U-M to Kick Off B1G Action vs. Rutgers, Maryland at VTC

» Michigan will kick off a 16-match Big Ten schedule at the Varsity Tennis Center against Rutgers and Maryland.
» The Wolverines are 11-0 all-time against the Terrapins and 6-0 against the Scarlet Knights.
» U-M has won eight of the last 12 Big Ten championships and is 122-6 in regular-season conference action under 14th-year head coach Ronni Bernstein.

THIS WEEK
Saturday, Feb. 13 -- vs. Rutgers (Varsity Tennis Center), Noon
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Sunday, Feb. 14 -- vs. Maryland (Varsity Tennis Center), Noon
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The University of Michigan women's tennis team (0-1, 0-0 Big Ten) begins conference action this weekend, hosting Rutgers (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten) on Saturday (Feb. 13) and Maryland (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten) on Sunday (Feb. 14) at the Varsity Tennis Center. Both matches are slated to begin at noon. Due to a Big Ten policy currently in effect, there will be no public access to matches.

Wolverine Bites

• U-M has won eight of the last 12 Big Ten championships after going 11-0 during conference play in 2018-19. U-M is 122-6 in Big Ten regular-season matches under 14th-year head coach Ronni Bernstein. There was no championship last season with the remainder of the regular season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• The Big Ten schedule will consist of 16 matches this season. Michigan will face Maryland, Rutgers, Ohio State, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue and Michigan State in home-and-home series. U-M will host Illinois and travel to Indiana for its two remaining matches. The Wolverines will not face Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota or Wisconsin during the regular season.

• Michigan has won 14 straight regular-season conference matches, with its last loss coming to Northwestern (4-3) April 8, 2018.

• The Wolverines will be competing for the first time since falling to Duke, 4-1, in the first round of the ITA Kick-Off on Jan. 23. The University of Michigan athletic department paused all athletic activity later that evening before allowing teams to begin to gradually resume activity Feb. 4.

• The Rutgers coaching staff features a familiar face in former Wolverine and three-time ITA All-American Kate Fahey. She is in her second season as the volunteer assistant for the Scarlet Knights following her decorated U-M career. Fahey, the 2019 Michigan Female Athlete of the Year, graduated as Michigan's all-time leader in singles wins (132) and winning percentage (.815).

• Michigan features a pair of ranked singles players in No. 71 Andrea Cerdan, who earned All-Big Ten honors last year, and No. 101 Alyvia Jones.

• Rutgers (0-0, 0-0 B1G) is kicking off its season in Ann Arbor Saturday (Feb. 13). U-M is 6-0 all-time against the Scarlet Knights, including a 4-0 shutout the last time these two teams met April 13, 2019.

• The Terrapins (0-0, 0-0 B1G) will face off against Michigan State in East Lansing prior to coming to the VTC for Sunday's (Feb. 14) match. U-M is 11-0 all-time against Maryland, most recently recording a 5-0 win in College Park during the 2018-19 season (April 14, 2019) to clinch the Big Ten title. Maryland has one ranked singles player, with Ayana Akli coming in at No. 89.

Last Time Out

Michigan fell 4-1 to No. 6 Duke in the first round of the ITA Kick-Off in Atlanta on Jan. 23. Freshman Jaedan Brown put U-M's point on the board, knocking off No. 44 Margaryta Bilokin in straight sets (6-1, 6-3).

Up Next

Saturday, Feb. 20 -- at Indiana (Bloomington, Ind.), 11 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 21 -- at Purdue (West Lafayette, Ind.), Noon