The Michigan women’s tennis team dug a hole early and that proved insurmountable as their NCAA Tournament run ended in the quarterfinals.
Michigan, ranked and seeded 5th, fell to No. 4 seed Georgia, ranked third nationally, 4-0, on Wednesday at the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Fla. The Wolverines, who reached the Elite 8 for the second time in program history, finish the season 25-4.
The Wolverines had won 14-straight matches before falling to the Bulldogs.
Georgia took a 1-0 lead after winning two of the three doubles courts. Jaedan Brown and Andrea Cerdan gave Michigan a 6-4 victory on Court 1, but Merri Kelly and Kari Miller lost on Court 3, and Julia Fliegner and Lily Jones fell in a tiebreaker in the deciding match on Court 2.