Feb. 7, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The 13th-ranked Irish women’s tennis team handed No. 16 Michigan its first loss of the season Sunday with a 4-3 victory in Ann Arbor. With the win, Notre Dame improved to 5-1, while the Wolverines fell to 4-1.
Michigan took the early lead after winning the double point. No. 12 Kristy Frilling and Kali Krisik kept their perfect record intact with an 8-4 win over Denise Muresan and Tania Mahtani at No. 1 doubles. The Irish duo is now 6-0 on the season. Michigan’s Mimi Nguyen and Michelle Sulahian topped Shannon Mathews and Colleen Rielley, 8-4, at third doubles to even the match. Despite a hard fought battle, Cosmina Ciobanu and Chrissie McGaffigan fell to Whitney Taney and Rika Tatsuno, 8-6, at No. 2 doubles to give the Wolverines the edge.
Rielley dropped her No. 6 singles match to Sulahian, 6-4, 6-2, as Michigan took a 2-0 lead. No. 30 Frilling improved her dual-match record to 6-0 and gave the Irish their first point of the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win over 36th-ranked Muresan at No. 1 singles.
Krisik also improved to 6-0, topping Nguyen, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 4 singles to tie the match at 2-2, but Taney edged Ciobanu, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, at fifth singles to pull the Wolverines ahead by one. Mathews knocked off Mahtani, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, at second singles to tie the match at 3-3, before McGaffigan clinched the win for the Irish with a 7-6, 5-7, 6-0 victory over Tatsuno at No. 3.
The Irish begin a six-match homestand Feb. 20 when they host Illinois at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.
#13 Notre Dame 4, #16 Michigan 3
Singles
1. #30 Kristy Frilling (ND) def. #36 Denise Muresan (UM) 6-1, 6-4
2. Shannon Mathews (ND) def. Tania Mahtani (UM) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
3. Chrissie McGaffigan (ND) def. Rika Tatsuno (UM) 7-6, 5-7, 6-0
4. Kali Krisik (ND) def. Mimi Nguyen (UM) 6-2, 6-4
5. Whitney Taney (UM) def. Cosmina Ciobanu (ND) 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
6. Michelle Sulahian (ND) def. Colleen Rielley (ND) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
1. #12 Frilling/Krisik (ND) def. Muresan/Mahtani (UM) 8-4
2. Taney/Tatsuno (UM) def. Ciobanu/McGaffigan (ND) 8-6
3. Nguyen/Sulahian (UM) def. Mathews/Rielley (ND) 8-4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,1,4,5,2,3)
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