Michigan
ITA All-American Championships
Charney Punches NCAA Singles Ticket at ITA All-Americans
9/28/2025 1:52:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Site: Cary, N.C. (Cary Tennis Park)
Event: ITA All-American Championships
U-M Team Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sun, Oct. 2-4 -- at MSU Invite (East Lansing, Mich.)
CARY, N.C. -- Piper Charney of the University of Michigan women's tennis team punched her ticket to the 2025 NCAA Singles Championship by reaching the final of the consolation draw at the 2025 ITA All-American Championships on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 28) at Cary Tennis Park. U-M competed throughout the week, placing four singles players and two doubles teams in the main draw.
Charney will play in the NCAA Singles Championship for the second straight season after earning one of 10 berths available at this tournament. She fed into the consolation draw after falling in the main-draw round of 16 on Friday (Sept. 26), then won three straight in the backdraw, securing the NCAA berth with her semifinal victory.
After winning her first consolation match on Saturday morning (Sept. 27) indoors, Charney rallied to defeat No. 28 Aysegul Mert (Georgia), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, winning eight of the final nine games.
In Sunday's semifinal (Sept. 28), Charney cruised through the first set before a late break decided the second. Down 3-1 in the third, she won two straight games to get back on serve, held to a tiebreaker, then built a 5-1 lead. After four missed match points at 6-2, she steadied and forced two miscues to close out a 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (6) win.
Joining Charney in the main-draw singles were Lily Jones, Emily Sartz-Lunde and Reese Miller. Miller won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw, while Jones and Sartz-Lunde earned spots via ranking. Jones dropped her opener, won three consolation matches and fell in the round of 16. Miller went 0-2 in the main draw. Sartz-Lunde finished 1-2 after winning her first match and dropping the next two.
In doubles, Charney and Sartz-Lunde qualified into the main draw but went 0-2 there. Jones and Jessica Bernales won their main-draw opener before bowing out in the next round for a 1-1 record.
Michigan continues fall action next weekend (Oct. 2-4) at the MSU Invite in East Lansing.
2025 ITA All-American
Wednesday-Saturday, Sept. 24-28
Cary, N.C. (Cary Tennis Park)
Singles Main Draw
No. 107 Reese Miller
First Round (Sept. 24) -- l. No. 29 Ange Oby Kajuru (North Carolina), 6-1, 6-2
Consolation First Round (Sept. 25) -- l. No. 83 Monika Ekstrand (Stanford), 6-3, 6-2
No. 26 Lily Jones
First Round (Sept. 24) -- l. No. 88 Lavina Tanasie (NC State), 6-2, 6-3
Consolation First Round (Sept. 25) -- d. Saray Yli-Piipari (Tennessee), 7-5, 7-5
Consolation Second Round (Sept. 26) -- d. No. 73 Xin Tong Wang (Wichita State), 6-2, 6-2
Consolation Third Round (Sept. 26) -- d. No. 29 Ange Oby Kajuru (North Carolina), 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
Consolation Round of 16 (Sept. 27) -- l. No. 13 Julia Garcia Ruiz (Oklahoma), 6-3, 6-3
No. 10 Piper Charney
First Round (Sept. 24) -- d. No. 45 Valeria Ray (Vanderbilt), 6-1, 6-3
Second Round (Sept. 25) -- d. No. 55 Gabia Paskauskas (Florida), 6-1, 6-1
Round of 16 (Sept. 26) -- l. No. 21 Carmen Andreea Herea (Texas), 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
Consolation Round of 16 (Sept. 27) -- d. No. 52 Emilija Tverijonaite (Arizona State), 6-4, 6-4
Consolation Quarterfinals (Sept. 27) -- d. No. 28 Aysegul Mert (Georgia), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Consolation Semifinals (Sept. 28) -- d. No. 37 Anastasiia Grechkina (Pepperdine), 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
No. 31 Emily Sartz-LundeÂ
First Round (Sept. 24) -- d. No. 81 Mayu Crossley (UCLA), 6-3, 5-7, 6-0
Second Round (Sept. 25) -- l. No. 13 Julia Garcia Ruiz (Oklahoma), 6-1, 6-2
Consolation Second Round (Sept. 26) -- l. No. 25 Kate Fakih (UCLA), 6-3, 6-4
Doubles Main Draw
No. 14 Lily Jones/Jessica Bernales
First Round (Sept. 24) -- d. No. 31 Giorgia Roselli/Xin Tong Wang (Wichita State), 6-3, 6-3
Second Round (Sept. 25) -- l. Catherine Aulia/Leyla Britez Risso (Tennessee), 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (9)
No. 50 Emily Sartz-Lunde/Piper Charney
First Round (Sept. 24) -- l. No. 33 Theodora Rabman/Tatum Evans (North Carolina), 6-1, 6-2
Consolation First Round (Sept. 25) -- l. Mao Mushika/Luara Cilekova (California), 7-5, 5-7, retired
Singles Qualifying Draw
No. 107 Reese Miller
First Round (Sept. 22) -- d. No. 121 Vanesa Suarez (Tennessee), 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Second Round (Sept. 23) -- d. No. 71 Daianne Hayashida (Iowa), 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Doubles Qualifying Draw
No. 50Â Emily Sartz-Lunde/Piper Charney
First Round (Sept. 22) -- d. No. 86 Romana Cisovska/Candela Yecora (Clemson), 6-3, 6-3
Second Round (Sept. 23) -- vs. No. 78 Carolina Gomez Alonso/Anet Kolsko (Arkansas), 7-6 (6), 3-6, 1-0 (8)
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