2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster
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Zein, Marlee
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Marlee Zein
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Fort Bend Dulles High School
- Hometown:
- Sugar Land, Texas
Bio
Career Record Through 2021-22*
All-Time Singles Dual Match Record by Position
All-Time Doubles Dual Match Record by Position
2021-22 Season
FALL
2020-21 Season
2019-20 Season
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Overall Singles | Dual Singles |
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NCAA Singles | Overall Doubles | Dual Doubles | SEC Doubles |
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| 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 | |||||
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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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- One of three tennis playing sisters
NCAA: Roland Thornqvist Press Conference 5-5-24
Sunday, May 05
NCAA: Coach Thornqvist & Rachel Gailis 5-4-24
Saturday, May 04
Roland Thornqvist Postmatch NCAA Second Round 5-6-23
Saturday, May 06
Roland Thornqvist Postmatch NCAA First Round 5-5-23
Friday, May 05
