W Tennis upsets #7 Miami to advance to NCAA Elite 8
It was an all-day affair that began at 1pm and ended just after 8pm due to TWO weather delays. But the wait would ultimately be worth it.
10 seed Michigan took on 7 seed Miami today in the NCAA Third Round down at the NCAA Championships in Tulsa.
Michigan got off to a fast start winning the crucial doubles point, with wins by the tandems of Bri Minor & Mira Ruder-Hook (6-2) and Ronit Yurovsky & Kara Hall (6-4).
Michigan would follow it up with two wins in singles play by Kate Fahey (6-2, 6-1) and Mira Ruder-Hook (6-1, 6-2) to go up 3-0 in the match.
Miami would tie it up with wins at 2, 3 and 6 making the match at 1 which featured senior Ronit Yurovsky for Michigan, the deciding one.
After Yurovsky dropped the first set in a close one, 7-6, she took the second set 6-4 to send it to a decisive set 3.
No drama in that set as the senior Yurovsky would easily win 6-1 to send #7 Miami packing and Michigan on to the NCAA Elite 8 for the first time in program history.
Michigan is now 23-6 and will face 15 Stanford in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Saturday at 1pm.
Go Blue!
GO BLUE!!!
so we don't have to try to do it twice in a row
Hope the women can make it to the semifinals.
If we beat STanford, looks like we get Ohio State (again).
Was super exciting to watch!!!
And we have a good shot at the final four! I also watched #15 Stanford upset #2 Florida (also a thriller), so we will be the favored seed in our Elite 8 matchup!
GO BLUE!
I really appreciate all of your updates on the minor sports, WD. I know more about those teams and follow their results much more now than even when in undergrad years. Can't see how anyone would neg this.... Let's grow up, guys.
Michigans Womens teams..They are REALLY delivering this season..
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WD, this cyberBud's for you!
#10 Michigan v #15 Stanford, 1:00
#6 Vanderbilt v #14 Virginia, 1:00
#1 California v #8 Pepperdine, 5:00
#4 Ohio State v #12 Oklahoma State, 5:00
Once the softball game is over on Saturday, you can check out the streaming of the tennis quarterfinals (there will be a link to it on the mgoblue dot com homepage).
The website is a really cool feature. It's completely free and you can toggle between any court, meanwhile all of the scores (including not just game scores, but even individual points like 30-15, 40-15, etc.) are on the bottom of the screen.
The quarterfinals are tomorrow. Softball is at noon tomorrow (if we beat Valpo) and Tennis is at 1:00.
Maybe you were looking at the men's tennis QF? Those are Sunday.
Thanks, WD, for the update, and thanks also to Wolvie for the reminder schedule.
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I actually feel like they're almost less common.
Michigan has been a top #16 seed many times over the past decade, but has never been able to break into the Elite 8 until now. I think it was a pretty crazy year. I could be wrong though.
With Stanford, they have actually won a few national championships in the past 6 years, I think they're just having an off year this year in the regular season so they got a lower seed, but those girls have beaten Florida in Final Fours in the past few years; very familiar opponents. So probably not as huge of an upset as an average #15 over #2. (Stanford beat Florida earlier this season as well).
The double-digit seeds are their rank in the nation, not in the region. So in basketball, you have 4 #1 seeds, 4 #2 seeds, etc. In tennis, you have 1 #1 seed, 1 #2 seed, etc. So Michigan as the #10 seed is #10 in the nation, which would translate to a 3-seed in basketball if they were using that method.
So really all 8 of the quarterfinalists would be top-4 seeds in a basketball region.
I'd assume there's one or two but the reality is if you're playing college tennis the odds that you'll have a successful pro career are pretty slim. By successful I'm talking about being ranked in the Top 40-50 in the rankings. Most of the premier players as a youth turn pro while they are in high school.
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