Michigan
Iowa
Michigan Blows By Iowa in Outdoor Home Match
3/22/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Site:Ann Arbor, Mich.(Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #19 Michigan 6,Iowa 1
Records: U-M (8-4,3-0Big Ten),Iowa(7-7, 2-1Big Ten)
Next U-M Match: Saturday, March28 --vs.Wisconsin(Varsity Tennis Center), 11 a.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-- The No. 19-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team extended its home winning streak to23 matchesthanks to acommanding 6-1 victory over No. 72 Iowa Sunday afternoon (March 22) on the outdoor courts at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines (8-4, 3-0 Big Ten) earned their first doubles sweep of the season and followed with straight-set wins in five of the six singles matches to run away with their fifth straight victory over the Hawkeyes (7-7, 2-1 Big Ten).
Senior Lindsey Howard(Richmond, Va./Mills E. Godwin HS) and sophomore Denise Muresan(Lincolnshire, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson HS) needed just 21 minutes to complete an 8-0win over Jennifer Barnes and Alexis Dorr at No. 3 doubles. U-M's No. 31-ranked duo of senior Chisako Sugiyama(Parsippany, N.J./The Montclair Kimberley Academy) and junior Tania Mahtani(Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes Peninsula HS) clinched the team's seventh doubles point of the year with an 8-3 triumph over Sonja Molnar and Jessica Young at No. 1. Sophomores Whitney Taney(Edina, Minn./Edina HS) and Rika Tatsuno(Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes Peninsula HS) wrapped up the sweep by outlasting Kelcie Klockenga and Lynne Poggensee-Wei ina tiebreak at No. 2, 8-7(4). Taney and Tatsuno won seven of the final nine points in the tiebreak.
Mahtani made quick work of her opponent at No. 3 singles, earning an easy 6-3, 6-1 over Poggensee-Wei to give Michigan a 2-0 advantage. Freshman Michelle Sulahian(Valley Glen, Calif./Campbell Hall School) moved the Wolverines within one win of the team victory with a 6-3, 6-2 decision over Ally Majercik at No. 6, and Taney provided the clincher with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Klockenga at No. 4.
U-M was victorious on two of the three remaining courts, with Muresan picking up a 7-6(4), 6-2 win over Young at No. 5 and Tatsuno securing a 7-6(7), 6-4 decision over Dorr at No. 2.
The Wolverines continue theBig Ten Conference seasonnext weekendat the Varsity Tennis Center, hostingWisconsin on Saturday (March 28) at11 a.m.andNorthwestern on Sunday (March 29) at 2 p.m.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 --Sonja Molnar (Iowa) d. #59 Chisako Sugiyama, 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 --#111 Rika Tatsuno (U-M) d. Alexis Dorr, 7-6(7), 6-4
No. 3 --Tania Mahtani(U-M) d. Lynne Poggensee-Wei, 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 --Whitney Taney(U-M) d. Kelcie Klockenga, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 --Denise Muresan (U-M) d. Jessica Young, 7-6(4), 6-2
No. 6 --Michelle Sulahian(U-M) d. Ally Majercik, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- #31 Mahtani/Sugiyama (U-M) d. Molnar/Young, 8-3
No. 2 -- Taney/Tatsuno (U-M)d. Klockenga/Poggensee-Wei, 8-7(4)
No. 3 --Lindsey Howard/Muresan(U-M) d.Jennifer Barnes/Dorr, 8-0
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-1-2, Singles 3-6-4-1-5-2
Contact: Marc Ressler (734) 645-0045
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