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Michigan Rolls to Shutout Win Over Visiting Princeton
2/20/2022 4:29:00 PM | Women's Tennis
» The Wolverines blanked Princeton 7-0 for its third shutout of the season and ran it's dual record to 5-2.
» Michigan won the doubles point, its first since Jan. 22.
» Freshman Julia Fliegner won her 20th singles match of the season.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Result: #18 Michigan 7, Princeton 0
Records: U-M (5-2), PRIN (3-7)
Next U-M Event: Friday, Feb. 25 -- vs. Pepperdine (Varsity Tennis Center), 6 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 18-ranked University of Michigan women's tennis team earned its third shutout of the season with a 7-0 win over Princeton on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 20) at the Varsity Tennis Center.
The Wolverines (5-2) snapped a four-match doubles skid, taking the early point from the Tigers. Jaedan Brown and Andrea Cerdan earned a 6-3 win over Brianna Shvets and Nathalie Rodilosso. The duo grabbed the first point and never trailed. Kari Miller and Julia Fliegner won their first outing as a duo helped clinch the doubles point, winning 7-5 at No. 3.
Brown made quick work of No. 63 Brianna Shvets at No. 2 singles, 6-4, 6-2 to push Michigan ahead 2-0 with her 15th singles win of the year. No. 81-ranked Cerdan cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Stepahnei Schrage at No. 4, and Fliegner took No. 5 in straight sets as well, winning 7-5, 6-3 over Joyce to clinch the match point for Michigan. Fliegner's victory is her 20th singles win of the year.
With the remaining three matches in a third set, the teams elected to play them out. Gala Mesochoritou rallied after dropping her first set at No. 6 to Michelle Sorokko, winning 6-3, 6-2. No. 11-ranked Miller was pushed at No. 1 by No. 24 Victoria Hu. After splitting the first two sets, Miller took a 4-1 lead in the third before Hu continued to battle and made it a one-point set, 5-4. Up 40-30, Miller sent a shot that Hu was not able to keep in play to take the game, set and match.
On Court 3, Nicole Hammond was in a tiebreaker with Neha Velaga. Hammond went up 6-3 before Vegalga earned a 6-4 win in the second set. The third was a back-and-forth battle, even in the tiebreak, as Hammond captured it 7-6 (7).
Michigan wraps up its four-match homestand with Pepperdine on Friday (Feb. 25) at 6 p.m. inside the Varsity Tennis Center.
Following are match-by-match results
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 11 Kari Miller (U-M) d. No. 24 Victoria Hu (PRIN), 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
No. 2 -- Jaedan Brown (U-M) d. No. 63 Brianna Shvets (PRIN), 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 -- Nicole Hammond (U-M) d. vs. Neha Velaga (PRIN), 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7)
No. 4 -- No. 81 Andrea Cerdan (U-M) d. Stephanie Schrage (PRIN), 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 -- Julia Fliegner (U-M) d. Grace Joyce (PRIN), 7-5, 6-3
No. 6 -- Gala Mesochoritou (U-M) d. vs. Michelle Sorokko (PRIN), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Jaedan Brown/Andrea Cerdan (U-M) d. Brianna Shvets/Nathalie Rodilosso (PRIN), 6-3
No. 2 -- Grace Joyce/Neha Velaga (PRIN) d. Anca Craciun/Nicole Hammond (U-M), 6-2
No. 3 -- Kari Miller/Julia Fliegner (U-M) d. Stephanie Schrage/Leena Bennetto (PRIN), 7-5
Order of Completion: Doubles 2-1-3, Singles 2-4-5-6-1-3
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