Melissa Koning Class: Sophomore Hometown: Mount Eliza, Australia High School: Frankston Height: 5-10 Experience: 1L

2007 Fall (Sophomore):
Finished the fall 11-3 singles, 8-4 doubles... Ranked as the ITA Preseason No. 6doubles team along with partner Alex Haney... Put together five consecutive wins spanning the Maryland Fall Invitational and Riviera/ITA All-American Championship...Advanced to the third round of the Riviera/ITA All-American Championship...Advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA Southern Regional Tennis Championship...Advanced to the second round of the SEC Coaches Classic with a win over Renee Joseph of MSU 6-3, 6-1...Went undefeated in consolation at the SEC Coaches Classic...Partnered with Gaby Beelen to win three-of-four matches at the Maryland Fall Invitational...Paired with Alex Haney to go 5-3 in doubles match play...the pair advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Southern Regional Championship...Duo had three wins in consolation at the SEC Coaches Classic...Paired with Gaby Beelen to win three-of-four doubles matches.

2007 Spring (Freshman):
Finished the spring 13-8, 5-6 SEC...First SEC win came over Elna de Villiers of MSU 7-5, 3-6, 6-1...Strung together three consecutive wins at MSU, Ole Miss and No. 39 South Florida...Put together three consecutive SEC victories over No. 58 Arkansas, No. 39 LSU and No. 57 Alabama to close out the regular season...Defeated Maryori Franco of Arkansas 5-7, 7-5, 6-4...Defeated Nicole Kantor of LSU 6-4, 3-6, 7-5...Defeated Shelley Goodwin of Alabama 6-1, 6-3...Defeated Berkley Brock in the NCAA South Regional 6-1, 6-3...Half of the ITA No. 20 doubles duo (March 9) along with Alex Haney that climbed as high as 13th by the end of the season...Paired with Haney to go 14-7, 6-4, in the SEC... The pair strung four consecutive victories over Louisville, Ohio State, No. 31 Kentucky and No. 17 Vanderbilt...After one loss to MSU, the pair strung together five consecutive doubles victories, including three SEC wins...Upset No. 13 duo Yvette Hyndman and Darya Ivanov of Georgia 8-2 in Auburn's win...Duo defeated Nanar Airapetian and Mayori Franco in the SEC Tournament...Defeated No. 13 Hyndman and Ivanov of Georgia in the SEC Tournament...Final loss came in the South Regional to NC State...Also paired with Jil Hastenrath to split two matches, defeating South Alabama and falling to Alabama.

2006 Fall (Freshman):
Finished with an 8-3 singles record... Went on a five match win streak that included a pair at the Brown Invitational... Picked up an opening round win at the ITA Regional Championships... Won three matches in-a-row at the SEC Coaches Classic, each in three set thrillers... Went 5-4 in doubles with Chappell... Won four-straight matches, including an 8-3 victory over Joseph/Feit of Mississippi State... Beat Schutte/Zubor of Tennessee, 8-6 at SEC Coaches Classic.

Personal: Born on May 10, 1987 in Box Hill, Australia... Daughter of Bram and Sharon Koning... Marjoring in either health promotion or zoology.