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Wolverines Triumph at Indiana to Complete Hoosier State Sweep
4/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 5, 2015
• Notes
Site: Bloomington, Ind. (IU Varsity Tennis Courts)
Score: #14 Michigan 7, Indiana 0
Records: U-M (17-3, 8-0 B1G), IU (12-7, 3-4 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Friday, April 10 -- vs. Michigan State (Varsity Tennis Center), 3:30 p.m.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The No. 14-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team ran its winning streak to 11 by shutting out Indiana, 7-0, on Sunday afternoon (April 5) at the IU Varsity Tennis Courts.
Michigan took the doubles point, winning at No. 1 and No. 2 for the 1-0 lead on the Hoosiers. Michigan's top pair of senior Emina Bektas and freshman Alex Najarian breezed to an 8-0 win for U-M's first doubles victory.
At No. 2, senior Sarah Lee and junior Ronit Yurovsky fell down a break at 4-2 in the early stages of the match. The Wolverine duo won two straight games to get the match back on serve at 4-4. Each team held serve until Yurovsky and Lee went up a break at 6-5. Michigan won two of the next three games to take the 8-6 decision for the match's first point.
At the same time at No. 3, the U-M pair of sophomore Sara Remynse and freshman Mira Ruder-Hook were down 7-3 before ripping off four straight games to force the match to a tiebreaker. The match was abandoned just three points into the tiebreaker, but the pair was successful in staying on court until the doubles point was secured .
Bektas wasted no time in stretching Michigan's lead to 2-0, winning 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 1 spot for the Wolverines.
Ruder-Hook took a 6-4 first-set win at No. 5 before shutting out Sarah Baron in the second, putting Michigan's third point on the scoreboard.
Yurovsky provided the clinching point for the Maize and Blue, wrapping up a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 2 to put the match out of reach for the Hoosiers.
Lee rallied from early deficits in both sets with a 6-4, 6-4 victory at No. 4 to push the Michigan lead to 5-0. Lee was down 4-1 to Caroline Chupa in the first set before reeling off five straight games for the win. The Michigan senior was once again down a break in the early stages of the second before rallying for another 6-4 game triumph.
Najarian won her 11th straight match, winning 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (2) at the No. 3 slot. Playing a 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of a full third set, Najarian took an early lead en route to the 10-2 win.
Remynse completed Michigan's perfect afternoon, rallying for a 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11) win at No. 6. Remynse jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second, riding that lead into a second-set win. In the breaker, Remynse had several match points in the latter stages, eventually winning 13-11 for Michigan's seventh point.
Michigan returns to the Varsity Tennis Center for its final two regular-season home matches next weekend, first hosting Michigan State on Friday (April 10) at 3 p.m. Admission is free.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 23 Emina Bektas (U-M) d. Katie Klyczek (IU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 -- No. 26 Ronit Yurovsky (U-M) d. Alecia Kauss (IU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 -- Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Shannon Murdy (IU), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (2)
No. 4 -- Sarah Lee (U-M) d. Caroline Chupa (IU), 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Sarah Baron (IU), 6-4, 6-0
No. 6 -- Sara Remynse (U-M) d. Kim Schimder (IU), 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11)
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 12 Emina Bektas/Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Caroline Chupa/Alecia Kauss (IU), 8-0
No. 2 -- No. 58 Ronit Yurovsky/Sarah Lee (U-M) d. Kim Schmider/Katie Klyczek (IU), 8-6
No. 3 -- Mira Ruder-Hook/Sara Remynse (U-M) vs. Shannon Murdy/Stephanie Smith (IU), 7-7 abandoned
Order of Completion: Doubles 1-2, Singles 1-5-2-4-3-6
N O T E S
• Michigan has won 11 straight matches with today's win and 25 straight Big Ten regular-season matches.
• U-M is 4-0 in outdoor matches. It was U-M's third outdoor Big Ten match this season (Maryland, Purdue).
• Emina Bektas (8-0), Alex Najarian (8-0), Sarah Lee (8-0) and Sara Remynse (7-0) are all undefeated in Big Ten action for the Wolverines.
• Michigan has outscored its Big Ten opponents, 51-5, through eight matches.
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