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Wolverines Best Longhorns in Top-20 Battle
2/5/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 5, 2017
» Kate Fahey clinched the dual with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles. Fahey and Brienne Minor both improved to 4-0 on the dual season.
» Michigan earned its second win over a ranked opponent this season. U-M defeated No. 23 Mississippi State last Sunday and the No. 18 Longhorns today.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #13 Michigan 6, #18 Texas 1
Records: U-M (4-0), UT (1-2)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Mon., Feb. 10-13 -- at ITA National Team Indoor Championship (New Haven, Conn.)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 13-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team picked up the doubles point and earned wins on five of six singles courts in a 6-1 win over No. 18 Texas Sunday (Feb. 5) inside the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines (4-0) remain perfect in the dual match season heading into the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
Michigan picked up the doubles point with wins on the top two courts. The No. 2 pair of sophomore Brienne Minor and junior Mira Ruder-Hook got on the board with a 6-3 win over Neda Koprcina and Petra Granic. The No. 4-ranked doubles duo of junior Alex Najarian and sophomore Kate Fahey clinched the point with a 6-3 win over Bianca Turati and Katie Poluta. Junior Kara Hall and freshman Valeria Patiuk led 6-5 on court 3 when the point was clinched.
Freshman Chiara Lommer was first off the court with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Dani Wagland at No. 5 singles. Minor finished shortly after Lommer as she beat Koprcina, 6-1, 7-5, at No. 2. A Texas win at No. 4 cut the Wolverine lead to 3-1, but Fahey clinched the dual at No. 1 singles when she defeated Bianca Turati, 6-4, 6-2.
Patiuk gave the Maize and Blue a 5-1 lead with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Poluta. In the only match to go three sets, Najarian battled back from dropping the first set to Anna Turati to taking a second-set tiebreak, 7-5. With the match clinched, the pair went to a 10-point tiebreak to determine the winner. Najarian battled back from a Texas match point, winning the final three points for the 11-9 third-set victory.
Michigan is back in action next weekend (Feb. 10-13) at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship in New Haven, Connecticut.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 20 Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Bianca Turati (Texas), 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 -- No. 80 Brienne Minor (U-M) d. No. 55 Neda Koprcina (Texas), 6-1, 7-5
No. 3 -- No. 60 Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Anna Turati (Texas), 3-6, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (11-9)
No. 4 -- Petra Granic (Texas) d. Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M), 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 -- No. 78 Chiara Lommer (U-M) d. Dani Wagland (Texas), 6-4, 6-0
No. 6 -- Valeria Patiuk (U-M) d. Katie Poluta (Texas), 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 4 Kate Fahey/Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Bianca Turati/Katie Poluta (Texas), 6-3
No. 2 -- No. 29 Mira Ruder-Hook/Brienne Minor (U-M) d. Neda Koprcina/Petra Granic (Texas), 6-3
No. 3 -- Valeria Patiuk/Kara Hall (U-M) vs. Dani Wagland/Anna Turati (Texas), 6-5 abandoned
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-1, Singles 5-2-4-1-6-3
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