ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Maryland women's tennis team was defeated 5-2 by Michigan on Sunday. 

"Michigan is a tough team top to bottom. We competed well today and made the adjustments from yesterday we asked them as a team to make. Doubles result wasn't better but our tennis at No. 2 and No. 3 was significantly improved. We picked up two strong wins at No.1 and No. 2. Ayana and Eva competed extremely well and didn't take a point off mentally or physically. Back to work this week and get ready for OSU and PSU," head coach Katie Dougherty said.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: 

• No. 89 sophomore Ayana Akli and senior Eva Alexandrova improve to 2-0 in singles at the No. 1 and No. 2 spot, respectively 
• The Terps put up a nail biting effort in doubles play, going to tiebreakers at both the No. 2 and No. 3 spot until Michigan eventually took the lead with a win at the No. 2 spot 7-5

NUMBERS TO KNOW

• DOUBLES
  • No. 1: Ayana Akli & Minorka Miranda were defeated by Chiara Lommer & Jaedan Brown 2-6
  • No. 2: Eva Alexandrova and Adela Josefova fought hard against Alyvia Jones & Kari Miller, eventually falling 5-7 for the Wolverines to take the point 
  • No. 3: Ebony Sampson & Zoe Kulkarni were down 5-6 at the time of the point against Lorenzini and Andrea Cerdan
• SINGLES
  • No. 1: No. 89 Akli defeated Lommer 6-0, 6-4
  • No. 2: Alexandrova defeated Miller in two sets 6-2, 6-4
  • No. 3: Miranda fell in two sets to No. 71 Cerdan 4-6, 2-6
  • No. 4: Kulkarni was defeated by Gala Mesochoritou 0-6, 2-6
  • No. 5: Josefova fell to Brown despite putting up a battle in the second set 0-6, 4-6
  • No. 6: Sampson was feated by Kelly 2-6, 2-6

UP NEXT
Maryland will have its home opener in College Park against Ohio State on Friday, Feb. 19 at 10:00 a.m. in the Junior Tennis Champions Center.