2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
Taylor Melville
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- High School:
- Gwinett Online School
- Hometown:
- Duluth, Georgia
Honors and Awards: 2023 ITA Mountain Regional Senior Player of the Year...2023 Summit League Player of the Year...All-Summit League Team (2021, 2022 and 2023)…Summit League Women’s Tennis Player of the Week (01/21/20, 02/18/20, 03/10/20, 02/23/21, 01/31/23, 02/14/23, 04/11/23)...Named a Summit League Preseason Athlete to Watch (Jan. 13, 2021).
2022-23: Eclipsed 30 singles wins and lost only match during the fall season (to then No. 1-ranked Fiona Crawley [North Carolina])...went 16-4 at No. 1 singles including 5-0 in Summit League play...added 10 doubles wins with two different partners...qualified for NCAA singles tournament but fell in straight sets to then-ranked No. 6 Chloe Beck (Duke) in the first round...finished year ranked No. 106 in final ITA national singles rankings after ranking as high as No. 65.
2021-22: 8-7 in singles action, including 6-1 in Summit League play…Went 4-2 on court one and 4-5 on court two…Went 3-1 in Denver’s last 10 matches and won her last two decisions…7-6 in doubles play, including 4-0 in the Summit League…Played all of her decisions with partners Anna Riedmiller and Toni Nelson.
2020-21: 9-4 in singles play, including a perfect 5-0 on the Pioneers No. 2 court…Won her last eight singles matches…10-5 in doubles action, including a 7-1 mark on Denver’s last two doubles courts…Played the first half of the season with Hada Chang and the second half of the season with Toni Nelson...Ranked 117th in Oracle/ITA Division I singles rankings and ranked 36th in Oracle/ITA Division I doubles rankings with partner Hada Chang (Jan. 13, 2021)
2019-20: 12-2 in singles play, playing all 14 of her matches on Denver's top court...11-5 in doubles play, playing all 16 matches on the No. 1 court with partner Hada Chang...Ranked 103rd in the Oracle/ITA Division I singles rankings (Feb. 18, 2020)...Ranked 69th in the Oracle/ITA Division I doubles rankings with partner Hada Chang (March 3, 2020)...Named ITA Mountain Region Player to Watch (May 18, 2020).
2018-19 (Furman University): Assembled a 10-3 singles record, going 6-1 at No. 3 and 4-1 at No. 4 in the spring season...Posted a 10-4 doubles record during the spring season...Recorded a singles victory against Penn State and doubles victories against Penn State and Iowa...
Before Denver: Recognized as a five-star recruit and ranked as high as 22nd in the nation for her class on tennisrecruiting.net...
Personal: Daughter of Eric and Chanda Melville...Has two brothers and one sister...Aspires to play professional tennis following her collegiate career...Majoring in chemistry to become a toxicologist or nuclear chemist upon graduation...Enjoys doing puzzles, playing volleyball and shopping in her free time...
2022-23: Eclipsed 30 singles wins and lost only match during the fall season (to then No. 1-ranked Fiona Crawley [North Carolina])...went 16-4 at No. 1 singles including 5-0 in Summit League play...added 10 doubles wins with two different partners...qualified for NCAA singles tournament but fell in straight sets to then-ranked No. 6 Chloe Beck (Duke) in the first round...finished year ranked No. 106 in final ITA national singles rankings after ranking as high as No. 65.
2021-22: 8-7 in singles action, including 6-1 in Summit League play…Went 4-2 on court one and 4-5 on court two…Went 3-1 in Denver’s last 10 matches and won her last two decisions…7-6 in doubles play, including 4-0 in the Summit League…Played all of her decisions with partners Anna Riedmiller and Toni Nelson.
2020-21: 9-4 in singles play, including a perfect 5-0 on the Pioneers No. 2 court…Won her last eight singles matches…10-5 in doubles action, including a 7-1 mark on Denver’s last two doubles courts…Played the first half of the season with Hada Chang and the second half of the season with Toni Nelson...Ranked 117th in Oracle/ITA Division I singles rankings and ranked 36th in Oracle/ITA Division I doubles rankings with partner Hada Chang (Jan. 13, 2021)
2019-20: 12-2 in singles play, playing all 14 of her matches on Denver's top court...11-5 in doubles play, playing all 16 matches on the No. 1 court with partner Hada Chang...Ranked 103rd in the Oracle/ITA Division I singles rankings (Feb. 18, 2020)...Ranked 69th in the Oracle/ITA Division I doubles rankings with partner Hada Chang (March 3, 2020)...Named ITA Mountain Region Player to Watch (May 18, 2020).
2018-19 (Furman University): Assembled a 10-3 singles record, going 6-1 at No. 3 and 4-1 at No. 4 in the spring season...Posted a 10-4 doubles record during the spring season...Recorded a singles victory against Penn State and doubles victories against Penn State and Iowa...
Before Denver: Recognized as a five-star recruit and ranked as high as 22nd in the nation for her class on tennisrecruiting.net...
Personal: Daughter of Eric and Chanda Melville...Has two brothers and one sister...Aspires to play professional tennis following her collegiate career...Majoring in chemistry to become a toxicologist or nuclear chemist upon graduation...Enjoys doing puzzles, playing volleyball and shopping in her free time...
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