Michigan
Mississippi
Wolverines Fall to Ole Miss at ITA Kick-Off
1/29/2022 6:03:00 PM | Women's Tennis
» Michigan dropped the doubles point, falling 12-10 in a tiebreaker at No. 1 in the deciding match.
» Jaedan Brown accounted for Michigan's lone point of the afternoon, winning in straight sets at No. 4 singles.
» The Wolverines will face host Georgia Tech in Sunday's (Jan. 30) consolation round.
Site: Atlanta, Ga. (Ken Byers Tennis Complex)
Event: ITA Kick-Off (First Round)
Result: Mississippi 4, #14 Michigan 1
Records: U-M (2-1), Mississippi (3-0)
Next U-M Event: Sunday, Jan. 30 -- at Georgia Tech - ITA Kick-Off (Atlanta, Ga.), 10 a.m.
ATLANTA, Ga. -- The No. 14-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team dropped a tightly contested doubles point and could not recover in singles action, falling 4-1 to Ole Miss on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 29) in the first round of the ITA Kick-Off at Georgia Tech's Ken Byers Tennis Complex.
Ole Miss got on the board first by winning the doubles point with wins at No. 3 and No. 1.
Michigan got a 6-3 win at No. 3 from Nicole Hammond and Anca Craciun moments after Ole Miss captured a 6-2 win at No. 2.
At No. 1, Jaedan Brown and Kari Miller were down 5-3 before battling back to get the match back on serve at 5-5. Both teams held in their ensuing service games to send it to a tiebreaker.
U-M had match point at 10-9 in the breaker but double faulted twice to give Ole Miss match point at 11-10. The Rebels converted on the next point, getting the 12-10 win for the first point of the team match.
The Rebels took first sets at No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6, with Michigan taking the others to keep the match in reach for the Wolverines.
Ole Miss then extended its lead to 3-0 with straight-set wins at No. 2 and No. 5.
U-M got on the board courtesy of Brown behind a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 4. Brown grabbed a break late in the first set for the 6-3 win. She raced out to an early lead in the second and rode it the rest of the way to get Michigan a point.
Miller pulled out an epic 13-11 tiebreak win at the top spot to take her first set over No. 20-ranked Tiphanie Fiquet to keep Michigan in the hunt.
The comeback fell short a few moments later as Mississippi came through with a straight-set win at No. 6 for its fourth point of the day.
Michigan wraps up action at the ITA Kick-Off on Sunday (Jan. 29) against host Georgia Tech at 10 a.m.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 17 Kari Miller (U-M) vs. No. 20 Tiphanie Fiquet (Mississippi), 7-6 (11) abandoned
No. 2 -- No. 80 Sabina Machalova (Mississippi) d. No. 120 Nicole Hammond (U-M), 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 -- Andrea Cerdan (U-M) vs. Anaelle Leclercq (Mississippi), 6-1, 4-4 abandoned
No. 4 -- Jaedan Brown (U-M) d. Ludmila Kareisova (Mississippi), 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 -- Reka Zadori (Mississippi) d. No. 99 Julia Fliegner (U-M), 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 -- Rachel Krzyzak (Mississippi) d. Gala Mesochoritou (U-M), 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Tiphanie Fiquet/Anaelle Leclercq (Mississippi) d. Jaedan Brown/Kari Miller (U-M), 7-6 (10)
No. 2 -- Sabina Machalova/Rachel Krzyzak (Mississippi) d. Julia Fliegner/Andrea Cerdan (U-M), 6-2
No. 3 -- Nicole Hammond/Anca Craciun (U-M) d. Lillian Gabrielsen/Kelsey Mize (Mississippi), 6-3
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-3-1, Singles 2-5-4-6
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