ITA RESULTS

2018
Singles - Fall: Claimed five wins in 11 contests during the fall … advanced to the semifinal round at the Elon Fall Invitational … Posted a 3-1 mark in four matches with wins over Winthrop, Presbyterian and UNCG … Spring: had one of her best seasons with a 10-6 mark, which made the senior one of three athletes to post 10 singles wins … the 10 wins were the most since her freshman campaign … turned in two separate three-match win streaks including four wins in a row that led to a 7-1 mark over eight contests … picked up a conference win over Coastal Carolina … helped App have a turnaround season where it went 5-19 (2017) to 11-11 and its first Sun Belt Conference Tournament win over No. 10 seed Texas State … the six-improvement tied for the most significant turnaround in the league. 

Doubles - Fall: Won two matches with Heidi Swope and three contests as a pairing with Teodora Sevo … picked up a pair of wins at the Spartan Classic Invitational … Spring: Machado and Sevo burst onto the scene leading the Black and Gold with a 14-5 record as the No. 3 tandem in the lineup … the 14 wins led to an All-Sun Belt Second Team doubles honor … Machado contributed to big-time wins over Power Five programs such as Virginia Tech, helping App capture the doubles point and a doubles point against North Carolina State … at one point, Machado and Sevo went on a dominant run of seven straight victories that led to 10 wins in 11 matches … the tandem went 3-1 with wins over conference foes in Troy, Georgia Southern and a pivotal win against No. 10 seed Texas State to help App pick up its first-ever Sun Belt Tournament triumph. 

2017
Singles – Fall: Recorded a pair of wins over No. 27 Katarina Su of No. 3 Emory University in  the Round of 16 at the Elon Fall Invite… also notched a win against Georgina Segarra against Campbell … competed in the 2016 International Tennis Association (ITA) Division I Women's Regional Championship against No. 38 Clemson's Ally Miller-Krasilnikov … Spring: Tied for third with seven wins … one of three athletes on the team with five singles and five doubles victories … went on a 4-1 stretch early in the season with a pair of consecutive wins … picked up three wins in three sets.

Doubles – Fall: Competed in four matches with one win as a pairing with Gabrielle Wreder against Sarah Swiderski/Alice Taylor of UNC Greensboro ... Spring: Only tandem to have a winning record at 6-4 with Taylor Bygrave … finished tied for second with the most wins in doubles overall with eight victories  at 8-9 … ran a team-best five-match win streak including four-straight matches with Bygrave … ended the season on a high note with a win in the Sun Belt Tournament over Emilia Bujan and Ella Monsey. 

2016
Singles -- Fall: Advanced to the quarterfinals of the Wake Forest Invitational with a win over Davidson’s Laiana Cummer (10/9) ... played in four matches in the fall slate ... participated in the ITA Carolina Regional Championship where she lost in three sets to Elon’s Maria Paraja in the Round of 32 ... Spring: Tied for a team lead with seven victories ... five of her seven victories were in the No. 2 spot ... played against four ranked opponents over the course of the season ...
won a season-high three-straight wins from 2/28-3/4 ... best stretch came when she went 6-2 ast the No. 2 and 3.

Doubles -- Fall: Participated in three fall matches with Mackenzie LaSure as her partner ... Spring: Finished with four victories with three different partners ... two of her victories came with Gabrielle Wreder en route to a 2-1 mark ... won her last two matches to end the season with Wreder against Georgia Southern and Davidson as the No. 3 pairing.

2015
Singles -- Fall: Picked up a win in the at the East Carolina Invitational in the fall. Spring: Produced a solid debut campaign for the Mountaineers with 13 wins in the fourth and fifth spot … Pieced together a six-match win streak from 2/14-3/7 … Ended the season winning six of her last seven affairs … Ten of her 13 victories came in straight sets … Had three different win streaks of at least three matches.

Doubles -- Fall: Grabbed two victories at the East Carolina Invitational  with partner Megan Mulle ... Notched 12 wins in doubles competition as the No. 2 tandem with Mullen … Posted a 4-2 mark to end the season, while starting the spring with a 7-2 record … Ran off a five-match streak that saw a win over then-No. 48 West Virginia State’s Charlotte Sandy and Nina Dillwald (2/15).

HIGH SCHOOL
Did not play high school tennis, but did compete in junior tournaments throughout her career ... ranked as a four-star recruit by Tennis Recruiting Network ... ranked as high as 139th nationally, 49th in the Southeast Region and 24th in the state of Florida.

PERSONAL
Full name is Melissa Mackenzie Machado ... daughter of Luz and Rolando Machado ... born Nov. 21, 1995 ... has one sister, Jessica ... majoring in communication studies