Michigan
Virginia
Maize and Blue Drops Match to No. 24 Virginia
3/13/2019 5:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis
» Virginia won the doubles point and three of the first four singles matches off court to take a 5-2 win.
» Michigan got singles wins at No. 1 from Kate Fahey and No. 6 from Anca Craciun.
» With the singles win, Fahey has tied Ronit Yurovsky for third all-time at Michigan with 117 victories.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Result: #24 Virginia 5, #23 Michigan 2
Records: U-M (5-4), Virginia (11-4)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, March 16 -- vs. Nebraska (Varsity Tennis Center), noon
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 22-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team picked up two singles wins but it was not enough as No. 24-ranked Virginia took a 5-2 win over the Wolverines on Wednesday afternoon (March 13) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Virginia took the doubles point with wins at No. 3 and No. 2. After winning a 6-3 match at No. 3, Virginia rallied from a 3-0 hole in the match at No. 2 to clinch the match's first point with a 6-4 victory. The Virginia wins were sandwiched around a 6-3 victory at No. 1 for junior Giulia Pairone and senior Kate Fahey. The U-M duo jumped out to a 5-1 lead and hung on for the victory.
Virginia extended its lead to 2-1 with a straight-sets win at No. 5.
Fahey put Michigan's first point on the board, winning 6-3, 6-4 at the top spot. Fahey won the final three games of the first set to grab the early lead. Fahey broke for a 4-2 lead and both players held their serves the rest of the way as Fahey sealed the win.
The Cavaliers stretched their lead to 3-1 moments later with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 4.
Michigan needed to win all three remaining matches on court at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6. U-M won first sets at both No. 2 and No. 6, with Virginia taking the first set at No. 2.
U-M entered concurrent tiebreakers at No. 2 and No. 3. At No. 3, senior Brienne Minor jumped out to a 3-1 advantage in the breaker, but Virginia answered with six straight points to take the match and seal the team win for Virginia.
At No. 2, Pairone was tied at 5 in the breaker but Virginia won the final two points to send the match to a 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of a third set.
Freshman Anca Craciun breezed to a 6-0 first-set win before falling in a 5-2 hole in the second. The freshman battled back to tie the set at 5 but dropped a 7-5 decision. Craciun broke early in the third at 2-1 and held the break the rest of the way en route to the 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 win.
Pairone was last on court, finishing her 10-point tiebreaker after Craciun won. Pairone fell behind in the early stages and could not catch up, falling, 10-5, as Vivian Gozman grabbed a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (5) win for the Cavaliers.
Michigan will resume Big Ten action this weekend, hosting Nebraska on Saturday (March 16) and Iowa on Sunday (March 17). Both matches will begin at noon.
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 4 Kate Fahey (U-M) d. No. 33 Meghan Kelley (UVA), 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 -- Vivian Glozman (UVA) d. No. 89 Giulia Pairone (U-M), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (5)
No. 3 -- Amber O'Dell (UVA) d. No. 29 Brienne Minor (U-M), 7-5, 7-6 (3)
No. 4 -- Chloe Gullickson (UVA) d. No. 21 Chiara Lommer (U-M), 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 -- Sofia Munera (UVA) d. Alyvia Jones (U-M), 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 -- Anca Craciun (U-M) d. Hunter Bleser (UVA), 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- Kate Fahey/Giulia Pairone (U-M) d. Chloe Gullickson/Amber O'Dell (UVA), 6-3
No. 2 -- Vivian Glozman/Sofia Munera (UVA) d. Bella Lorenzini/Chiara Lommer (U-M), 6-4
No. 3 -- No. 56 Meghan Kelley/Hunter Bleser (UVA) d. Alyvia Jones/Brienne Minor (U-M), 6-3
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-1-2, Singles 5-1-4-3-6-2
