Michigan
Oklahoma State
Wolverines Rally in Singles Past No. 16 Oklahoma State
2/21/2025 9:03:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #5 Michigan 4, #16 Oklahoma State 2
Records: U-M (7-3), OSU (6-4)
Next U-M Event: Friday, March 7 -- at Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.), 5 p.m. CST
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 5-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team came back in singles action, winning four of five matches to finish in a 4-2 victory over No. 16-ranked Oklahoma State on Friday evening (Feb. 21) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Michigan took the first doubles match to finish behind a 6-2 win from Ava Bruno and Lily Jones at No. 3. Oklahoma State won the final two matches behind wins at No. 1 and No. 2, clinching the doubles point with a 7-4 tiebreak win at No. 1.
U-M responded in singles action, taking four first sets from the Cowgirls when Piper Charney wrapped up a 6-4 win at No. 2
Julia Fliegner pulled the Wolverines even at 1-1 with a 6-4, 6-0 win at the top spot over No. 88 Anastasiya Komar. Down 4-1 in the first set, Fliegner ripped off 11 straight games to move to 8-0 in dual-match action.
That kicked off a flurry of action as three matches finished in short order.
Oklahoma State regained a 2-1 lead with a straight-set win at No. 4.
Jones and Reese Miller held concurrent match points as Michigan was poised to take the lead. Jones converted first, with Miller quickly following as the Wolverines pulled ahead 3-2.
Jones took control midway through her first set, going up a break and not giving it back in a 6-3 win. In the second, Jones fell behind early but won the last three games to put Michigan's second point on the board.
Miller immediately followed for a 3-2 Michigan lead. She won the final five games of the first set in a 6-1 win. Falling behind a break at 3-1 in the second set, Miller followed the same script by winning five straight games to push the home team ahead.
With Charney and Jessica Bernales the remaining Wolverines on court, Charney clinched the match for Michigan at No. 2 with a 6-4, 6-4 win. Charney raced out to a 5-1 lead in the first set before Kylie Collins won three straight games to get the set back on serve. Charney came through in the ensuing game, winning on the deuce point to get the win.
Charney was tied at 3-3 in the second set after Miller won for a 3-2 Michigan lead. Charney won three of the final four games in the set to clinch the match for the Maize and Blue. Bernales was up 4-0 in the third set when the match was abandoned.
Michigan is back in action in two weeks in a dual-match at Nebraska on Friday, March 7, at 5 p.m CST.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 4 Julia Fliegner (U-M) vs. No. 88 Anastasiya Komar (Oklahoma State), 6-4, 6-0
No. 2 -- No. 21Piper Charney (U-M) d. Kylie Collins (Oklahoma State), 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 -- No. 45 Lily Jones (U-M) d. No. 44 Gracie Epps (Oklahoma State), 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 -- Rose Nijkamp (Oklahoma State) d. No. 111 Emily Sartz-Lunde (U-M), 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 -- No. 62 Reese Miller (U-M) d. No. 89 Marcela Lopez (Oklahoma State), 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 -- Jessica Bernales (U-M) vs. Alian Zack (Oklahoma State), 1-6, 6-2, 4-0 abandoned
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 72 Anastasiya Komar/Rose Nijkamp (Oklahoma State) d. Jessica Bernales/Julia Fliegner (U-M), 7-6 (4)
No. 2 -- Kylie Collins/Alian Zack (Oklahoma State) d. Piper Charney/Reese Miller (U-M), 2-6
No. 3 -- Lily Jones/Ava Bruno (U-M) d. No. 73 Gracie Epps/Marcela Lopez (Oklahoma State), 6-2
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-2-1, Singles 1-4-3-5-2
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