Michigan Heads to Big Ten Tournament as No. 2 Seed

» U-M earned the No. 2 seed for the Big Ten Tournament and will face the winner of No. 7 seed Michigan State vs. No. 10 seed Indiana on Friday (April 27) at 2 p.m. CDT. The tournament is being hosted by Minnesota.
» The Wolverines have made 13 straight appearances in the Big Ten Tournament championship match. U-M's most recent tournament title came in 2015 after a 4-0 win over Ohio State in the final match.
» The championship match of the tournament will air on the Big Ten Network on Monday (April 30) at 6 p.m.

THIS WEEK
Fri-Sun., April 27-29 -- at Big Ten Tournament (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Friday, April 27 -- vs. Michigan State or Indiana (Minneapolis, Minn.), 2 p.m. CDT
Saturday, April 28 -- Big Ten Tournament Semifinal (Minneapolis, Minn.), 1:30 p.m. CDT
Sunday, April 29 -- Big Ten Tournament Championship (Minneapolis, Minn.), Noon CDT

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The No. 23-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team (14-9, 10-1 B1G) grabbed the No. 2 seed for this week's Big Ten Tournament (April 27-29) at Minnesota. U-M will face either No. 10 seed Indiana (17-10, 4-7 B1G) or No. 7 seed Michigan State (15-8, 6-5 B1G) in the quarterfinals on Friday (April 27) at 2 p.m. CDT.

WOLVERINE BITES

• No. 23 Michigan stayed in the top 25 for the third consecutive week after shutting out Michigan State, 4-0, to conclude the regular season. In the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings, Michigan has faced No. 2 North Carolina, No. 3 Duke, No. 4 Georgia Tech, No. 6 Texas, No. 12 Northwestern, No. 18 Kansas, No. 19 Illinois, No. 20 Virginia, No. 21 Auburn, No. 22 UCF and No. 24 Tulsa this season.

• Michigan earned the No. 2 seed for the second straight season after going 10-1 during the Big Ten season. U-M will face either No. 7 seed Michigan State (15-8, 6-5 B1G) or No. 10 seed Indiana (17-10, 4-7 B1G) on Friday (April 27) in the quarterfinals. The Wolverines shut out Michigan State, 4-0, this past weekend (Saturday, April 21) but did not face Indiana this season.

• The Wolverines have reached 13 straight championship matches at the Big Ten Tournament, dating back to the 2004-05 season. Michigan's last tournament title came in 2015 after a 4-0 win over Ohio State.

• With a 10-1 mark this season in Big Ten matches, head coach Ronni Bernstein moved her conference record to 111-6 in 11 seasons. U-M has not lost more than one Big Ten match in a season under Bernstein and has five perfect conference seasons on her watch. U-M has recorded at least 10 Big Ten wins in each of the last nine seasons.

• Michigan got it done on the singles court during Big Ten action, going 48-9 as a team. No one on the team lost more than two matches in conference play, paced by sophomore Chiara Lommer's 9-0 record. Junior Kate Fahey tied Lommer for the lead in wins, going 9-2 in conference action at the No. 1 spot.

• Junior Kate Fahey is 25-7 on the season, moving her career record to 92-22 (.807). She is the 11th Wolverine in school history to reach 90 career wins, ranking 11th all-time in singles wins. Fahey is the only player in program history to feature a winning percentage of at least .800.

• Sophomore Chiara Lommer is the owner of Michigan's longest singles win streak, with victories in her last nine singles matches. Freshman Alyvia Jones is right behind her on a seven-match tear, with junior Brienne Minor winning her last four singles matches.

• Michigan has six players with at least 10 singles wins on the season. Chiara Lommer (28), Kate Fahey (25), Mira Ruder-Hook (15), Bella Lorenzini (14), Lera Patiuk (14) and Alyvia Jones (11) are each in the double-figure club.

• As part of Black History Month, junior Brienne Minor was profiled by The Tennis Channel after winning last year's singles NCAA title. Watch the video here.

• In the latest (April 24) singles rankings, Kate Fahey comes in at No. 31 and Chiara Lommer is at No. 101. The doubles pair of Brienne Minor and Mira Ruder-Hook is in the doubles rankings for the fifth straight week, earning a No. 86 ranking.

• Sunday's (April 29) championship match can be seen on the Big Ten Network on Monday (April 30) at 6 p.m.

NCAA RULES
Each team match will be a contest for the best of seven team points. Doubles action will begin immediately with no warmup, so fans are encouraged to arrive on time for matches. In addition, each doubles match will be one set to six, with a tiebreaker occurring at 6-all. The team that wins two-of-three matches will secure the doubles point. Following a five-minute intermission, singles action will begin with each match worth one point towards the team score. There will be no-ad scoring in both singles and doubles action. In addition, there is to be no noise made between first and second serves this season as part of new ITA sportsmanship guidelines.

WEATHER POLICY
Matches shall be played outdoors unless the projected weather forecast, for a minimum of two hours out of a four-hour time period from the start of the match, according to www.weather.com is: a high of less than 50 degrees or sustained winds (not including wind gusts) of more than 20 miles per hour.