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Wolverines Head to ITA Indoor Championship to Face No. 1 Cardinal
2/5/2020 12:45:00 PM | Women's Tennis
» No. 10 Michigan heads to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship this weekend in Chicago.
» Michigan will face No. 1 Stanford in the opening round. The Wolverines are guaranteed three matches and could play a fourth if they advance to the championship match.
» U-M is making its 10th appearance at the national event in the last 11 years.
THIS WEEK
Fri-Mon., Feb. 7-10 -- at ITA National Team Indoor Championship (Chicago, Ill.)
Friday, Feb. 7 -- vs. Stanford, 3:30 p.m. CST
Saturday, Feb. 8 -- vs. Ohio State or Georgia Tech, 3:30 or 6:30 p.m. CST
Sunday, Feb. 9 -- TBD
Monday, Feb. 10 -- Championship Match, 11 a.m. CST
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The No. 10-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team (3-1) heads to Chicago for the 16-team ITA National Team Indoor Championship this weekend (Feb. 7-10) at XS Tennis Village. Michigan will square off against No. 1-ranked Stanford in the opening round Friday (Feb. 7) at 3:30 p.m. CST and will face either No. 22 Georgia Tech or No. 12 Ohio State in its second match on Saturday (Feb. 8). The Wolverines are guaranteed three matches and will play a fourth if they advance to the championship match.
Wolverine Bites
• The No. 10-ranked Wolverines are making their 10th appearance in the last 11 seasons at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship after missing the event last season.
• All of Michigan's trips to the national event have come in the past 11 years since the ITA went to the Kick-Off format with four-team qualifing sites. U-M's first trip to the event came in 2010 after winning the ITA Kick-Off at Arkansas. This season, Michigan knocked off Ole Miss and UCF at the Varsity Tennis Center to punch its ticket to Chicago.
• The Wolverines are 14-13 all-time at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship and have won at least one match in each appearance. U-M went 2-1 in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2017. U-M picked up a win over Wisconsin during its last trip to the event (2018).
• Joining No. 10 Michigan at the championship are No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 North Carolina, No. 3 Georgia, No. 4 UCLA, No. 5 Duke, No. 6 Pepperdine, No. 7 Texas, No. 8 NC State, No. 9 Florida State, No. 11 Virginia, No. 12 Ohio State, No. 14 Arizona State, No. 17 Princeton, No. 22 Georgia Tech and Illinois.
• The tournament marks the return of Chiara Lommer (Glenview) and Bella Lorenzini (Clarendon Hills) to the Chicago area.
• Michigan will face No. 1 Stanford to open play at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship. The Cardinal is 3-0 with wins over South Florida and Washington State in the Kick-Off to punch its ticket to the national event. Stanford has three ranked singles players in No. 6 Michaela Gordon, No. 77 Angelica Blake and No. 96 Janice Shin.
• Michigan associate head coach Teryn Ashley-Fitch was a four-year varsity letterwinner (1996-2000) at Stanford. Ashley-Fitch was a five-time All-American and won a pair of team national championships with the Cardinal.
• The Maize and Blue is coming off a 4-0 shutout of No. 24-ranked Florida Tuesday (Feb. 4) at the Varsity Tennis Center. U-M won the doubles point and got singles wins from Giulia Pairone, Nicole Hammond and Anca Craciun to avenge a 4-3 loss to the Gators last season.
• Anca Craciun made her 2020 dual-match debut against Florida (Feb. 4), grabbing a straight-set win at No. 5. Seven Wolverines have picked up a singles win during dual-match play, with Nicole Hammond, Bella Lorenzini and Andrea Cerdan each tied for the team lead with two victories.
• The ITA did not release new team rankings this week in anticipation of the team championship, with Michigan entering the tournament ranked No. 10. U-M came in at No. 12 in the USTA poll.
• A trio of Wolverines appear in the latest ITA singles rankings in No. 36 Giulia Pairone, No. 51 Andrea Cerdan and No. 94 Alyvia Jones.
• Michigan will be back in action next weekend (Saturday, Feb. 15), traveling to Virginia to face the No. 11-ranked Cavaliers. U-M does not return to the VTC until hosting Princeton on Feb. 28.
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