Libi Mesh

Guzal Yusupova

/ Tennis

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Haifa, Israel

Senior Year (2018-19): Finished the season with a 7-8 singles record and a 0-1 doubles record...Played out of the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 positions in singles action...Earned three singles wins over ACC opponents...Member of the Syracuse University Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Junior Year (2017-18): Posted an 11-7 record in singles action and a 3-1 mark in doubles play during the 2018 spring season…Started the fall season at the West Point Invitational with a match-deciding point in a tiebreak at sixth singles, emerging victorious 6-2, 7-6(4)… Mesh added a win for the Orange tallying a three-set victory over Middle Tennessee 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 at the Harvard Invitational (11/3-11/5)... Defeated Jennifer Leib from Florida Atlantic (3/13) in singles, 6-1, 6-3… Against Clemson (3/16), Mesh improved to 8-4 on the season (1-2 in the ACC) with a victory at No. 5 singles, besting Ally Miller-Kraslinikov 7-5, 2-6, 6-1…Finished the regular season at NC State (4/22) making a comeback for a 7-5, 6-3 victory.

Sophomore Year (2016-17): Finished the season with 10 singles wins for the second consecutive year...Defeated Tiffany Huber of Louisville in the ACC Tournament in straight sets...Won against Chandler Carter of No. 30 Wake Forest (4/21)...Beat Katherine Butler of Virginia Tech (4/13)...Battled with Sara Culbertson of No. 42 Miami and came out with a straight set win (4/07)...Defeated Amanda Rebol of No. 27 NC State in three sets (4/07)...Had back-to-back singles wins against Navy and Pittsburgh in March...Defeated Jackie Urbinait of Boston College (2/25)...Topped Margarita Kotok of Buffalo in straight sets (2/18)...Started the season with a three-set victory against Opala Dhingra of Yale (1/21)...Named Syracuse Scholar-Athlete of the Week on May 15, 2017.

Freshman Year (2015-16): Defeated Gerogia State's Tarani Kamoe 6-2 6-4 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (5/13) ... Won against Amanda Rebol of NC State 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the ACC Tournament (4/21) … Beat Louisville’s Olivia Boesing 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 (4/10) … Defeated Pitt’s Clara Lucas 6-4, 6-4 (4/8) … Won against Daniela Schippers of Florida State 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 1-0 (10-5) (4/3) … Won against Wake Forest’s Luisa Fernandez 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) (4/1) … Beat Wan-Yi Sweeting of Boston College 6-2, 6-0 (2/20) … Defeated Olaya Inclan of St. John’s 7-6, 6-4 (2/14) … Earned victory over Yale’s Amy Yang 6-4, 7-5 (2/12) … Defeated Evangeline Crist of Liberty 6-1, 6-2 (1/30)

Prior to SU: Women's Singles Champion at the 2013 Maccabiah Games ... 2nd Place at 2013 Israeli Under-18 Championships ... Earned a WTA ranking of 937.

Personal: Mesh is the daughter of Alexander and Marina Mesh ... She was born in January of 1995 ... Majoring in political science in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Career Stats:

Year	Fall Singles	Fall Doubles	Spring Singles	Spring Doubles	Overall	Percentage
2015-16	3-4	0-2	10-13	--	13-19	.406
2016-17	3-4	1-3	10-10	0-3	14-20	.412
2017-18	9-4	5-4	11-7	3-1	28-16	.636
2018-19	7-4	2-4	7-8	0-1	16-17	.485
Career	22-16	8-13	38-38	3-5	71-72	.497