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Michigan Completes Regular Season with Shutout at Michigan State
4/21/2018 6:15:00 PM | Women's Tennis
» The Maize and Blue won the doubles point and got singles wins from Alyvia Jones, Kate Fahey and Mira Ruder-Hook to shut out the Spartans, 4-0.
» Michigan completes its Big Ten season with a 10-1 record, its ninth consecutive season with at least 10 conference wins. U-M has secured the No. 2 seed for the upcoming Big Ten Tournament.
» It was Michigan's first outdoor match of the Big Ten season and the first time playing outdoors since March 11 at Texas.
Site: East Lansing, Mich. (MSU Outdoor Tennis Courts)
Score: #23 Michigan 4, Michigan State 0
Records: U-M (14-9, 10-1 B1G), MSU (15-8, 6-5 B1G)
Next U-M Event: Friday, April 27 -- at Big Ten Tournament - Second Round (Minneapolis, Minn.), 2 p.m. CDT
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The No. 23-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team won the doubles point and the first three singles matches off court to shut out Michigan State, 4-0, on Saturday afternoon (April 21) at the MSU Outdoor Courts. With the win, Michigan wrapped up the regular season with a 10-1 mark in Big Ten action, its ninth straight conference season with at least 10 wins.
Michigan grabbed a 1-0 lead after doubles, taking advantage of fast starts at both No. 2 and No. 3.
At the No. 3 spot, the sophomore duo of Chiara Lommer and Lera Patiuk dropped just one game en route to a 6-1 win.
Senior Mira Ruder-Hook and freshman Alyvia Jones clinched the point for the Maize and Blue, winning 6-2 at No. 2. The Wolverine duo was on serve at 2-1 before winning the next two games to stake itself to a 4-1 lead. It was all Michigan from there as Jones and Ruder-Hook won two of the remaining three games in the 6-2 victory.
Jones was first off court for the Maize and Blue, winning her seventh straight match at No. 4 with a 6-1, 6-1 victory.
Junior Kate Fahey was right behind Jones, dropping just three games in a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 1. Fahey moved her season record to 25-7 with her third consecutive victory at the top spot.
Ruder-Hook clinched the win for the Wolverines, winning 6-2, 6-4 at No. 5. The remaining matches were abandoned, with the teams playing to clinch. Junior Brienne Minor won the first set at No. 2 but was down 5-2 in the second, with Lommer in a first-set tiebreaker at No. 2. Freshman Bella Lorenzini lost her first set but was on serve at 2-1 in the second.
Michigan has secured the No. 2 seed for the upcoming Big Ten Tournament. U-M will face the winner of the No. 7/No. 10 match on Friday (April 27) at 2 p.m. CDT. The event is being held at Minnesota.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 31 Kate Fahey (U-M) d. Habiba Shaker (MSU), 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 -- Brienne Minor (U-M) vs. Aslina Chua (MSU), 6-4, 2-5 abandoned
No. 3 -- No. 101 Chiara Lommer (U-M) vs. Sara Kuuttila (MSU), 6-6 abandoned
No. 4 -- Alyvia Jones (U-M) d. Davina Nguyen (MSU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 -- Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Emily Metcalf (MSU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 -- Bella Lorenzini (U-M) vs. Samantha Memjie (MSU), 4-6, 2-1 abandoned
Doubles
No. 1 -- Brienne Minor/Kate Fahey (U-M) vs. Sara Kuuttila/Emily Metcalf (MSU), 4-5 abandoned
No. 2 -- Alyvia Jones/Mira Ruder-Hook (U-M) d. Habiba Shaker/Davina Nguyen (MSU), 6-2
No. 3 --Â Lera Patiuk/Chiara Lommer (U-M) d. Ava Thielman/Lexi Baylis (MSU), 6-1
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-2; Singles 4-1-5
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