Michigan
Washington
Wolverines Clinch Share of 2025 B1G Championship
4/13/2025 1:48:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #5 Michigan 4, #17 Washington 1
Records: U-M (19-3, 12-0 Big Ten), Washington (17-3, 9-2 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Wednesday, April 16 -- at Ohio State (Columbus, Ohio), 4 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 5-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team won its 13th consecutive match and clinched at least a share of the 2025 Big Ten championship with a 4-1 win over No. 17-ranked Washington on Sunday afternoon (April 13) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Michigan struck first, winning the doubles point for the seventh straight match behind wins at No. 3 and No. 2. The No. 3 duo of Emily Sartz-Lunde and Piper Charney were first off the court, winning 6-3. After three straight breaks of serve to start the match, Charney held serve for a 3-1 lead. U-M maintained the advantage and converted on the deuce point to close it out.
Moments later, the No. 2 pair of Reese Miller and Julia Fliegner clinched the match's first point with a 6-3 win. Michigan won five of the first six games to go up 5-1. Washington held off four match points and then held serve, but Fliegner closed it out on her serve for a 1-0 Michigan lead.
U-M won five first sets in singles play, including a rally from Charney to win 7-5 after trailing 4-1.
Lily Jones added Michigan's second point with a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 3. She secured a late break at 5-4 in the first and cruised through the second for her third straight singles win.
Fliegner followed with a 6-0, 6-3 win at the top spot over No. 95 Reece Carter. After a dominant first set, Fliegner went up a break early in the second and never looked back, earning her third Big Ten singles victory of the season.
Washington got on the board with a win at No. 6, but Miller clinched the match less than a minute later with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 5. She jumped out to early leads in both sets and claimed her seventh straight singles win.
Michigan will head to Columbus to face Ohio State in a non-conference match on Wednesday (April 16) at 4 p.m.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 3 Julia Fliegner (U-M) d. No. 95 Reece Carter (Washington), 6-0, 6-3
No. 2 -- No. 35 Piper Charney (U-M) vs. Erika Matsuda (Washington), 7-5, 1-0 abandoned
No. 3 -- No. 41 Lily Jones (U-M) d. Alexia Jacobs (Washington), 6-4, 6-1
No. 4 -- No. 75 Emily Sartz-Lunde (U-M) vs. McKenna Koenig (Washington), 6-3, 4-2 abandoned
No. 5 -- Reese Miller (U-M) d. Sophie Luescher (Washington), 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Carina Syrtveit (Washington) d. Jessica Bernales (U-M), 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 23 Lily Jones/Jessica Bernales (U-M) vs. No. 48 Alexia Carter/Reece Jacobs (Washington), 5-5 abandoned
No. 2 -- Julia Fliegner/Reese Miller (U-M) d. Sophie Luescher/Erika Matsuda (Washington), 6-3
No. 3 -- Piper Charney/Emily Sartz-Lunde (U-M) d. Carina Syrtveit/McKenna Koenig (Washington), 6-3
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-2; Singles 3-1-6-5
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