Michigan
Maryland
Wolverines Keep Cruising in B1G Play with Win over Maryland
4/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 10, 2016
» U-M took the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 1 for the second straight day.
» Michigan won five of six singles matches after winning the doubles point for the 6-1 win.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #11 Michigan 6, Maryland 1
Records: U-M (15-4, 7-0 Big Ten), UMD (8-10, 5-4 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Friday, April 15 -- at Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa), 2:30 p.m. CDT
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 11-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team stayed unbeaten in Big Ten action after winning the doubles point and five singles matches in a 6-1 win over Maryland on Sunday afternoon (April 10) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
As was the case yesterday against Rutgers, Michigan took the doubles point with a pair of wins at No. 1 and No. 2. U-M's top pair of freshmen Brienne Minor and Kate Fahey jumped out to a 5-0 advantage.
At No. 2, sophomores Alex Najarian and Mira Ruder-Hook broke on a deuce point for a 2-1 lead. The duo kept the lead the rest of the way to take a 6-2 win on a Najarian ace out wide.
Michigan held concurrent match points at No. 2 and No. 1, but Maryland staved off two match points at the top spot to cut Michigan's lead to 5-2. The Terps held serve in their next game, but Michigan did the same as Minor and Fahey wrapped up a 6-3 win for the doubles point.
U-M took four first sets in singles action as U-M took early leads at No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5.
Fahey and Minor held match points at the same time on courts No. 2 and No. 3. It was Fahey who won first, taking a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 2. Fahey broke on a deuce point for a 3-2 lead in the second and did not look back in the win.
Moments later, Minor came through with a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 3. Minor raced out to big leads in each set to take the win.
Senior Ronit Yurovsky clinched the match for the Maize and Blue, winning 6-4, 6-1 at the top spot.
With the match in hand, Najarian split at No. 4 to head to a 10-point tiebreaker. She raced out to a 5-2 lead and took a 10-6 win in the breaker for Michigan's fifth point of the afternoon.
Maryland got its only point of the day with a three-set triumph at No. 6, but Ruder-Hook came back with a three-set win of her own at No. 5 for the 6-1 Michigan victory.
Michigan hits the road again next weekend, first traveling to Iowa on Friday (April 15) to take on the Hawkeyes at 2:30 p.m. CDT.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 14 Ronit Yurovsky (U-M) d. Arnelle Sullivan (UMD), 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 -- No. 74 Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Alexandra Stanova (UMD), 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 -- No. 18 Brienne Minor (U-M) d. Nataliya Bredikhina (UMD), 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 -- Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Kristina Hovsepyan (UMD), 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 (6)
No. 5 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Ekaterina Tour (UMD), 6-3, 0-6, 1-0 (4)
No. 6 -- Cassandre Thebault (UMD) d. Sara Remynse (U-M), 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (7)
Doubles
No. 1 -- Brienne Minor/Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Alexandra Stanova/Kristina Hovsepyan (UMD), 6-3
No. 2 -- Alex Najarian/Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Ekaterina Tour/Arnelle Sullivan (UMD), 6-2
No. 3 -- Ronit Yurovsky/Sara Remynse (U-M) vs. Nataliya Bredikhina/Caroline Williams (UMD), 3-4 abandoned
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-1, Singles 2-3-1-4-6-5
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