Michigan
Youngstown State
Wolverines Dispatch of Penguins in NCAA First Round
5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
May 12, 2017
» Kate Fahey ran her winning streak to 12 matches after a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 1. Fahey now has 32 singles wins on the season, putting her 10th on the single-season list.
» Michigan won its NCAA first-round match for the 12th straight season and is now 16-3 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
» Michigan remained unbeaten at home, moving to 12-0 at the VTC this season. U-M's 12 home wins are the third-highest total in school history.
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Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Event: NCAA Tournament (First Round)
Score: #10 Michigan 4, Youngstown State 0
Records: U-M (22-5), YSU (16-9)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, May 13 -- vs. Kentucky (Varsity Tennis Center), 1 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 10-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team won the doubles point and cruised to three singles wins in a 4-0 victory over Youngstown State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon (May 12) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
It was all Michigan at court No. 1 in doubles as the No. 9-ranked pair of junior Alex Najarian and sophomore Kate Fahey got a break to start and did not drop a game in a 6-0 win.
It was much of the same at No. 3, with junior Mira Ruder-Hook and freshman Valeria Patiuk cruising to a 6-1 win to clinch the match's first point.
The Maize and Blue kept it rolling in singles, winning all six first sets when senior Annie Wierda wrapped up a 7-4 tiebreak win at No. 6.
Fahey put Michigan's second point on the board, dropping just one game in a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 1. Fahey won 11 straight games before dropping one, coming back in the ensuing game to break Dominika Lackova for the win.
Freshman Chiara Lommer was not far behind, making quick work of Nehel Sahni at No. 4. Following a first-set win, Lommer dropped the first game of the second set but ripped off six straight games to provide Michigan's third point.
It was a race to the finish as Ruder-Hook, sophomore Brienne Minor and Najarian were each one game away from winning their respective matches.
Najarian came through first, breaking her opponent in the final game for a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 3. The final three matches on court were abandoned.
Michigan will host No. 17 Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament tomorrow (Saturday, May 13) at 1 p.m.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 26 Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Dominika Lackova (YSU), 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 -- No. 24 Brienne Minor (U-M) vs. Noelly Longi Nsimba (YSU), 6-1, 5-4 abandoned
No. 3 -- Alex Najarian (U-M) d. Sofia Macias (YSU), 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 -- Chiara Lommer (U-M) d. Nehel Sahni (YSU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) vs. Imaan Hassim (YSU), 6-3, 5-1 abandoned
No. 6 -- Annie Wierda (U-M) vs. Cassandra Moraleja (YSU), 7-6 (4), 3-0 abandoned
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 9 Alex Najarian/Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Noelly Longi Nsimba/Ana Stroe (YSU), 6-0
No. 2 -- Sofia Macias/Imaan Hassim (YSU) vs. Chiara Lommer/Brienne Minor (U-M), 5-2 abandoned
No. 3 -- Mira Ruder-Hook/Valeria Patiuk (U-M) d. Nehel Sahni/Dominika Lackova (YSU), 6-2
Order of Completion: Doubles 1-3, Singles 1-4-3
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