Michigan
Vanderbilt
Michigan Upsets No. 8 Vanderbilt at National Indoors
2/11/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 11, 2017
» Brienne Minor and Kate Fahey won against top-10 singles opponents. Minor prevailed at No. 1 over No. 4-ranked Astra Sharma, and Fahey won at No. 2 over No. 8 Sydney Campbell. Alex Najarian was U-M's other singles winner.
» Michigan has won at least one match in each of its eight ITA National Team Indoor Championship appearances.
Site: New Haven, Conn. (Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center)
Event: ITA National Team Indoor Championship
Score: #13 Michigan 4, #8 Vanderbilt 1
Records: U-M (5-1), VU (3-3)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Feb. 12 -- at ITA National Team Indoor Championship (New Haven, Conn.), TBA
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The No. 13-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team won the doubles point and took three of the first four singles matches off court to knock off No. 8-ranked Vanderbilt, 4-1, Saturday afternoon (Feb. 11) in consolation action of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center.
The Wolverines won the doubles point for the fifth straight match but in a different fashion than the previous four. The No. 2 pair of sophomore Brienne Minor and junior Mira Ruder-Hook was first off court, winning 6-4 to remain unbeaten in dual-match play.
U-M's No. 3 duo of freshmen Chiara Lommer and Valeria Patiuk clinched the doubles point for the Wolverines with a 6-4 victory. It was the first win for the pair in dual-match play as U-M had gotten wins at No. 1 and No. 2 in the previous four matches.
Things tightened in singles action as Michigan pulled out four first sets, including two in tiebreakers.
Minor made quick work of No. 4-ranked Astra Sharma at the top spot, putting U-M's second point on the board with a 6-3, 6-0 win.
Classmate Kate Fahey was the next Wolverine off court, defeating No. 8-ranked Sydney Campbell in straight sets, 7-6 (7), 6-3. Fahey fought off four set points in the first-set tiebreaker, falling behind 6-3 before tying it at 6-6. Campbell won the next point but Fahey ripped off the next three points to take the set. Fahey carried the momentum over into the next set en route to the win.
Vanderbilt got a point back at No. 6, cutting Michigan's lead to 3-1.
It was going to come down to a third set as junior Alex Najarian, Ruder-Hook and Lommer each entered third sets after splitting the first two.
Najarian went up a break at 4-2 and led 5-2 in the third before Georgina Sellyn won two straight games to close the gap to 5-4. Najarian came through in the ensuing game to wrap up the 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win for U-M's fourth point.
Ruder-Hook and Lommer were each on serve in their third sets when the matches were abandoned.
Michigan will complete the ITA National Team Indoor Championship tomorrow (Sunday, Feb. 12) with one more consolation match.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 27 Brienne Minor (U-M) d. No. 4 Astra Sharma (VU), 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 -- No. 26 Kate Fahey (U-M) d. No. 8 Sydney Campbell (VU), 7-6 (7), 6-3
No. 3 -- No. 64 Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Georgina Sellyn (VU), 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
No. 4 -- Chiara Lommer (U-M) vs. No. 46 Christina Rosca (VU), 7-6 (3), 2-6, 2-2 abandoned
No. 5 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) vs. Emma Kurtz (VU), 3-6, 6-4, 3-2 abandoned
No. 6 -- Fernanda Contreras (VU) d. Valeria Patiuk (U-M), 6-2, 7-6 (5)
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 3 Kate Fahey/Alex Najarian (U-M) vs. No. 24 Astra Sharma/Emily Smith (VU), 4-5 abandoned
No. 2 -- No. 40 Mira Ruder-Hook/Brienne Minor (U-M) d. Emma Kurtz/Christina Rosca (VU), 6-4
No. 3 -- Valeria Patiuk/Chiara Lommer (U-M) d. Fernanda Contreras/Georgina Sellyn (VU), 6-4
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-3, Singles 1-2-6-3
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