Michigan
UCF
Michigan Closes Out Spring Break Trip with Win at UCF
3/5/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 5, 2011
• Notes
Site: Orlando, Fla. (UCF Tennis Complex)
Result: #4 Michigan 6, Central Florida 1
Records: U-M (10-2), UCF (4-5)
Next U-M Match: Sunday, March 13 -- at North Carolina (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 1 p.m.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The No. 4-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team won all three doubles matches and took the first five singles matches off court to defeat Central Florida, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon (March 5) at the UCF Tennis Complex.
The Wolverines started strong, sweeping all three matches to earn the doubles point. At the No. 1 spot, freshman Brooke Bolender (Delray Beach, Fla./Kaplan) and senior Denise Muresan (Lincolnshire, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson) shut out their opponent, taking an 8-0 win at the top of the lineup.
Seniors Whitney Taney (Edina, Minn./Edina) and Rika Tatsuno (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes Peninsula) followed with an 8-4 win at No. 2 to clinch the point. The duo of freshman Sam Critser (Moutainview, Calif./Moutainview) and sophomore Mimi Nguyen (Long Beach, Calif./Millikan) kept the Wolverines perfect with another 8-4 win at No. 3.
In singles, Michigan did not surrender a set in its first two wins, with Nguyen and Tatsuno earning a pair of 6-0, 6-0 victories at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions, respectively. Bolender was the next Wolverine off court with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph at No. 3 spot to clinch the match for the Wolverines.
Taney picked up the next point for Michigan with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 4, with Muresan not far behind, recording a 6-4, 6-3 at the top of lineup. UCF grabbed its lone point of the day with a victory at No. 2, taking a three-set decision.
U-M will be back in action next Sunday (March 13), traveling to Chapel Hill, N.C., for a match against North Carolina. Doubles are slated for a 1 p.m. start.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 5 Denise Muresan (U-M) d. Alexis Rodriguez (UCF), 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 -- Genevieve Lorbergs (UCF) d. No. 44 Sam Critser (U-M), 4-6, 7-6 (6), 1-0 (10-5)
No. 3 -- No. 81 Brooke Bolender (U-M) d. Courtney Griffith (UCF), 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 -- No. 109 Whitney Taney (U-M) d. Jenna Doerfler (UCF), 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 -- Mimi Nguyen (U-M) d. Josephine Haraldson (UCF), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 -- Rika Tatsuno (U-M) vs. Taylor Dubins (UCF), 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 16 Bolender/Muresan (U-M) vs. Lorbergs/Griffith, 8-0
No. 2 -- No. 60 Taney/Tatsuno (U-M) d. Frisell/Rodriguez, 8-4
No. 3 -- Critser/Nguyen (U-M) d. Dubins/Yacaman, 8-4
Order of Completion: Singles 5-6-3-4-1-2, Doubles 1-2-3
• Michigan played its second outdoor match of the year, moving its outdoor record to 1-1.
• Whitney Taney earned the 98th doubles win of her career, tying her with Chisako Sugiyama for the most doubles win.
• Denise Muresan won the 97th singles match of her career. With three more wins, she will become one of only three Wolverines with 100 career wins.
• U-M won the doubles point for the 10th time this season, moving its record to 9-1 when winning the first point of the match.
• Brooke Bolender won her fifth consecutive singles match.
• Sam Critser and Mimi Nguyen won their seventh doubles match in a row.
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