford's Veronica Li in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Madison, Wis. ... Collected a win at home against Denise Muresan of #18 Michigan in straight sets, 6-0, 7-5 ... Defeated #8 Georgia Tech's Sasha Krupina in three sets, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 ... Turned back Nanar Airapetian of #21 Arkansas with a 6-1, 6-2 triumph in Miami's win at home ... Collected another home victory on the strength of a 6-1, 7-5 triumph over Jocelyn Ffriend of #15 North Carolina ... Began an impressive five-match winning streak at #22 Virginia downing Claire Bartlett in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3 ... Recorded a 6-1, 6-1 win over Ryann Cutillo of Wake Forest in the opening round of the ACC Championships ... Earned a 7-5, 6-0 win against #29 FIU's Priscilla Castillo during the NCAA Championships [Coral Gables Regional], 7-5, 6-0 ... Continued her hot play late in the season with a 6-1, 6-4 straight-set defeat of #11 UCLA's Ashley Joelson in the Round of 16 at the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas ... Teamed with Claudia Wasilewski for an 8-6 win in doubles play over #29 FIU's Priscilla Castillo and Maria Spenceley during the NCAA Championships [Coral Gables Regional], 8-6 ... Also teamed with Wasilewski for an 8-3 win at the No. 3 doubles spot against #15 North Carolina's team of Meg Fanjoy and Laura Reichert ... Went 5-7 in the fall season for singles play, as well as collecting an even 5-5 mark for doubles ... Earned a 6-2, 1-0, ret. Win in her collegiate debut against Lauren Sabacinski (William & Mary) in the 16th Annual William & Mary Invitational ... Lost a tough three-set affair (6-1, 6-7, 4-10) in the consolation round to Richmond's Erin Clark ... Teamed with Jenna Osborne for an 8-1 win over Harvard's Holly Cao and Laura Peterzan in doubles action ... Collected a win in the first round of the Riviera/ITA All-American qualifying against San Diego's Maja Sujica, 6-3, 6-2 ... Defeated Clemson's team of Estefania Balda and Laurianne Henry, 9-7, with teammate Bianca Eichkorn in the doubles qualifying bracket ... Fell in the quarterfinals to USC's team of Alison Ramos and Maria Sanchez, 3-8 ... Picked up a win over UNC's Sophie Grabinski (6-0, 7-6) in the first round of the Palm Desert Classic in California ... Defeated UCF's Andrea Yacaman, 6-4, 6-7, 6-4, in her first match of the UM Women's Tennis Fall Invitational ... Also defeated Maria Dolores Pazo of cross-town rival FIU, 6-3, 6-1 in a straight-set contest.
High School/Prep
Participated in the Copa Colsanitas Tournament in Bogota, Colombia where she finished in the quarterfinals in 2008 ... Took part in a tournament in her hometown of Cali, advancing to the round of 16 ... Took part in the Girls 18-under Nicolas Machivello Copa Graiman Tournament in Guayaquil in 2007 ... Advanced to the Round of 16 in that event ... Qualified for the Copa Colsanitas in 2007 as well ... Also saw action in several out-of-country tournaments such as Mexico City, Monterrey, Mazatlan and Chihuahua ... Finished in the quarterfinals of a tournament in Caracas in 2006.
