Michigan
Minnesota
Wolverines Defeat Minnesota, Remain Perfect in Big Ten Play
4/3/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 3, 2016
» U-M has won 33 straight Big Ten matches.
» Minnesota associate head coach Whitney Taney was a four-year letterwinner for Michigan (2008-11).
Site: Minneapolis, Minn. (Baseline Tennis Center)
Score: #11 Michigan 6, Minnesota 1
Records: U-M (12-4, 5-0 Big Ten), MINN (12-8, 4-3 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Wednesday, April 6 -- at Duke (Durham, N.C.), 1 p.m.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The No. 11-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team took the doubles point and won five singles matches en route to a 6-1 outdoor win over Minnesota on Sunday afternoon (April 3) at the Baseline Tennis Center.
Michigan swept all three doubles matches for the second day in a row, with freshmen Brienne Minor and Kate Fahey getting off court first with a 6-2 win at No. 1. Junior Sara Remynse and senior Ronit Yurovsky clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 victory at No. 3.
Sophomores Alex Najarian and Mira Ruder-Hook rallied from a 5-2 deficit for a 7-5 win at No. 2 to keep Michigan perfect in doubles action.
Fahey quickly extended Michigan's lead with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 2. Ruder-Hook followed with a 6-2, 6-0 victory at No. 4, with Yurovsky clinching Michigan's win with a 6-1, 6-4 victory at the top spot.
Minor got back in the win column with a 6-4, 6-4 triumph at No. 3 to extend Michigan's lead to 5-0. Minnesota put a point on the board with a win at No. 6, but Najarian ended the day with a three-set victory at No. 5 as Michigan took the 6-1 decision.
Michigan wraps up non-conference action on Wednesday (April 6), playing at Duke. The match is set for 1 p.m. from Durham, North Carolina.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 14 Ronit Yurovsky (U-M) d. Caroline Ryba (Minnesota), 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 -- No. 73 Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Paula Rincon-Otero, 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 -- No. 15 Brienne Minor (U-M) d. Julia Courter (Minnesota), 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Jessika Mozia (Minnesota), 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 -- Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Anne-Marie Emme (Minnesota), 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 (7)
No. 6 -- Camila Vargas Gomez (Minnesota) d. Sara Remynse (U-M), 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Brienne Minor/Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Paula Rincon-Otero/Jessika Mozia (Minnesota), 6-2
No. 2 -- Alex Najarian/Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Caroline Ryba/Julia Courter (Minnesota), 7-5
No. 3 -- Ronit Yurovsky/Sara Remynse (U-M) d. Mehvish Safdar/Caitlyn Merzbacher (Minnesota), 6-4
Order of Completion: Doubles 1-3-2; Singles 2-4-1-3-6-5
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