Michigan
Michigan Invitational
Wolverines Strong on Second Day of Michigan Invitational
1/15/2022 5:43:00 PM | Women's Tennis
» Michigan took two doubles wins from No. 6 Duke and five of seven singles matches from No. 10 Ohio State.
» For the second straight day, Jaedan Brown and Kari Miller teamed up for a win on the doubles court, with Anca Craciun and Nicole Hammond also picking up a win.
» Miller, Craciun, Hammond, Julia Fliegner and Lanie Van Linge each picked up singles wins against Ohio State.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Event: Michigan Invitational (Day 2 of 3)
Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Jan. 16 -- host, Michigan Invitational - Day 3 (Varsity Tennis Center), Noon
• Complete Results
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 16-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team continued play as the host of the three-day Michigan Invitational on Saturday (Jan. 15) at the Varsity Tennis Center. U-M faced off against Duke in doubles and Ohio State in singles.
Michigan took two of three doubles matches from No. 6 Duke. For the second straight day, the sophomore pairing of Kari Miller and Jaedan Brown came away with a win on the doubles court. The pair went down a break early but fought back for a 6-2 win over the No. 60-ranked pair of Chloe Beck and Ellie Coleman.
U-M's other doubles win came courtesy of senior Anca Craciun and junior Nicole Hammond. The pair got a 6-3 win over Duke's Georgia Drummy and Karolina Berankova. With the match on serve at 4-3, Hammond and Craciun got the break they needed for a 5-3 lead before serving out the match in the ensuing game for their first doubles win of the event.
In singles action, U-M took five of seven singles matches from Ohio State.
Freshman Julia Fliegner was victorious in singles for the second straight day, getting a win over Madeline Atway. Fliegner ran away with the first set 6-1, and was up 1-0 in the second when Atway retired.
Hammond also grabbed her second singles win of the weekend, coming away with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Shelly Bereznyak. Hammond jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first set, easing to the 6-3 win. In the second, Hammond got the break she needed at 3-2 and kept it the rest of the way in the straight-set win.
Craciun won her first singles match of the weekend with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Kathleen Jones. After breezing to the first-set win, Craciun was in a 4-3 hole in the second. She won the final three games of the set to wrap up the match.
Miller rallied from a first-set loss to win in three over Isabelle Boulais, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5. Miller won the first three games of the second set to force the third en route to her second straight singles win.
Wrapping up the day for Michigan was Lanie Van Linge, who won her first singles match of the season with a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5 win over Dani Schoenly. Van Linge was in a 4-1 hole in the second set before rallying to force a tiebreaker but came up short. She won the final two games of the third set to avoid another breaker to get the victory.
The Wolverines wrap up the Michigan Invitational and the tournament season Sunday (Jan. 16) at the Varsity Tennis Center. U-M will face Notre Dame in doubles action at noon, with singles against Duke to follow.
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