Michigan
ITA Midwest Regional Championships
Fahey Sweeps Titles at Midwest Regional Championships
10/23/2018 2:44:00 PM | Women's Tennis
» Kate Fahey won both the singles and doubles title at the event, marking the second time she has swept both titles. She also won both in 2016.
» Fahey and Brienne Minor combined to win the doubles championship with an 8-6 win over Ohio State's Shiori Fukuda and Luna Dormet in the final match.
» It is the sixth straight season that a Wolverine has won the singles title. Fahey has a pair, with Ronit Yurovsky, Emina Bektas, Brienne Minor and Chiara Lommer accounting for the six.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Event: ITA Midwest Regional Championships
Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sun., Nov. 2-4 -- at UNC Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Senior Kate Fahey of the University of Michigan women's tennis team swept the singles and doubles title for the second time in her career as the ITA Midwest Regional Championships wrapped up on Tuesday (Oct. 23) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Fahey took the title with a 6-4, 6-2 win over junior Chiara Lommer in the final on Tuesday. Fahey jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first set before hanging on for the 6-4 win. In the second set, Fahey grabbed a break at 3-1 and did not look back. Fahey reached the championship match after rallying for a 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3 win over fellow senior Brienne Minor. Fahey won nine of the match's final 12 games after falling in a 5-3 hole in the second. In the earlier rounds, she had a pair of 6-0, 6-0 wins and only dropped three games before the semifinal round.
Fahey and Minor took the doubles title with an 8-6 win over Ohio State's Shiori Fukuda and Luna Dormet in the championship match. The Wolverine duo fell in an early 2-0 hole but won four of the next five games to claim a break of their own. That was all the space Fahey and Minor needed, keeping the break advantage throughout the rest of the set. U-M made good on its third match point, coming through on a deuce point on Fahey's serve to wrap up the title. Prior to the final match, Fahey and Minor made quick work of each opponent they faced, never losing more than three games in the previous four matches.
Minor and Lommer helped Michigan comprise three of the four spots in the singles semifinals, guaranteeing U-M to have a player in the final. Lommer knocked off Northwestern's Clarissa Hand in three sets (6-2, 5-7, 6-3), while Minor fell to Fahey.
Junior Giulia Pairone (2-1), sophomore Alyvia Jones (1-1), sophomore Bella Lorenzini (0-1) and freshman Anca Craciun (0-1) also competed in the singles main draw for Michigan at the event. Junior Lera Patiuk (1-1) fell in singles qualifying.
Michigan takes the weekend off before heading to North Carolina for the UNC Invite, Nov. 2-4.
Singles Main Draw
Kate Fahey
First Round (Oct. 20) -- Bye
Second Round (Oct. 20) -- d. Ally Bojczuk (Notre Dame), 6-0, 6-0
Third Round (Oct. 21) -- d. Lexi Keberle (Wisconsin), 6-1, 6-3
Quarterfinals (Oct. 22) -- d. Danielle Wolf (Ohio State), 6-0, 6-0
Semifinals (Oct. 22) -- d. Brienne Minor (Michigan), 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3
Final (Oct. 23) -- d. Chiara Lommer (Michigan), 6-4, 6-2
Giulia Pairone
First Round (Oct. 20) -- Bye
Second Round (Oct. 20) -- d. Mary Beth Hurley (Ohio State), 6-2, 6-0
Third Round (Oct. 21) -- d. Sophie Geier (Akron), 6-2, 7-6 (4)
Quarterfinals (Oct. 22) -- l. Clarissa Hand (Northwestern), 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-3
Brienne Minor
First Round (Oct. 20) -- Bye
Second Round (Oct. 20) -- d. Rachel Chong (Notre Dame), 6-1, 6-4
Third Round (Oct. 21) -- d. Zoe Spence (Notre Dame), 6-3, 6-3
Quarterfinals (Oct. 22) -- d. Shiori Fukuda (Ohio State), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Semifinals (Oct. 22) -- l. Kate Fahey (Michigan), 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3
Chiara Lommer
First Round (Oct. 20) -- Bye
Second Round (Oct. 20) -- d. Rheeya Doshi (Northwestern), 6-4, 6-4
Third Round (Oct. 21) -- d. Daniela Pedrazo Novak (Illinois), 6-3, 6-4
Quarterfinals (Oct. 22) --Â d. Julie Byrne (Northwestern), 6-3, 6-2
Semifinals (Oct. 22) -- d. Clarissa Hand (Northwestern), 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
Final (Oct. 23) -- l. Kate Fahey (Michigan), 6-4, 6-2
Alyvia Jones
First Round (Oct. 20) -- Bye
Second Round (Oct. 20) -- d. Paula Comella (Bowling Green), 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
Third Round (Oct. 21) -- l. Shiori Fukuda (Ohio State), 6-2, 6-3
Anca Craciun
First Round (Oct. 20) -- Bye
Second Round (Oct. 20) -- l. Keisha Clousing (DePaul), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Bella Lorenzini
First Round (Oct. 20) -- l. Rheeya Doshi (Northwestern), 4-6, 7-6, 6-4
Doubles Main Draw
Kate Fahey/Brienne Minor
First Round (Oct. 19) -- Bye
Second Round (Oct. 19) -- d. Ayumi Sasaski/Polina Radeva (Bowling Green), 8-2
Third Round (Oct. 20) -- d. Clarissa Hand/Hannah McColgan (Northwestern), 8-3
Quarterfinals (Oct. 21) -- d. Danielle Wolf/Mary Beth Hurley (Ohio State), 8-1
Semifinals (Oct. 21) -- d. Lee Or/Inci Ogut (Northwestern), 8-1
Final (Oct. 22) -- d. Shiori Fukuda/Luna Dormet (Ohio State), 8-6
Giulia Pairone/Anca Craciun
First Round (Oct. 19) -- Bye
Second Round (Oct. 19) -- d. Lucie Prochazkova/Karyna Bihel (UIC), 8-6
Third Round (Oct. 20) -- l. Shiori Fukuda/Luna Dormet (Ohio State), 8-5
Alyvia Jones/Bella Lorenzini
First Round (Oct. 19) -- Bye
Second Round (Oct. 19) -- d. KierstenCarlson/Kokoro Chishaki (Toledo), 8-4
Third Round (Oct. 20) -- l. Zoe Spence/Cameron Corse (Notre Dame), 8-3
Lanie Van Linge/Lera Patiuk
First Round (Oct. 19) -- Bye
Second Round (Oct. 19) -- l. Paula Comella/Marharita-Sophia Tavpash (Bowling Green), 8-4
Singles Qualifying
Lera Patiuk
First Round (Oct. 18) -- d. Dasha Artamonova (Oakland), 6-2, 6-2
Second Round (Oct. 18) -- l. Dee Dee Leenabanchong (Toledo), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
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