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No. 64 Spartan Women’s Tennis Drops Final-Regular Season Match in Ann Arbor
4/19/2025 6:57:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Women’s tennis falls to the highly-competitive No. 3 Michigan in Saturday matinee matchup.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – No. 64 Michigan State women's tennis was topped by the No. 3 Michigan, 4-0, deficit during their final regular-season match.
The Spartans slide to a 5-8 Big Ten Conference record, and a 13-11 overall record.
Michigan advances to an undefeated 13-0 Big Ten Conference record and a 21-3 overall record, earning their third-straight Big Ten Regular Season Championship.
The Green & White knew it would be a difficult match with Michigan holding four ranked singles players and three ranked doubles pairs.
Doubles play kicked off in a commanding manner, with No. 27 ranked Lily Jones/Jessica Bernales topping the duo of freshman Ellie Blackford/senior Liisa Vehvilainen at No. 1 doubles in a 6-2 triumph.
Following closely was No. 69 ranked Julia Fliegner/Reese Miller who took on the Spartans' junior Issey Purser/redshirt-sophomore Hanna Tsitavets at No. 2 doubles, where the Spartans fell, 6-2.
With the doubles point clinched in Michigan's favor, the duo of freshman Amara Brahmbhatt/junior Matilde Morais did not finish their match.
Singles play was yet another daunting task for the Green & White, with all Wolverines on courts No. 1-4 being ranked within the top 100 by ITA.
None of the Spartans went down without a fight, all winning multiple games.
First to fall was Ellie Blackford at No. 2 singles, where she faced No. 34 Piper Charney, and was ultimately edged out 6-2, 6-2.
Following was Vehvilainen who took on No. 3 Julia Fliegner at No. 1 singles, where she put up a valiant effort against the talented Wolverine, but fell 6-0, 6-4.
Locking down the match in Michigan's favor was Reese Miller at No. 5 singles, where Hanna Tsitavets was overtaken 6-1, 6-3.
With Michigan clinching the match 4-0, the remaining singles matches went unfinished.
Women's tennis still battles for a spot in next week's Big Ten Tournament, set to take place in Ojai, Calif. with more tournament information to be announced throughout the weekend based on results across the conference.
For more updates, visit MSUSpartans.com for more information on Michigan State women's tennis. Fans can keep up to date with the Spartan women's tennis team on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter by following @MSU_WTennis.
Tennis Match Results
Michigan vs Michigan State
4/19/2025 at Ann Arbor, Mich.
#3 Michigan 4, #64 Michigan State 0
Singles
No. 1 -- No. 3 Julia Fliegner (U-M) d. Liisa Vehvilainen (MSU), 6-0, 6-4
No. 2 -- No. 34 Piper Charney (U-M) d. Ellie Blackford (MSU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 -- No. 40 Lily Jones (U-M) vs. Amara Brahmbhatt (MSU), 6-4, 6-5 abandoned
No. 4 -- No. 80 Emily Sartz-Lunde (U-M) vs. Matilde Morais (MSU), 6-3, 3-2 abandoned
No. 5 -- Reese Miller (U-M) d. Hanna Tsitavets (MSU), 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 -- Jessica Bernales (U-M) vs. Iseey Purser (MSU), 3-6, 6-2 abandoned
Doubles
No. 1 -- No. 27 Lily Jones/Jessica Bernales (U-M) d. Ellie Blackford/Liisa Vehvilainen (MSU), 6-2
No. 2 -- No. 69 Julia Fliegner/Reese Miller (U-M) d. Hanna Tsitavets/Issey Purser (MSU), 6-2
No. 3 -- Piper Charney/Emily Sartz-Lunde (U-M) vs. Amara Brahmbhatt/Matilde Morais (MSU), 4-3
Order of Completion: Doubles 1-2; Singles 2-1-5
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,5
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