Michigan
San Francisco
Wolverines Breeze Past San Francisco to Start ITA Kick-Off
1/23/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Jan. 23, 2016
» Michigan won the doubles points and the first three singles matches completed for the 4-0 win.
» Sophomore Kara Hall won the first dual match of her career, prevailing in straight sets at No. 6.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Event: ITA Kick-Off
Score: #14 Michigan 4, San Francisco 0
Records: U-M (1-0), USF (0-1)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Jan. 24 -- vs. Kentucky or Dartmouth - ITA Kick-Off (Varsity Tennis Center), 2 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 14-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team won the doubles point and the first three singles matches off court to breeze to a 4-0 win over San Francisco in the ITA Kick-Off on Saturday morning (Jan. 23) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
The Wolverines took the match's first point by virtue of wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. The Maize and Blue jumped out to 3-1 leads on each of the courts en route to the wins. At No. 1, sophomore Alex Najarian and senior Ronit Yurovsky took a 6-1 decision, punctuated by a Najarian ace for the match's final point.
Sophomores Mira Ruder-Hook and Kara Hall clinched the point for Michigan, hanging on for a 6-4 win after jumping out to the 3-1 advantage.
Michigan won the first set on all six singles courts, not allowing the Dons to win more than two games in the first. Ruder-Hook put the second point on the board for the Wolverines, dropping just one game in a 6-1, 6-0 win.
Hall picked up her first win in a dual match, taking a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 6 for the third point of the morning for the Wolverines. Moments later, freshman Kate Fahey clinched the win for Michigan on the next court over, 6-1, 6-0.
The remaining singles matches were abandoned.
Michigan will take on the winner of No. 23 Kentucky and Dartmouth tomorrow (Sunday, Jan. 24) at 2 p.m., looking to punch its ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 19 Ronit Yurovsky (U-M) vs. Andrea Ka (USF), 6-2, 4-3 abandoned
No. 2 -- No. 104 Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Thyra Taune (USF), 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Hanna Borjeson (USF), 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 -- Alex Najarian (U-M) vs. Gen McCloskey (USF), 6-1, 4-1 abandoned
No. 5 -- Sara Remynse (U-M) vs. Shanna Dos Santos (USF), 6-1, 5-2 abandoned
No. 6 -- Kara Hall (U-M) d. Jiayu Mu (USF), 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 -- Ronit Yurovsky/Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Andrea Ka/Thyra Taune (USF), 6-1
No. 2 -- Sara Remynse/Kate Fahey (U-M) vs. Gen McCloskey/Hanna Borjeson (USF), 4-5 abandoned
No. 3 -- Mira Ruder-Hook/Kara Hall (U-M) d. Sofia Holmberg/Shanna Dos Santos (USF), 6-4
Order of Completion: Doubles 1-3, Singles 3-6-2
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