Michigan
Virginia
Maize and Blue Drops Match to No. 24 Virginia
3/13/2019 5:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis
» Virginia won the doubles point and three of the first four singles matches off court to take a 5-2 win.
» Michigan got singles wins at No. 1 from Kate Fahey and No. 6 from Anca Craciun.
» With the singles win, Fahey has tied Ronit Yurovsky for third all-time at Michigan with 117 victories.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Result: #24 Virginia 5, #23 Michigan 2
Records: U-M (5-4), Virginia (11-4)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, March 16 -- vs. Nebraska (Varsity Tennis Center), noon
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 22-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team picked up two singles wins but it was not enough as No. 24-ranked Virginia took a 5-2 win over the Wolverines on Wednesday afternoon (March 13) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Virginia took the doubles point with wins at No. 3 and No. 2. After winning a 6-3 match at No. 3, Virginia rallied from a 3-0 hole in the match at No. 2 to clinch the match's first point with a 6-4 victory. The Virginia wins were sandwiched around a 6-3 victory at No. 1 for junior Giulia Pairone and senior Kate Fahey. The U-M duo jumped out to a 5-1 lead and hung on for the victory.
Virginia extended its lead to 2-1 with a straight-sets win at No. 5.
Fahey put Michigan's first point on the board, winning 6-3, 6-4 at the top spot. Fahey won the final three games of the first set to grab the early lead. Fahey broke for a 4-2 lead and both players held their serves the rest of the way as Fahey sealed the win.
The Cavaliers stretched their lead to 3-1 moments later with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 4.
Michigan needed to win all three remaining matches on court at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6. U-M won first sets at both No. 2 and No. 6, with Virginia taking the first set at No. 2.
U-M entered concurrent tiebreakers at No. 2 and No. 3. At No. 3, senior Brienne Minor jumped out to a 3-1 advantage in the breaker, but Virginia answered with six straight points to take the match and seal the team win for Virginia.
At No. 2, Pairone was tied at 5 in the breaker but Virginia won the final two points to send the match to a 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of a third set.
Freshman Anca Craciun breezed to a 6-0 first-set win before falling in a 5-2 hole in the second. The freshman battled back to tie the set at 5 but dropped a 7-5 decision. Craciun broke early in the third at 2-1 and held the break the rest of the way en route to the 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 win.
Pairone was last on court, finishing her 10-point tiebreaker after Craciun won. Pairone fell behind in the early stages and could not catch up, falling, 10-5, as Vivian Gozman grabbed a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (5) win for the Cavaliers.
Michigan will resume Big Ten action this weekend, hosting Nebraska on Saturday (March 16) and Iowa on Sunday (March 17). Both matches will begin at noon. Â
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 4 Kate Fahey (U-M) d. No. 33 Meghan Kelley (UVA), 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 -- Vivian Glozman (UVA) d. No. 89 Giulia Pairone (U-M), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 1-0 (5)
No. 3 -- Amber O'Dell (UVA) d. No. 29 Brienne Minor (U-M), 7-5, 7-6 (3)
No. 4 -- Chloe Gullickson (UVA) d. No. 21 Chiara Lommer (U-M), 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 -- Sofia Munera (UVA) d. Alyvia Jones (U-M), 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 -- Anca Craciun (U-M) d. Hunter Bleser (UVA), 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- Kate Fahey/Giulia Pairone (U-M) d. Chloe Gullickson/Amber O'Dell (UVA), 6-3
No. 2 -- Vivian Glozman/Sofia Munera (UVA) d. Bella Lorenzini/Chiara Lommer (U-M), 6-4
No. 3 -- No. 56 Meghan Kelley/Hunter Bleser (UVA) d. Alyvia Jones/Brienne Minor (U-M), 6-3
Order of Completion: Doubles 3-1-2, Singles 5-1-4-3-6-2
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