2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster

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Marlee Zein

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School Fort Bend Dulles High School
  • Hometown Sugar Land, Texas

Biography

Career Record Through 2021-22*
Year
Overall Singles Dual Singles
SEC Singles
NCAA Singles Overall Doubles Dual Doubles SEC Doubles
NCAA Doubles
2018-19 19-17 11-11 7-6 0-1 18-17 10-11 5-6 1-1
2019-20 11-7 5-1 2-1 0-0 10-6 5-3 2-1 0-0
2020-21 10-9 8-6 5-3 0-1 16-9 11-6 4-2 2-0
2021-22 17-17 11-10 7-5 1-1 22-18 13-11 5-6 1-1
Total
57-50 35-28 21-15 1-2 66-50 39-31 16-15 4-2

 All-Time Singles Dual Match Record by Position 
Year #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Overall
2018-19 0-0 1-0 1-5 9-6 0-0 0-0 11-11
2019-20 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-1 0-0 0-0 5-1
2020-21 0-0 6-6 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 8-6
2021-22 0-0 7-7 4-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 11-10
Total 0-0 14-13 7-8 14-7 0-0 0-0 35-28

All-Time Doubles Dual Match Record by Position 
Year #1 #2 #3 Overall
2018-19 0-1 0-1 10-9 10-11
2019-20 3-1 1-0 1-2 5-3
2020-21 11-6 0-0 0-0 11-6
2021-22 9-8 4-3 0-0 13-11
Total 23-16 5-4 11-11 39-31
  • Graduate from Florida in May 2022 with a degree in Health Education and Behavior

2021-22 Season
FALL
  • Opened the fall season ranked No. 64 in singles and No. 39 in doubles with Alicia Dudeney in the ITA Preseason National Rankings
  • Collected a win in singles at the Kitty Harrison Invitational to open the fall season
  • Tallied three-consecutive ranked victories at the ITA Women’s All-American Championship against No. 32 Cameron Morra (North Carolina), No. 52 Anna Campana (Wake Forest) and No. 67 Kylie Collins (Texas)…Qualified for the main draw after posting a 3-0 mark in qualifying
  • Finished as ITA Southeast Regional Runner-Up in doubles with Carly Briggs, picking up three wins en route to the championship round…Earned a singles victory as well
  • Claimed consolation doubles title at the ITA National Fall Championships with Carly Briggs…Claimed four-straight wins, including ranked victory over No. 28 Lewis/Pietrowicz (Michigan State)
SPRING
  • Second Team All-SEC honoree
  • SEC Community Service Team honoree
  • Qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship alongside Carly Briggs
  • Final ITA Doubles Ranking: 33
  • Final ITA Singles Ranking: 81
  • Finished 11-10 in dual singles, going 7-5 in SEC play at primarily two singles
  • Clinched the second-most matches on the team with four winners
  • Picked-up three ranked victories in dual competition, including a 6-3, 0-6, 6-2 win over No. 28 Subhash of Virginia 
  • Was victorious over Anna Arkadianou of Florida State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
  • Overall, ended 22-17 in doubles play with a 13-11 mark during the dual season at the one and two positions
  • Picked-up a top-10 win over Tennessee's No. 10 McGiffin/Kuczer: 6-4, for their highest-rated win of the year
  • Claimed victory over Florida State's Allen/Motosono in the second round of the NCAA Tournament alongside Bente Spee: 6-0
  • Ranked No. 34 in singles competition to start the season and No. 24 with Carly Briggs in doubles
  • Defeated No. 11 Zaar/Flores at the Freeman Memorial with Briggs...Also earned an additional doubles victory and one singles win

2020-21 Season
  • 2021 ITA Scholar Athlete
  • 2021 SEC Community Service Team honoree
  • Second Team All-SEC selection
  • Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll selection
  • Advanced to the round of 16 in the NCAA Doubles Championship with McCartney Kessler, recording a victory over No. 13 Raven Neely and Tatiana Simova (Louisville) before dropping a decision to No. 17 Sofia Munera and Natasha Subhash (Virginia)
  • Put together an impressive junior season with the Gators, recording a 10-9 record in dual match singles and a 11-6 mark in dual match doubles
  • Competing primarily at Florida’s No. 2 singles position, Zein rose to as high as No. 36 in the ITA rankings
  • Final National Singles Ranking: 90
  • Final Regionals Singles Ranking: 14 (Southeast)
  • Final National Doubles Ranking: 7
  • Final Regional Doubles Ranking: 3 (Southeast)
  • Appeared in four sets of ITA rankings
  • The Texas native collected three victories over ranked foes including two top-50 wins. In doubles, Zein and McCartney Kessler formed the Gators’ top tandem at No. 1
  • At a point in the season, the duo recorded nine-straight victories and finished the regular season with five wins over nationally-ranked opponents
  • Kessler and Zein entered the season ranked No. 26 in the ITA doubles rankings and rose to as high as No. 2

2019-20 Season
  • ITA All-Academic Scholar Athlete
  • 2020 SEC Community Service Team honoree
  • Finished the shortened season with an 11-7 overall record which included a 5-1 mark in dual match play
  • Her 11 wins ranked second on the team and her .833 winning percentage in dual match action was the best on the squad
  • Came in at No. 85 in the ITA preseason singles rankings
  • Also held an ITA ranking in doubles with Layne Sleeth in four different sets, reaching as high as No. 32 in the November 13 issue
  • After beginning the season 2-3, Zein rattled off three-straight wins at the Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic
  • Reached the event’s championship singles match, but fell 7-5, 6-1 to Oklahoma’s Marcelina Podlinksa
  • Teaming up with Tsveta Dimitrova, claimed the doubles title at the Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic and went a perfect 3-0
  • Opened dual match play with five-consecutive wins
  • Clinched Florida’s win over Oklahoma in the ITA Kick-Off, with a dramatic 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 victory on court four over OU's Oleksandra Korashvili
  • Provided the finishing heroics as she clinched Florida’s 4-3 come-from-behind win at No. 48 Auburn with a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) win over Georgie Axon
  • Posted a 4-1 record when competing with McCartney Kessler in doubles, competing at the No. 1 slot in four matches
2018-19 Season
  • SEC All-Freshman team honoree
  • Tabbed to First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll 
  • ITA All-Academic Scholar Athlete
  • Posted 11 singles wins and 10 doubles victories during the dual match slate
  • Tied team lead with three match clinching wins
  • Clinched UF’s win over Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament (4/18/19)
  • Garnered SEC Freshman of the Week honors on two occasions (4/3/19 and 4/16/19)
  • Saw the majority of her time at No. 4 but also played No. 3 when injuries caused lineup to shuffle
  • Claimed the Flight A Doubles Title at the Seminole All-Conference Showdown with Tsveta Dimitrova
Prior to Florida
  • 2018 Texas Class 6A University Interscholastic League (UIL) singles champion
  • Placed second as a freshman in 2015 in only other season of high school play
  • 2018 All-Greater Houston Girls Tennis Player of the Year
  • Won two ITF singles titles during the summer of 2018: Davis Trading Junior ITF Vancouver Championships (July) and the Canadian Saville ITF U18 (June)
  • Singles semifinalist at the Pan American ITF Championships
  • Reached round of 16 at the Abierto Juvenil Mexicano, a Grade A event
  • Advanced to round of 32 at two Grade 1 events: Eddie Herr ITF and the USTA International Spring Championships
  • Won the Canadian Saville ITF U18 Doubles and was a runner-up at the Davis Trading Junior ITF Vancouver Championships
  • Doubles quarterfinalist at the Mundial Juvenil de Tennis (January) and the Easter Bowl Championships
  • No. 6 in the national recruiting rankings
  • No. 2 ranking among all players from the Gulf States region and the state of Texas
  • Competed in the USTA national clay court championships (2014) where she won her first "Bronze ball
  • In 2016, Zein was one of 30 players in the country named to the first-ever USTA Junior Leadership Team, which recognizes America's finest junior tennis players who exhibit leadership, sportsmanship and character on and off the court
Just for Fun
  • One of three tennis playing sisters

Statistics

Season:
2021-22

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    5'9"

  • 2019-20Sophomore

    5'9"

  • 2020-21Junior

    5'9"

  • 2021-22Senior

    5'9"

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