Wolverines to Host Michigan Invite, Wrap Tournament Play

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 14-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team will complete tournament action when it hosts No. 22 Tennessee, No. 25 Ohio State and TCU in the three-day Michigan Invitational this weekend (Fri-Sun., Jan. 17-19) at the Varsity Tennis Center. There is no team scoring (win or loss) at the event. Admission is free.

Sunday's action will feature only singles play and will start at 10 a.m. for all teams.

Format of Play

Each team will play three rounds of doubles and three rounds of singles. There will be up to eight flights in singles and four flights in doubles per round. Each team will play one round of singles and one round of doubles per day. The third set will be played to completion in singles. Points will be allotted for each win based on the following decreasing point value to determine the champion (singles and doubles) at the end of the weekend:

Win at No. 1 position -- 8 points
Win at No. 2 position -- 7 points
Win at No. 3 position -- 6 points
Win at No. 4 position -- 5 points
Win at No. 5 position -- 4 points
Win at No. 6 position -- 3 points
Win at No. 7 position -- 2 points
Win at No. 8 position -- 1 point

Match Scoring

For the fifth consecutive year, the NCAA will use no-ad scoring in both doubles and singles action. This weekend's tournament will feature doubles matches to six, with a tiebreaker occurring at 6-all. Singles matches will be best two-of-three, with players playing a full third set.

Schedule of Play

Friday, Jan. 17
10 a.m. Singles -- Tennessee vs. TCU
1 p.m. Doubles -- Michigan vs. TCU, Tennessee vs. Ohio State
Singles to Follow -- Michigan vs. Ohio State

Saturday, Jan. 18
10 a.m. Singles -- Ohio State vs. TCU
1 p.m. Doubles -- Michigan vs. Ohio State, TCU vs. Tennessee
Singles to Follow -- Michigan vs. Tennessee

Sunday, Jan. 19
10 a.m. Singles -- Tennessee vs. Ohio State; Michigan vs. TCU

Ranked Players

Singles
No. 11 -- Shiori Fukuda (Ohio State)
No. 26 -- Giulia Pairone (U-M)
No. 58 -- Irinia Cantos Siemers (Ohio State)
No. 72 -- Kaitlin Staines (Tennessee)
No. 76 -- Rebeka Martena (Tennessee)
No. 81 -- Mercedes Aristegul (TCU)
No. 85 -- Andrea Cerdan (U-M)
No. 125 -- Kolie Allen (Ohio State)

Doubles
No. 15 -- Tenika McGiffin/Kaitlin Staines (Tennessee)