Michigan
Ohio State
Wolverines Fall in B1G Championship Match
5/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
May 1, 2016
» U-M dropped the doubles point, falling in a tiebreaker at No. 2, 7-5, after winning at No. 1 and losing at No. 3.
» Michigan will now await its NCAA Tournament selection, which will be announced on Tuesday (May 3).
Site: East Lansing, Mich. (MSU Indoor Tennis Facility)
Event: Big Ten Tournament (Championship)
Score: #5 Ohio State 4, #11 Michigan 2
Records: U-M (20-6), OSU (28-2)
Next U-M Event: Tuesday, May 3 -- NCAA Selection Show, 5 p.m.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The No. 11-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team fell in a 3-0 hole before getting singles wins at No. 4 and No. 5 to cut the lead to 3-2, but Ohio State got a win at No. 1 as the Wolverines fell to the No. 5-ranked Buckeyes, 4-2, in the championship match of the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday afternoon (May 1) at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility.
Sophomore Mira Ruder-Hook and freshman Brienne Minor breezed to a 6-0 win at the top spot over the No. 8-ranked duo from OSU, winning their match in about 20 minutes.
Ohio State answered back with a 6-3 win at No. 3, turning the attention to the No. 2 court.
Sophomore Alex Najarian and freshman Kate Fahey recovered from a 2-0 hole to tie the match at 2-2. Neither team could hold serve for the next few games until the match was back on serve at 4-4. Both teams held serve the rest of the way, sending the match to a tiebreaker.
Michigan jumped out to a 5-3 lead in the breaker, but Ohio State answered with four straight points to take the match with a 7-5 win.
Michigan and Ohio State split the first sets, with U-M winning at No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5.
OSU extended its lead to 3-0 with straight-set wins at No. 2 and No. 6.
With Ohio State looking to seal the match by serving up 5-4 at No. 1, senior Ronit Yurovsky broke to get back on serve at 5-5.
With Yurovsky staying on court, Najarian came through with Michigan's first point behind a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 4.
Ruder-Hook cut Ohio State's lead to 3-2 with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 5.
Minor was entering a third set at No. 3, while Yurovsky was now in a tiebreaker at No. 1 for the second set. Yurovsky tied the breaker at 3-3 but lost the next four points as Ohio State took a 4-2 team win.
Michigan will await selection to the NCAA Tournament, which is announced on Tuesday (May 3) at 5 p.m.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 5 Francesca Di Lorenzo (OSU) d. No. 16 Ronit Yurovsky (U-M), 6-2, 7-6 (3)
No. 2 -- No. 110 Anna Sanford (OSU) d. No. 65 Kate Fahey (U-M), 6-3,
No. 3 -- No. 18 Brienne Minor (U-M) vs. No. 106 Gabriella De Santis (OSU), 6-2, 4-6, 2-1 abandoned
No. 4 -- Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Miho Kowase (OSU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Ferny Angeles Paz (OSU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- No. 111 Olivia Sneed (OSU) d. Teona Velehorschi (U-M), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 16 Mira Ruder-Hook/Brienne Minor (U-M) d. No. 8 Anna Sanford/Miho Kowase (OSU), 6-0
No. 2 -- No. 56 Sandy Niehaus/Gabrielle DeSantis (OSU) d. Alex Najarian/Kate Fahey (U-M), 7-6 (5)
No. 3 -- Olivia Sneed/Francesca Di Lorenzo (OSU) d. Ronit Yurovsky/Teona Velehorschi (U-M), 6-2
Order of Completion: Doubles 1-3-2, Singles 2-6-4-5-1
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