Army West Point Athletics
2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Allen, Melanie
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Melanie Allen
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Cape Coral
- Hometown:
- Cape Coral, Fla.
Bio
HONORS AND ACCOLADES
2018-19: Competed to an 8-5 singles mark and 8-8 record in doubles … placed second at the Quinnipiac Invite (Sept. 14-16) … compiled a three-match winning streak against Binghamton’s Michelle Eisenberg (Feb. 1), Rutgers’ Kristiana Zahare (Feb. 8) and Stony Brook’s Maria Pinto Ribeiro (Feb. 9) … collected three consecutive doubles victories versus Fordham, Quinnipiac and Holy Cross from Feb. 23-March 22 … captured her 25th career singles dual victory with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Kamilla Nella of Quinnipiac at the No. 3 position (March 2) … capped her singles career with a 6-1,6-0 win against St. Francis Brooklyn’s Ana Orozco in the third flight on senior day (April 17) … added a 6-0 victory in the top doubles flight alongside teammate Ana Joyner versus Orozco and Runsi Patro … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member.
2017-18: Was the Black Knights’ starter in the No. 2 singles position and top doubles team … member of the Patriot League Doubles Team of the Year with Ana Joyner … added Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors … named to the All-Patriot League First Team, Patriot League All-Academic Team and Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … posted personal bests in singles overall (18-11) and against Patriot League opponents (4-1) and in doubles overall (21-14) … went 9-4 in singles duals … documented a 13-8 mark in doubles duals, including a 3-2 mark in league … tied for the team-lead in singles wins against league opponents … finished second in doubles wins … finished fourth on the team in singles wins … tied for fourth in dual wins for singles and doubles … tallied a season-long five-match winning streak in singles from Sept. 9-16 … earned her 25th-career singles victory over Quinnipiac’s Jennifer Lu, 6-3, 6-4, in the first round of the Quinnipiac Invite (Sept. 15) … captured her 25th-career doubles victory with a 6-2 decision over Melody Tall and Katie Kim of Seton Hall at the West Point Invite (Sept. 22) … played alongside Joyner … won the A doubles title at Lehigh’s Patriot League Kickoff (Oct. 13-15) with Joyner … defeated teammates Kirby Einck and Gloria Son in the finals, 6-3 … qualified for the ITA Northeast Regionals in both singles and doubles (Oct. 19) … totaled a 9-2 record over a stretch of 14 singles matches from Jan. 31 through April 21 … notched her first-career win at the No. 2 singles position with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory against Chloe Lee of Rutgers (Jan. 31) … topped Loyola’s Amanda Lanciano, 6-0, 6-2 (March 25), Colgate’s Lauren O’Brien, 6-2, 6-2 (April 9), Lehigh’s Paula Gonzalez, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 (April 13) and Boston University’s Remi Ramos, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (April 15) during that stretch … clinched her 20th-career dual win in singles and the match victory over the Terriers for Army’s second-straight regular season win over BU … went 10-1 over 12 doubles matches from Feb. 2 through March 25 … added her 20th-career doubles dual victory by blanking Maria Pinto Riberto and Elizabeth Tsvetkov of Stony Brook, 6-0 (Feb. 10) … was 1-0 in singles and 1-1 in doubles at the Patriot League Tournament (April 20-22) ... topped Ramos from BU, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in the semifinals (April 22) … squared off against No. 11 Texas Tech’s 58th-ranked Felicity Maltby in singles and 28th-ranked doubles team of Sabrina Federici and Sarah Dvorak in the top flight alongside Ana Joyner in the first round of the NCAA Championships (May 11).
2016-17: Started at the No. 1 position for both singles and doubles for the Black Knights as a sophomore … compiled a record of 17-10 in singles and 19-9 in doubles … was 11-7 in duals for singles and 15-5 in doubles … ranked first on the team in top flight singles wins and doubles dual wins … finished second in doubles wins overall and at No. 1 … was third in singles wins, singles dual wins and singles and doubles Patriot League wins … earned her first-career start at No. 1 singles in the season-opener at Cornell versus Marika Cusick … notched first No. 1 singles victory of her career against Mingxiu Du of Rutgers, 6-4, 6-4 … rattled off a season-best six consecutive victories from March 2-April 8 …. documented the first dual win of her career against a Patriot League opponent with a 6-2, 6-0 decision over Loyola’s Amanda Lanciano … named the Patriot League’s Player of the Week and Army Athletic Association’s Athlete of the Week on April 11 after leading the Black Knights to a Star Match victory over service-academy rival Navy … captured a 6-1 victory in doubles alongside Nancy Porter before clinching the team win with a 7-5, 6-3 victory in singles … went on a season long eight-match winning streak in doubles from Feb. 11-March 2, playing with Porter, Bridget Guenard and Sera Martorelli … posted a 2-0 showing in both singles and doubles at the Patriot League tournament … made her tournament debut in doubles against Lafayette’s Tori Almeida and Meredith Block, taking a 6-0 decision … topped Rocine Moschella of Lafayette, 6-1, 6-0, at the No. 1 singles position for her first-career tournament singles win … First Team All-Patriot League member … Academic All-Patriot League honoree.
2015-16: Saw limited action as a freshman … went 4-2 in singles and 2-3 in doubles … won her first collegiate singles match against Amanda Pitcocco of Sacred Heart, 6-3, 6-1, at the West Point Invite … posted a 1-1 record in singles duals … defeated Isabella Wagener of LIU Brooklyn in the sixth flight, 6-1, 6-0, for her first-career dual victory in singles action … documented a 1-2 record in duals for doubles … lone victory came with Porter against Rhode Island’s Nicole Kalver and Jordan Rucks in the third flight by the score of 6-2 … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member.
Background: Played tennis for coach Todd Wise at Cape Coral High School … four star recruit according to the Tennis Recruiting Network … ranked as high as 153 … was voted a team captain by her teammates three out of the four years … earned state champion and district champion honors … two-time All-Lee County player … given name is Melanie Marie Allen … majoring in Psychology.
SINGLES
DOUBLES
- 2018 Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 2018 Patriot League Doubles Team of the Year (with Ana Joyner)
- 2x All-Patriot League First Team (2017 & 2018)
- 2x Academic All-Patriot League Team (2017 & 2018)
- 4x Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019)
2018-19: Competed to an 8-5 singles mark and 8-8 record in doubles … placed second at the Quinnipiac Invite (Sept. 14-16) … compiled a three-match winning streak against Binghamton’s Michelle Eisenberg (Feb. 1), Rutgers’ Kristiana Zahare (Feb. 8) and Stony Brook’s Maria Pinto Ribeiro (Feb. 9) … collected three consecutive doubles victories versus Fordham, Quinnipiac and Holy Cross from Feb. 23-March 22 … captured her 25th career singles dual victory with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Kamilla Nella of Quinnipiac at the No. 3 position (March 2) … capped her singles career with a 6-1,6-0 win against St. Francis Brooklyn’s Ana Orozco in the third flight on senior day (April 17) … added a 6-0 victory in the top doubles flight alongside teammate Ana Joyner versus Orozco and Runsi Patro … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member.
2017-18: Was the Black Knights’ starter in the No. 2 singles position and top doubles team … member of the Patriot League Doubles Team of the Year with Ana Joyner … added Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors … named to the All-Patriot League First Team, Patriot League All-Academic Team and Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … posted personal bests in singles overall (18-11) and against Patriot League opponents (4-1) and in doubles overall (21-14) … went 9-4 in singles duals … documented a 13-8 mark in doubles duals, including a 3-2 mark in league … tied for the team-lead in singles wins against league opponents … finished second in doubles wins … finished fourth on the team in singles wins … tied for fourth in dual wins for singles and doubles … tallied a season-long five-match winning streak in singles from Sept. 9-16 … earned her 25th-career singles victory over Quinnipiac’s Jennifer Lu, 6-3, 6-4, in the first round of the Quinnipiac Invite (Sept. 15) … captured her 25th-career doubles victory with a 6-2 decision over Melody Tall and Katie Kim of Seton Hall at the West Point Invite (Sept. 22) … played alongside Joyner … won the A doubles title at Lehigh’s Patriot League Kickoff (Oct. 13-15) with Joyner … defeated teammates Kirby Einck and Gloria Son in the finals, 6-3 … qualified for the ITA Northeast Regionals in both singles and doubles (Oct. 19) … totaled a 9-2 record over a stretch of 14 singles matches from Jan. 31 through April 21 … notched her first-career win at the No. 2 singles position with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory against Chloe Lee of Rutgers (Jan. 31) … topped Loyola’s Amanda Lanciano, 6-0, 6-2 (March 25), Colgate’s Lauren O’Brien, 6-2, 6-2 (April 9), Lehigh’s Paula Gonzalez, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 (April 13) and Boston University’s Remi Ramos, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (April 15) during that stretch … clinched her 20th-career dual win in singles and the match victory over the Terriers for Army’s second-straight regular season win over BU … went 10-1 over 12 doubles matches from Feb. 2 through March 25 … added her 20th-career doubles dual victory by blanking Maria Pinto Riberto and Elizabeth Tsvetkov of Stony Brook, 6-0 (Feb. 10) … was 1-0 in singles and 1-1 in doubles at the Patriot League Tournament (April 20-22) ... topped Ramos from BU, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in the semifinals (April 22) … squared off against No. 11 Texas Tech’s 58th-ranked Felicity Maltby in singles and 28th-ranked doubles team of Sabrina Federici and Sarah Dvorak in the top flight alongside Ana Joyner in the first round of the NCAA Championships (May 11).
2016-17: Started at the No. 1 position for both singles and doubles for the Black Knights as a sophomore … compiled a record of 17-10 in singles and 19-9 in doubles … was 11-7 in duals for singles and 15-5 in doubles … ranked first on the team in top flight singles wins and doubles dual wins … finished second in doubles wins overall and at No. 1 … was third in singles wins, singles dual wins and singles and doubles Patriot League wins … earned her first-career start at No. 1 singles in the season-opener at Cornell versus Marika Cusick … notched first No. 1 singles victory of her career against Mingxiu Du of Rutgers, 6-4, 6-4 … rattled off a season-best six consecutive victories from March 2-April 8 …. documented the first dual win of her career against a Patriot League opponent with a 6-2, 6-0 decision over Loyola’s Amanda Lanciano … named the Patriot League’s Player of the Week and Army Athletic Association’s Athlete of the Week on April 11 after leading the Black Knights to a Star Match victory over service-academy rival Navy … captured a 6-1 victory in doubles alongside Nancy Porter before clinching the team win with a 7-5, 6-3 victory in singles … went on a season long eight-match winning streak in doubles from Feb. 11-March 2, playing with Porter, Bridget Guenard and Sera Martorelli … posted a 2-0 showing in both singles and doubles at the Patriot League tournament … made her tournament debut in doubles against Lafayette’s Tori Almeida and Meredith Block, taking a 6-0 decision … topped Rocine Moschella of Lafayette, 6-1, 6-0, at the No. 1 singles position for her first-career tournament singles win … First Team All-Patriot League member … Academic All-Patriot League honoree.
2015-16: Saw limited action as a freshman … went 4-2 in singles and 2-3 in doubles … won her first collegiate singles match against Amanda Pitcocco of Sacred Heart, 6-3, 6-1, at the West Point Invite … posted a 1-1 record in singles duals … defeated Isabella Wagener of LIU Brooklyn in the sixth flight, 6-1, 6-0, for her first-career dual victory in singles action … documented a 1-2 record in duals for doubles … lone victory came with Porter against Rhode Island’s Nicole Kalver and Jordan Rucks in the third flight by the score of 6-2 … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member.
Background: Played tennis for coach Todd Wise at Cape Coral High School … four star recruit according to the Tennis Recruiting Network … ranked as high as 153 … was voted a team captain by her teammates three out of the four years … earned state champion and district champion honors … two-time All-Lee County player … given name is Melanie Marie Allen … majoring in Psychology.
SINGLES
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tour | PL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2015-16 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 |
| 2016-17 | 17-10 | 11-7 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2017-18 | 18-11 | 9-4 | 9-7 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2018-19 | 8-5 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Career Totals | 47-28 | 26-12 | 21-12 | 7-3 | 11-7 | 11-8 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 |
DOUBLES
| Year | Overall | Dual | Tour | PL | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015-16 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2016-17 | 19-9 | 15-5 | 4-4 | 3-1 | 9-4 | 1-0 | 5-1 |
| 2017-18 | 21-14 | 13-8 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2018-19 | 8-8 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Career Totals | 50-34 | 34-19 | 16-14 | 7-4 | 25-15 | 3-3 | 6-2 |
Army vs Bucknell Court 3
Saturday, April 15
Army vs Bucknell Court 1
Saturday, April 15
Army vs Navy - Courts 2, 4, 6
Saturday, April 01
Army vs Navy - Court 3
Saturday, April 01
