Wolverines to Head to Big Ten Tournament as No. 1 Seed

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 3-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team (21-3) earned the No. 1 seed for the 2025 Big Ten Tournament after capturing the Big Ten championship behind a 13-0 record. Michigan will face either No. 8 seed Maryland in the quarterfinals on Thursday (April 24) at 9 a.m. PT. The 2025 Big Ten Tournament is being held at the Ojai Valley Tennis Club at Libbey Park in Ojai, Calif.

Notes

• Michigan enters the Big Ten Tournament as the three-time defending champion, most recently winning the tournament title last year at the Varsity Tennis Center. U-M has won tournament titles in 1997, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The tournament determined the Big Ten champion up until 2009 when the conference started using the regular season to determine the Big Ten champion.

• The Wolverines have reached 19 straight championship matches at the Big Ten Tournament, dating back to the 2004-05 season. Michigan has won five of the last six tournaments contested, picking up a 4-3 win over Northwestern in the final match in 2018, grabbing a 4-1 win over Illinois in 2019, and knocking off Ohio State (4-0 in 2022, 4-2 in 2023, 4-2 in 2024) in the last three editions. The Buckeyes won in 2021, with no tournament held in 2020.

• Michigan is the No. 1 seed for the third straight season and will face either No. 8 seed Maryland. U-M and Maryland did not face each other during the regular season.

• U-M won the 2025 Big Ten championship, posting a perfect 13-0 record in conference action. The title marks Michigan's third straight and 13th in program history to move up to No. 2 in Big Ten history. It is title No. 12 for head coach Ronni Bernstein, ranking third all-time in Big Ten history. In Michigan's 13 Big Ten wins, the Wolverines yielded only 10 points to their opponents, holding a 52-10 advantage.

• Michigan has won the last six trophies handed out by the Big Ten, starting with the 2022 Big Ten Tournament. The Wolverines followed that up by sweeping the Big Ten championship and tournament titles in 2023 and 2024, capped by this year's third straight Big Ten championship.

• The Wolverines have won nine straight doubles points, last dropping the first point of the match at No. 24 UCLA (March 22). Last time out, Michigan won at No. 1 and No. 2 to take the point against Michigan State (April 19). U-M has stayed pretty consistent with its lineup over that time, going with Jessica Bernales and Lily Jones at No. 1, Reese Miller and Julia Fliegner at No. 2 and Piper Charney and Emily Sartz-Lunde at No. 3.

• Michigan enters the tournament on a 15-match winning streak after going 2-0 last week with a win at No. 9 Ohio State (April 16) and a victory at home against Michigan State (April 19) to win the Big Ten championship.

• The Wolverines are 2-0 this season in the state of California with wins at UCLA (4-1, March 22) and at USC (4-2, March 23).

• U-M has four ranked singles players in Fliegner (No. 3), Charney (No. 25), Jones (No. 41) and Sartz-Lunde (No. 82). Jones and Bernales come in at No. 20 as a doubles pair, with Bernales and Charney teaming up to be ranked No. 34.

• As a team, Michigan is 78-21 in singles action during dual matches. Charney leads the way with 17 wins, with four other Wolverines in double figures. Charney is up to 31 total wins on the season, making her second straight 30-win season after she won 37 matches as a freshman. There now have been seven Wolverines in program history with multiple 30-win seasons -- Kate Fahey (three), Emina Bektas (three), Brienne Minor (three), Sarah Lee (three), Ronit Yurovsky (two), Denise Muresan (two) and Charney (two).

• Bernstein is in her 18th season as the head coach, holding a 544-195 overall coaching record. She is currently eighth nationally among active coaches in wins. Bernstein ranks 18th all-time in victories.

• The 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket will be announced on Monday (April 28).