Michigan
Hawaii
Wolverines Shut Out Hawaii in NCAA First Round
5/11/2018 5:12:00 PM | Women's Tennis
» Michigan won the doubles point and got singles wins from Brienne Minor, Alyvia Jones and Mira Ruder-Hook to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
» Michigan has advanced to the second round in each of the last 13 seasons, dating back to 2006.
» The Wolverines will face Stanford in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Site: Palo Alto, Calif. (Taube Family Tennis Center)
Event: NCAA Tournament (First Round)
Score: #17 Michigan 4, Hawaii 0
Records: U-M (18-9), UH (13-7)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, May 12 -- vs. Stanford - NCAA Tournament, Second Round (Palo Alto, Calif.), 4 p.m. PDT
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PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The No. 17-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team won the doubles point and the first three matches off court in straight sets to shut out Hawaii, 4-0, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon (May 11) at Stanford's Taube Family Tennis Center. It is the 13th straight year that U-M has made it out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Michigan took the early lead by virtue of the doubles point, winning at Nos. 1 and 2.
At the top spot, juniors Brienne Minor and Kate Fahey breezed to a 6-0 win. The U-M duo took advantage of Hawaii double-faulting to lose its first two service games to take control of the match as the first duo off court.
From there, the other two matches on court stayed on serve for the majority of their matches. At No. 2, senior Mira Ruder-Hook and freshman Alyvia Jones held at 5-4 after winning the final four points of the game. Hawaii headed back to the service line to keep the match on serve, but U-M won the first two points of the game. Hawaii answered back with two straight of its own, but the Wolverines took a match point on the next point. Jones chased down an overhead from Hawaii with a forehand down the line which Hawaii put in the net to seal the first point of the match for the Maize and Blue.
Michigan took control early in singles play, winning all six first sets.
Minor provided Michigan its second point of the day with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 2 to push her singles winning streak to eight matches. Minor jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first before breaking for the first set at 6-2. In the second, she broke on a deuce point for a 3-1 advantage and never looked back in the straight-sets win.
From there, it was a race to the finish as both Jones and Ruder-Hook were each a game away from wrapping up their second sets.
Jones came through first, putting an ace out wide on match point in a 6-4, 6-0 win at No. 4. Jones broke late in the first set and never looked back in the match to give Michigan a 3-0 lead.
Moments later, Ruder-Hook had a pair of match points at No. 5. After the Wolverine missed out on the first opportunity, Hawaii double-faulted in the net on the second to wrap up the 4-0 victory for U-M.
Michigan advances to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and will face Stanford tomorrow (Saturday, May 12) at 4 p.m. PDT.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 31 Kate Fahey (U-M) vs. Petra Melounova (UH), 6-1, 4-6 abandoned
No. 2 -- Brienne Minor (U-M) d. Nikola Dolakova (UH), 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 -- No. 101 Chiara Lommer (U-M) vs. Marina Hruba (UH), 6-2, 4-1 abandoned
No. 4 -- Alyvia Jones (U-M) d. Klara Pribylova (UH), 6-4, 6-0
No. 5 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Michelle Pits (UH), 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 -- Bella Lorenzini (U-M) vs. Roxanne Resman (UH), 6-4, 4-2 abandoned
Doubles
No. 1 -- Brienne Minor/Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Klara Pribylova/Nikola Dolakova (UH), 6-0
No. 2 -- Alyvia Jones/Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Petra Melounova/Roxanne Resma (UH), 6-4
No. 3 -- Kara Hall/Chiara Lommer (U-M) vs. Marina Hruba/Alzbeta Houbova (UH), 5-6 abandoned
Order of Completion: 1-2; Singles 2-4-5
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