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Michigan def. Fresno State 4-0
No. 17 Michigan Defeats Fresno State To Open NCAA Play
May 09, 2014 | Women's Tennis
May 9, 2014
No. 17 Michigan women's tennis team, led by No. 1 singles player Emina Bektas, moved a step closer to its sixth straight NCAA round of 16 appearance with a first-round win over Fresno State, 4-0, on Friday (May 9) at USC's Marks Tennis Stadium.
The Wolverines improved to 22-4 while the Bulldogs, in their first NCAA appearance since 2011, fell to 16-9. Michigan will play the winner of USC-Idaho on Saturday.
Michigan got off to a quick start with doubles wins on courts 2 and 3. Ronit Yurovsky and Laura Ucros dispatched of Anne Susdorf and Tanya Murtagh, 8-2, on court 3 for a quick edge as courts 1 and 2 tightened up. Court 2 ended the suspense as Sarah Lee and Amy Zhu took care of Rana Sherif Ahmed and Sofya Malysheva, 8-5, to clinch the doubles win.
Bektas, ranked No. 9, won the first singles match on court 1, defeating No. 72 Sophie Watts, 6-3, 6-1. Yurovsky, on court 2, made it 3-0 Michigan with another 6-3, 6-1 win over Ahmed.
With the Wolverines leading on three of the remaining four courts, Ucros made it official with a 6-0, 6-2 win on court 6 over Murtagh.
#17 Michigan 4, #68 Fresno State 0
May 9, 2014 - Marks Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
DOUBLES
(1) #18 Bektas/Bolender (M) vs. A. Watts/S. Watts (FS) - 7-6, susp.
(2) Lee/Zhu (M) def. Ahmed/Malysheva (FS) - 8-5
(3) Yurovsky/Ucros (M) def. Susdorf/Murtagh (FS) - 8-2
Michigan wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 3, 2
SINGLES
(1) #9 Emina Bektas (M) def. #72 Sophie Watts (FS) - 6-3, 6-1
(2) #25 Ronit Yurovsky (M) def. Rana Sherif Ahmed (FS) - 6-3, 6-1
(3) Brooke Bolender (M) vs. Sofya Malysheva (FS) - 5-7, 2-0, susp.
(4) #122 Sarah Lee (M) vs. Anneka Watts (FSU) - 6-2, 5-3, susp.
(5) #117 Amy Zhu (M) vs. Anne Susdrof (FSU) - 6-3, 2-1, susp.
(6) Laura Ucross (M) def. Tanya Murtagh (FSU) - 6-0, 6-2
Order of finish: 1, 2, 6
