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The No. 32 Trojans kicked off the match with a tough doubles slate, going up against the No. 1 pair and the No. 28 pair in the nation, and falling on both courts. But after dropping the doubles point, freshman Sydney Van Alphen went straight to work, evening up the score with a dominant straight-sets win on Court 6.
Michigan pulled ahead with a win on Court 5, but USC rattled off three straight wins to clinch, plus another for good measure, to win the match 5-2. The Trojans mustered two three-set victories and two tiebreak victories to pull off the upset at Marks Stadium.
Sophomore Rianna Valdes was the clincher, upsetting Michigan's 125th-ranked player, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. All three of USC's ranked players topped Michigan's ranked players, in addition to Valdes toppling her ranked opponent.
On the horizon for the Trojans is another matchup with No. 7 Cal, to whom they fell last month, this Friday at 1:30 p.m. The next day, they host No. 16 Stanford at noon.
Massive win for @USCWomensTennis today over No. 4 Michigan! #FightOn pic.twitter.com/sIrVJAYqAR
-- USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) March 4, 2017
