University of West Alabama

Melanie Gravdahl, Fy., Tennis | Athletic Performance
Roseville, Minn. / Roseville Area
Rookie Melanie Gravdahl earns her first Fleur-de-lis Award in her time at St. Kate's, delivering a perfect 4-0 performance, competing at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles, and helping the team to two key MIAC victories. Against St. Olaf, Gravdahl and doubles partner Liliana Holmberg won the tiebreaker to secure the doubles point. She carried that momentum into singles play, earning a strong 6-4, 6-3 win. At St. Scholastica, Gravdahl claimed the doubles point with Holmberg again and battled back in a marathon second-set tiebreaker, winning 13-11 while fighting off a match point. She completed the comeback with a 10-7 win in the third-set tiebreaker to seal the match.