Michigan Heads to No. 1 Georgia for NCAA Super Regional

» No. 16 Michigan travels to No. 1 Georgia for the third round of the NCAA Tournament -- now a Super Regional -- on Saturday (May 11). This round of the NCAA Tournament is being played on campus sites.
» The winner of the match will advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament to face either Texas A&M or Vanderbilt at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida.
» Kate Fahey enters the match one win away from tying the single-season record for wins, set by Emina Bektas (38) in 2014.

UPDATE (5/10): Due to an inclement weather forecast in Athens on Saturday (May 11), Michigan and Georgia will kick off action at 10 a.m. rather than the original 2 p.m. start time.

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The No. 16-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team (20-5) hits the road for the third round of the NCAA Tournament, heading to top-ranked Georgia (25-1). U-M and UGA will face off on Saturday (May 11) at 10 a.m. at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex with a spot in the quarterfinals on the line.

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• Michigan has advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament, now being held on campus sites as an NCAA Super Regional, for the eighth time in the last 10 seasons. U-M shut out both UIC and Kentucky in the first two rounds to advance. The Wolverines won the doubles point and singles matches at No. 1 (Kate Fahey), No. 2 (Giulia Pairone) and No. 3 (Brienne Minor) in both matches to account for its four points.

• The format of this year's NCAA Tournament has changed, with the round of 16 now taking place on campus sites instead of the finals site. The NCAA has added a Super Regional round, with the highest seed hosting the round of 16 before the tournament moves to the finals site (Orlando, Florida) for the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship match.

• The winner of this weekend's match will advance to face either No. 8 seed Vanderbilt or Texas A&M in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida. U-M has advanced the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament once in program history, reaching that round in 2016 after a 4-3 win over Miami in the third round.

• Senior Kate Fahey has put together an impressive senior season, compiling a 37-5 overall singles record. She passed Emina Bektas for first all-time at Michigan with 131 singles wins and is just one win away from tying Bektas for the single-season record (38). Fahey is ranked No. 3 by the ITA and has won 20 straight matches at the No. 1 singles spot. She was named Big Ten Athlete of the Year for the second straight season and will compete in her third consecutive NCAA Singles Championship later this month.

• With a pair of wins in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, Michigan has recorded its 11th 20-win season in program history. Michigan has reached the 20-win plateau nine times in the last 10 seasons, as well as in 1990 and 1997.

• Michigan and Georgia are facing off for the first time since the 2016 ITA National Team Indoor Championship, where UGA grabbed a 4-1 win. This weekend's match marks the second time the teams have squared off in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. Georgia won a 4-2 match during the 2015 NCAA Tournament that was played indoors at SMU due to rain at Baylor. The Bulldogs lead the all-time series against Michigan, 5-0.

• Georgia (25-1) enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed after dropping just one match on the season to South Carolina in the SEC Tournament championship match. The Bulldogs feature five ranked singles players in No. 2 Katarina Jokic, No. 19 Marta Gonzales, No. 69 Lourdes Carle, No. 72 Vivian Wolff and No. 122 Meg Kowalski. Carle and Jokic team up to form the No. 28-ranked doubles team.

• U-M swept the Big Ten titles this season, winning the Big Ten championship after going 11-0 in conference action and knocking off Purdue (4-0), Northwestern (4-1) and Illinois (4-1) en route to the Big Ten Tournament title. It is the second time Michigan has won both titles in the same season (2015).

• Seniors Kate Fahey and Brienne Minor enter the weekend as owners of Michigan's two longest singles win streaks. Fahey has won 20 straight matches at the No. 1 spot after dropping her first dual match of the season, while Minor has ripped off 12 consecutive victories. The two also have combined for five straight wins at the top of the doubles lineup. Sophomore Alyvia Jones has won five straight to record the first 20-win season of her career (20-10).

• Brienne Minor became the ninth Wolverine in school history to reach 100 singles wins on the strength of a 29-5 singles record this season. Minor now holds a 109-28 mark on the singles court, ranking seventh all-time in singles wins.

• U-M is 122-6 in Big Ten play under 12th-year head coach Ronni Bernstein after another 11-0 season in conference play. U-M has not lost more than one Big Ten match in a season under Bernstein and has six perfect conference seasons on her watch. U-M has recorded at least 10 Big Ten wins in each of the last 10 seasons.

• Michigan is 18-0 this season when it wins the doubles point, earning victories over Ole Miss, Michigan State, Texas, Pepperdine, Baylor, Nebraska, Iowa, Purdue (twice), Minnesota, Penn State, Ohio State, Northwestern (twice), Rutgers, Maryland, UIC and Kentucky when securing the match's first point.

• The Wolverines have six players who have reached double-digit singles wins in Kate Fahey (37), Brienne Minor (29), Giulia Pairone (25), Chiara Lommer (23), Alyvia Jones (20) and Anca Craciun (14). Fahey recorded the third 30-win season of her career, joining Emina Bektas and Sarah Lee in that club. Bektas holds the single-season record for wins (38).

• Michigan features four ranked singles players in No. 3 Kate Fahey, No. 47 Chiara Lommer, No. 50 Brienne Minor and No. 80 Giulia Pairone. Fahey and Minor also come in at No. 32 as a doubles pair. Fahey, Lommer and Minor will represent Michigan at the NCAA Singles Championship, with Fahey and Minor earning a berth to the NCAA Doubles Championship.