Michigan
Maryland
Wolverines Rally for Win at Maryland
4/9/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 9, 2017
» Michigan remains unbeaten in Big Ten play, moving to 7-0 to stay atop the Big Ten standings.
» U-M dropped the doubles point but got singles wins from Kate Fahey, Valeria Patiuk, Chiara Lommer and Brienne Minor to rally for the win.
» The Wolverines are now 8-0 all-time against Maryland.
Site: College Park, Md. (Tennis Club of College Park)
Score: #8 Michigan 4, Maryland 1
Records: U-M (15-4, 7-0 Big Ten), UMD (13-5, 4-4 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 15 -- vs. Iowa (Varsity Tennis Center), 2:30 p.m.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The No. 8-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team recovered from falling in a 1-0 hole, winning the first four singles matches off court to remain unbeaten in Big Ten play with a 4-1 win over Maryland on Sunday afternoon (April 9) at the Tennis Club of College Park.
Michigan fell behind 1-0 after dropping the doubles point. After Maryland won at No. 3, Michigan's No. 1 duo of junior Alex Najarian and sophomore Kate Fahey evened the ledger with a 6-2 win. U-M could not complete the comeback as Maryland took a 6-2 win at No. 2 to clinch the match's first point.
U-M won four first sets in singles action, with Fahey quickly erasing the U-M deficit with a 6-3, 6-0 victory at No. 1.
Freshman Valeria Patiuk put up Michigan's second point, delivering a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 6.
Fellow freshman Chiara Lommer won in straight sets at No. 4, breezing to a 6-1 win in the first set. Lommer went up a break at 4-2 in the second and did not look back en route to Michigan's third point of the afternoon.
With Michigan needing just one more point for the team win, sophomore Brienne Minor and Najarian each moved to a third set. Junior Mira Ruder-Hook, the other Wolverine left on court, was battling in a second set that she ended up taking in a breaker to split her first two sets.
Minor jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third set and never looked back, giving up just one game in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 2 to wrap up the win for Michigan. Minor took control of the match midway through the second set as she dropped just four games in the final two frames.
The other two matches on court were abandoned.
The Maize and Blue is back home next weekend, first hosting Iowa on Saturday (April 15) at the Varsity Tennis Center. The match will begin at 2:30, and admission is free.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 21 Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Alexandra Stanova (UMD), 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 -- No. 22 Brienne Minor (U-M) d. Ekaterina Tour (UMD), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 -- Alex Najarian (U-M) vs. Arnelle Sullivan (UMD), 6-4, 3-6, 4-4 abandoned
No. 4 -- Chiara Lommer (U-M) d. Kate Yemelyanenka (UMD), 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) vs. Kristina Hovsepyan (UMD), 5-7, 7-6 (8) abandoned
No. 6 -- Valeria Patiuk (U-M) d. Caroline Williams (UMD), 6-3, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 4 Kate Fahey/Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Alexandra Stanova/Kristina Hovsepyan (UMD), 6-2
No. 2 -- Ekaterina Tour/Caroline Williams (UMD) d. No. 27 Mira Ruder-Hook/Brienne Minor (U-M), 6-3
No. 3 -- Cassandre Thebault/Arnelle Sullivan (UMD) d. Annie Wierda/Chiara Lommer (U-M), 6-1
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-1-2, Singles 1-6-4-2
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