Michigan
ITA Midwest Regional Championships
10/8/2026 10:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
» Michigan grabbed all three available NCAA Championships berths at the event, with Piper Charney and Olivia Traynor earning singles bids and Charney teaming up with Reese Miller for a doubles berth.
» Michigan had all eight Wolverines in the singles main draw, with Gabriella Lindgren joining Charney and Traynor in the quarterfinals before falling to Charney.
» There are no team results during the fall portion of the season.
Site: Champaign, Ill. (Atkins Tennis Center)
Event: ITA Midwest Regional Championships
Result: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sun., Oct. 23-25 -- at Rome Invite (Rome, Ga.)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The University of Michigan women's tennis team earned all three NCAA Championships bids up for grabs at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, held Oct. 8-12 at the Atkins Tennis Center. Piper Charney and Olivia Traynor earned singles bids, with Charney teaming up with Reese Miller to win the doubles title en route to qualifying.
Charney earned a berth to the NCAA Singles Championship for the third straight season, with her and Miller earning the first doubles bid of their respective careers. Charney is the seventh Wolverine in program history to make at least three appearances in the NCAA Singles Championship. Traynor grabbed a spot in the singles championship as a freshman, becoming the first Michigan freshman to qualify since 2021 (Kari Miller).
Charney reached the singles final to wrap up her berth, dropping just 15 games across five matches. Through the first three rounds, she gave up five games before facing her teammate Gabriella Lindgren in the quarterfinals. Lindgren pushed Charney to a second-set tiebreak, but Charney prevailed 7-5 to head to the semifinals. She returned to her dominant form, knocking off Ariel Madatali by dropping just one game in the straight-set win.
Traynor fell in the semifinals to No. 36 Ekaterina Ivanova, who had previously qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship to set up a third-place match for the remaining bid. The freshman knocked off Madatali, 6-2, 6-3, to punch her ticket. The two exchanged breaks throughout the first set until Traynor went up 5-2 and served out the set in the ensuing game. Traynor grabbed a pair of breaks for a 4-1 lead in the second set and did not look back, wrapping up a 6-2, 6-3 win to advance to the national tournament.
Charney and Miller marched through the doubles main draw, winning the title with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Audrey Spencer and Anna Bennett of Ohio State in the championship match. The Wolverine duo broke on the deuce point when Miller ripped a service return that Ohio State sent wide for a 5-3 lead. Charney closed it out on her serve in the next game. It was all Maize and Blue in the second set, with the Wolverines winning the first four games en route to winning the doubles title.
Michigan continues its fall season at the Rome Invite, set for Oct. 23-26 in Rome, Ga.
Singles Main Draw
No. 6 Piper Charney
First Round (Oct. 9) -- d. Aria Abalos (Notre Dame), 6-0, 6-2
Second Round (Oct. 10) -- d. Irmak Budak (Northern Illinois), 6-0, 6-0
Third Round (Oct. 10) -- d. Jessica Kovalcik (Notre Dame), 6-1, 6-2
Quarterfinals (Oct. 11) -- d. Gabriella Lindgren (U-M), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Semifinals (Oct. 12) -- d. Ariel Madatali (Illinois), 6-1, 6-0
No. 50 Reese Miller
First Round (Oct. 9) -- l. Anna Bennett (Ohio State), 6-2, 6-4
Consolation (Oct. 10) -- d. Emmerson White (Marquette), 6-3, 6-2
No. 64 Emily Sartz-Lunde
First Round (Oct. 9) -- d. Kaede Usui (Wisconsin), 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4
Second Round (Oct. 10) -- l. Lucy Oyebog (Ohio State), 6-4, 6-0
No. 116 Olivia Traynor
First Round (Oct. 9) -- d. Rebeca Garcia Miralles (Northern Illinois), 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Second Round (Oct. 10) -- d. Tess Bucher (Illinois), 6-4, 6-3
Third Round (Oct. 10) -- d. Marilouise Van Zyl (UIC), 6-3, 6-1
Quarterfinals (Oct. 11) -- d. No. 46 Bianca Molnar (Notre Dame), 6-2, 7-6 (6)
Semifinals (Oct. 12) -- l. No. 36 Ekaterina Ivanova (Wisconsin), 6-3, 6-3
Third Place (Oct. 12) -- d. Ariel Madatali (Illinois), 6-2, 6-3
Gabriella Lindgren
First Round (Oct. 9) -- d. Alessia Cau (Ohio State), 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
Second Round (Oct. 10) -- d. Anastasia Sysoeva (Notre Dame), 0-6, 7-6 (1), 6-0
Third Round (Oct. 10) -- d. Alice Xu (Illinois), 6-2, 7-5
Quarterfinals (Oct. 11) -- l. No. 6 Piper Charney (U-M), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Calla McGill
First Round (Oct. 9) -- l. Aely Arai (Northwestern), 6-3, 6-1
Consolation (Oct. 10) -- d. Frida Weijerman (Western Michigan), 7-5, 6-4
Laura Rahnel
First Round (Oct. 9) -- l. Bianca Molnar (Notre Dame), 7-6 (6), 6-3
Consolation (Oct. 10) -- l. Ayana Yaguchi (Western Michigan), 6-4, 6-4
Reagan Levine
First Round (Oct. 9) -- l. Lyla Messler (Illinois), 6-2, 6-1
Consolation (Oct. 10) -- d. Skye Madatali (Notre Dame), 6-0, 1-0 retired
Doubles Main Draw
No. 41 Piper Charney/Reese Miller
First Round (Oct. 9) -- d. Maria Valentina Salek Rivero/Sabrina Tolstova (Eastern Michigan), 8-2
Second Round (Oct. 9) -- Sasha Sakura Stula/Clara Nilsson (DePaul), 8-0
Third Round (Oct. 10) -- d. Tianna Rangan/Thea Latak (Wisconsin), 8-3
Quarterfinals (Oct. 11) -- d. Alessia Cau/Lucy Oyebog (Ohio State), 8-4
Semifinals (Oct. 11) -- d. Ekaterina Ivanova/Ellison Reynoldson (Wisconsin), 6-0, 6-3
Finals (Oct. 12) -- d. Audrey Spencer/Anna Bennett (Ohio State), 6-3, 6-1
Gabriella Lindgren/Calla McGill
First Round (Oct. 9) -- d. Ayana Yaguchi/Julia Frazier (Western Michigan), 8-2
Second Round (Oct. 9) -- l. Ekaterina Ivanova/Ellison Reynoldson (Wisconsin), 8-6
Laura Rahnel/Olivia Traynor
First Round (Oct. 9) -- d. Vittoria Benedetti/Emma Peretti (Illinois State), 8-4
Second Round (Oct. 9) -- l. Lucia Gaio/McKenzie Shelton (Bowling Green), 8-7 (6)
Emily Sartz-Lunde/Reagan Levine
First Round (Oct. 9) -- d. Ellie Blackford/Lu Mengqiao (Michigan State), 8-5
Second Round (Oct. 9) -- d. Marta Halbersztadt/Nia Cooper (UIC), 8-1
Third Round (Oct. 10) -- l. Bianca Molnar/Lily Rochon (Notre Dame), 8-4
Singles Qualifying Draw
Laura Rahnel
First Round (Thursday, Oct. 8) -- d. Helin Alvarez (DePaul), 6-2, 6-2
Second Round (Thursday, Oct. 8) -- d. Maria Valentina Salek Rivero (Eastern Michigan), 6-1, 6-0
