2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Mel Krywoj
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- FASTA
- Prev School:
- FASTA
- Hometown:
- Lobos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• 2022 ITA All-American
• 2022 All-Big 12 First Team Doubles
• 2022 All-Big 12 Second Team Singles
• 2022 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2021 All-Big 12 First Team Singles
• 2021 All-Big 12 First Team Doubles
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Spring 2022 (3rd Year Senior):
Finished her senior year with a 15-12 record, including a 9-9 mark in dual action … Landed as the No. 3 singles player for the Bears where she finished the spring 8-5 on that court … Along with her partner Alicia Herrero, became the first Baylor tandem to receive a No. 1 national ranking by the ITA … All-Big 12 First Team doubles … All-Big 12 Second Team Singles… Advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Doubles Championships … Named an All-American.
Fall 2021 (3rd Year Senior):
Ranked No. 37 in the ITA Preseason Poll … Came in at No. 13 by the ITA in doubles along with Alicia Herrero Linana … Along with Linana became the first Baylor doubles team to win the ITA Regional title since 2016 … Upset the top-seeded doubles team of Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth of Wake Forest at ITA Fall Nationals (11/6) … Finished ITA Fall Nationals semifinalists
2020-21 (2nd-Year Junior):
First Bear to be named All-Big 12 First Team in singles and doubles since 2015 … Posted an 11-7 dual-match record in singles in the spring, including a 4-2 record in the Big 12 … All 18 decisions were on the No. 1 singles court … Led Baylor with three wins vs. the ITA Top 125 … Went 18-5 in doubles in the spring with a 6-0 league record alongside teammate Angelina Shakhraichuk; the pair was named All-Big 12 First Team … Took down two Top 40 ITA opponents with wins over No. 37-ranked Ilze Hattingh (Arizona State, Jan. 23) and No. 24 Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Oklahoma State, March 21) … Had a career-best eight match win streak spanning from her last three matches of the fall and first five dual matches from Nov. 6, 2020-Jan. 31, 2021 … Second on the team with eight wins in the fall, collecting an 8-4 mark ... She won a consolation bracket in singles at the Fall Series Championships in Stillwater, Okla., Nov. 6-8 ... Teamed up with Alicia Herrero Linana to post a 7-5 record in doubles ... Krywoj and Herrero Linana reached the title match of the Fall Series Championships in Stillwater, Okla. before falling, resulting in a 3-1 weekend.
Spring 2020 (Junior):
Debuted in the spring and collected a 6-5 overall record with a 3-4 mark in dual-match play … Played all seven dual matches on the No. 1 court … Won her collegiate debut with a 6-4, 6-2 win vs. Wake Forest … Went 6-2 on the season in doubles, including a 6-1 mark in dual-match play … Won a Big 12 doubles match with Alicia Herrero Linana, March 6 vs. Iowa State.
2018-19:
Served a year-in residence beginning in the Spring of 2019.
Prep/Juniors:
Attended FASTA and SEADEA schools in Lobos, Buenos Aires, Argentina … competed in the semifinals on the ITF Circuit for Future $15K … Advanced to the second round in both the Roland Garros Junior and Wimbledon Junior … Earned a spot on the South American Cup in 2014 … Played in the South American Games (ODESUR) in 2018 … Ranked in the top 1,000 in year-end WTA singles rankings in 2017 and 2018 … Career-high WTA singles ranking was 731 in May of 2018 and career-best doubles ranking was 877 in May of 2018 … Enters Baylor with a career 60-33 singles record in the ITF Circuit.
Personal:
Born 27 Feb. 1998 ... Majoring in integrated studies.
