Michigan
Michigan Invitational
Wolverines Dominant in Doubles at Michigan Invitational
1/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Event: Michigan Invitational
Scoring: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Match: Sunday, Jan. 13 -- Michigan Invitational Day 3 (Varsity Tennis Center)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 23-ranked University of Michigan womens tennis team continued play at the sixth annual Michigan Invitational Saturday (Jan. 12)at the Varsity Tennis Center, taking three of four doubles matches from No. 47 Denver and winning one singles match against No. 17 Duke.
Freshman Whitney Taney(Edina, Minn./Edina HS) put forth a dominating performance in singles, claiming a convincing 6-2, 6-2 victory over Melissa Mang for U-Ms lone triumph over the Blue Devils.
The Wolverines were solid in doubles, as junior Chisako Sugiyama(Parsippany, N.J./The Montclair Kimberley Academy) and sophomore Tania Mahtani(Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes Peninsula HS) defeated Julia Bauregger and Mallory Voelker (8-4), Taney and freshman Rika Tatsuno(Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes Peninsula HS) outlasted Kyla Iwinski and Ute Schnoy (9-7), and junior Lindsey Howard(Richmond, Va./Mills E. Godwin HS) and freshmen Denise Muresan(Lincolnshire, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson HS) beat Annette Aksdal and Mikele Smith (8-6).
The Wolverines wrap up competition at the Michigan Invitational on Sunday (Jan. 13). U-M will face Duke in doubles beginning at 12:30 p.m. and will follow with singles play against Miami (Ohio) and Michigan State.
Following are match-by-match results of Day 2 of the Michigan Invitational:
SINGLES
1. Mallory Voelker (Denver) d. Megan Martzolf (Miami of Ohio), 6-2, 6-0
2. Ute Schnoy (Denver) d. Brintney Larson (Miami of Ohio), 6-1, 6-1
3. Annette Aksdal (Denver) d. Cara Wald (Miami of Ohio), 6-0, 6-0
4. Julia Bauregger (Denver) d. Michelle Murphy (Michigan State), 6-0, 6-1
5. Kyla Iwinski (Denver) d. Marianne Eelens (Michigan State), 6-2, 6-3
6. Christine Milliken (Michigan State) d. Mikele Smith (Denver), 6-1, 6-2
1. #57 Elizabeth Plotkin (Duke) d. Tania Mahtani (Michigan), 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
2. #5 Ellah Nze (Duke) d. Chisako Sugiyama (Michigan), 7-5, 6-4
3. Whitney Taney (Michigan) d. Melissa Mang (Duke), 6-2, 6-2
4. #17 Reka Zsilinszka (Duke) d. Denise Muresan (Michigan), 6-2, 6-4
5. #99 Amanda Granson (Duke) d. Rika Tatsuno (Michigan), 6-1, 6-1
6. Tory Zawacki (Duke) d. Lindsey Howard (Michigan), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
7. Jessi Robinson (Duke) d. Kari Wig (Michigan), 6-3, 6-2
DOUBLES
1. Tania Mahtani/Chisako Sugiyama (Michigan) d. Julia Bauregger/Mallory Voelker (Denver), 8-4
2. Whitney Taney/Rika Tatsuno (Michigan) d. Kyla Iwinski/Ute Schnoy (Denver), 9-7
3. Lindsey Howard/Denise Muresan (Michigan) d. Annette Aksdal/Mikele Smith (Denver), 8-6
4. Ellah Nze/Tory Zawacki (Duke) d. Tanvi Dudhela/Kari Wig (Michigan), 8-1
1. Amanda Granson/Melissa Mang (Duke) d. Brintney Larson/Cara Wald (Miami of Ohio), 8-3
2. Elizabeth Plotkin/Reka Zsilinszka (Duke) d. Sydnee Bridger/Megan Martzolf (Miami of Ohio), 8-2
3. Tara Iyer/Jessi Robinson (Duke) d. Christine Milliken/Michelle Murphy (Michigan State), 8-1
Contact: Marc Ressler (734) 763-4423
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