Jan. 18, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The freshmen tandem of Heather Steinbauer and Jackie Wu picked up their biggest doubles wins of their young careers by knocking off Michigan 51st pair of Tania Mahtani and Chisako 8-5 at day two of the Michigan Invitational. The Commodores won three-of-five singles matches against its in-state rivals, the Lady Vols of Tennessee.
Freshman Jackie Wu picked up her fifth win over a top-100 player Sunday by defeating Tennessee’s 92nd-ranked Caitlin Whoriskey in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. With the win, Wu improves to 14-4 on the season. Fellow freshman Chelsea Preeg picked up a singles win of her own Sunday by dispatching Jennifer Meredith of Tennessee in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Sophomore Keilly Ulery notched her second singles win in as many days with a three-set win over UT’s Natalie Pluskota. After dropping the first set 3-6, Ulery dominated the second set winning 6-1, before finishing off Pluskota in the third set 7-5.
Vanderbilt’s Hannah Blatt nearly picked up her second singles win of the tournament before being outlasted by UT’s Samantha Orlin in three sets. After dropping the first set 6-2, Blatt stormed back to take the second set over the 77th-ranked Orlin, before falling in the third set 6 games to three.
Heather Steinbauer also competed in singles on Sunday as she came out on the short end, falling to Zsófia Zubor of Tennessee, 7-5, 6-4.
The Commodores will wrap up its final day of competition tomorrow at the Michigan Invitational. Live scoring and video of the final day of the Michigan Invite will be available courtesy of MGoBlue.com.
Michigan Invitational Day Two Results
Singles
No. 21 Jackie Wu (Vanderbilt) def. No. 92 Caitlin Whoriskey (Tennessee) 6-3, 6-2
No. 84 Keilly Ulery (Vanderbilt) def. Natalie Pluskota (Tennessee) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
No. 80 Chelsea Preeg (Vanderbilt) def. Jennifer Meredith (Tennessee) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
No. 77 Samantha Orlin (Tennessee) def. Hannah Blatt (Vanderbilt) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Zsófia Zubor (Tennessee) def. Heather Steinbauer (Vanderbilt) 7-5, 6-4
Doubles
Heather Steinbauer/Jackie Wu (Vanderbilt) def. No. 51 Tania Mahtani/Chisako Sugiyama (Michigan), 8-5
Lindsey Howard/Whitney Taney (Michigan) def. Chelsea Preeg/Keilly Ulery (Vanderbilt), 8-4
Michelle Sulahian/Rika Tatsuno (Michigan) def. Hannah Blatt/Catherine Newman (Vanderbilt), 8-4
