HIGHLANDERS ADD TRANSFER MELISSA IFIDZHEN

RADFORD, Va. – Radford's head tennis coach Rob Bareford announced on Tuesday afternoon the addition of Melissa Ifidzhen to the program for the upcoming season.

"Melissa is going to contribute right away for us in singles and doubles," said Bareford. "We are excited for her to arrive on campus."

Ifidzhen joins the Highlanders after transferring from Virginia Commeanwealth University (VCU) with two years of eligibility left after playing for three years at VCU.

In her three seasons at VCU, Ifidzhen accumulated 31 singles victories and 42 doubles victories. She helped guide the team to back-to-back A-10 championships and also picked up an ITA Shcolar-Athlete award her freshman year. Prior to her college career Ifidzhen has a long list of accolades from tournaments she played in including success in the Malta ITF under-18, Ozerov Cup ITF under-18, and Fergana Cup ITF under-18 amongst many other tournaments. She started to play for Nigeria in 2015 where she went on to be a bronze medalist in the All-African games. She also has won the singles and doubles competition in the Championship of Nigeria in both 2015 and 2016.

Ifidzhen is the first of the Highlanders' additions of this season with more to be announced soon. She will contribute immediately for a team looking to build on its shortened season in early 2020 where they quickly compiled a 9-3 record going 2-2 and conference competition.

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