Maize and Blue Wins Seventh Straight in Shutout of Wisconsin

Site: Madison, Wis. (Nielsen Tennis Stadium)

Score: #18 Michigan 4, Wisconsin 0

Records: U-M (10-5, 7-1 Big Ten), Wisconsin (12-5, 5-3 Big Ten)

Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 4 — at Illinois (Champaign, Ill.), 11 a.m. CT

MADISON, Wis. — The No. 18-ranked University of Michigan ladies’s tennis staff rolled to its seventh straight win, shutting out Wisconsin, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon (March 29) at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.

Michigan received the doubles level behind wins at No. 1 and No. 3. At the highest spot, Jessica Bernales and Lily Jones picked up a 6-3 win as the primary match to complete.

U-M’s No. 3 pair of Piper Charney and Emily Sartz-Lunde clinched the doubles level for the maize and blue for a second straight match with a 6-4 win at No. 3. The pair rallied from an early gap to place the primary level on the board for Michigan.

Michigan received 5 first units in singles motion, retaining the momentum from doubles alive. 

Emily Sartz-Lunde, who had clinched Michigan’s final three matches, was the primary off courtroom to increase the result in 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 5.

Reese Miller adopted with a 6-2, 6-3 win of her personal at No. 3, pushing Michigan’s result in 3-0. Miller went up a break at 4-2 within the second set and saved it the remainder of the way in which to get the win.

Wisconsin didn’t go away, profitable second units at No. 1 and No. 4 to increase the staff match.

Bernales did the honors for Michigan, profitable a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 match at No. 4. After dropping her second set to go to a 3rd, Bernales raced out to an early 4-1 lead. She broke Ellison Reynoldson within the remaining recreation, profitable on a double fault on the deuce level.

The remaining matches on courtroom had been deserted as Michigan moved to 7-1 in Big Ten motion.

Michigan continues its highway swing subsequent weekend, first heading to Illinois to face the Illini on Saturday (April 4) at 11 a.m. CT.

Following are match-by-match outcomes

Singles

No. 1 — No. 20 Lily Jones (U-M) vs. No. 14 Maria Sholokhova (UW), 6-2, 2-6, 3-2 deserted

No. 2 — No. 21 Piper Charney (U-M) vs. No. 47 Ekaterina Ivanova (UW), 6-4, 6-6 deserted

No. 3 — Reese Miller (U-M) d. Tianna Rangan (UW), 6-2, 6-3

No. 4 — Jessica Bernales (U-M) d. Ellison Reynoldson (UW), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

No. 5 — Emily Sartz-Lunde (U-M) d. Kaja Jacobson (UW), 6-3, 6-0

No. 6 — Laura Rahnel (U-M) vs. Kaede Usui (Minnesota), 6-7, 4-4 deserted

Doubles

No. 1 — No. 26 Lily Jones/Jessica Bernales (U-M) d. Ekaterina Ivanova/Ellison Reynoldson (UW), 6-3

No. 2 — Laura Rahnel/Reese Miller (U-M) vs. Maria Sholokhova/Kaede Usui (UW), 5-5 deserted

No. 3 — No. 86 Piper Charney/Emily Sartz-Lunde (U-M) d. Kaja Jacobson/Tianna Rangan (UW), 6-4

Order of Completion: Doubles 1-3; Singles 5-3-4