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Maria Belaya
Position: Athlete
Height: 5'4"
Year: Junior
Hometown: Melbourne, Fla.
High School: Champion Prep/Clemson
Maria Belaya
Courtesy: TribeAthletics.com
Release: 07/31/2012
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2011-12)
Competed in the NCAA Doubles Championship along with Jeltje Loomans ... A First-Team All-CAA selection in both singles and doubles ... Garnered Second-Team All-CAA honors in doubles as well along with Anik Cepeda ... Ranked No. 9 in singles in the ITA Atlantic Region ... Along with Jeltje Loomans, ranked No. 34 nationally in doubles and No. 4 in the ITA Atlantic Region ... Led the Tribe with 11 dual match wins, including five at the No. 1 singles slot ... Went 4-1 at the No. 2 singles post and finished the year with 12 singles wins overall ... Topped the College with a 28-8 doubles match, including a 20-5 mark with Loomans ... Spent parts of the spring season ranked nationally in singles ascending to as high as No. 109 in the country ... Named CAA Doubles Team of the Week along with Loomans on five occasions ... Ranked as high as No. 20 nationally in doubles and owned a winning streak of 13 straight matches playing with Loomans prior to a setback in the NCAA Doubles Championship ... Selected as the CAA Singles Player of the Week after upsetting No. 30-ranked Aeriel Ellis of Texas in three sets (3/13) ... Tallied singles wins at the No. 1 post over fellow All-CAA first-teamers Ana Bara of VCU and Diana Ivanova of Old Dominion ... Advanced to the second round of the main singles draw at the ITA Atlantic Region Singles Championship ... Competed in singles and doubles at the ITA All-American Championships ... Won the top doubles flight at the Tribe Invitational playing alongside Marlen Mesgarzadeh.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2010-11)
Competed her freshman year at Clemson, helping the Tigers to the NCAA Round of 16 and a final national ranking of No. 14 … Recorded a 24-13 singles ledger, including 18 dual match wins ... Owned three wins against nationally ranked opponents ... Recorded an ACC mark of 6-4 ... Finished the year with 13 doubles victories, including five wins with Caroline Magnusson and four with Klara Vyskocilova ... Compiled a 2-1 ledger at the National Team Indoor Championships, helping Clemson to the quarterfinals ... At the National Team Indoor Championships, knocked off No. 73-ranked Pamela Montez of UCLA and No. 123 Mimi Nguyen of Michigan ... Advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA Carolina Region Singles Championships, including her first win over a nationally-ranked opponent, knocking off No. 79-ranked Kayla Duncan of Wake Forest … Finished the fall season ranked No. 19 in the ITA Carolina Region in singles.

PREP/JUNIORS
Ranked as the #33 player nationally and #7 player in the Southeast in the 2010 class by Tennis Recruiting Network ... A Blue Chip recruit according to the Tennis Recruiting Network, who was ranked as high as No. 13 nationally in both 2007 and 2008 ... Eddie Herr quarterfinalist in 2007 in singles ... Reached the finals at the USTA National Open in Naples, Fla., in 2008 and the finals of the Tennis Plaza Cup in Coral Gables, Fla., in 2008 ... Won The Florida Open Championships Tournament in June 2009.
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