Michigan Wins 2026 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Tournament Championship
Wolverines win fourth Big Ten Tournament title in last five seasons
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The No. 18-ranked Michigan women’s tennis team won the 2026 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Tournament Championship presented by Allstate, beating No. 5-ranked Ohio State, 4-2, in the championship match on Sunday afternoon at the Auer Tennis Complex in Columbus, Ohio.
It’s Michigan’s fourth Big Ten Tournament title in the last five seasons and seventh since 2015.
The Wolverines won the doubles point with wins on court two and three after Ohio State took the first match off court at No. 1. Ohio State evened the match at 1-1 with a singles win on court three from Sophia Cisse-Ignatiev, before Michigan won on courts one and two to move ahead 3-1. Ohio State tallied its second point with a court four win from Nao Nishino before Michigan’s Emily Sartz-Lunde clinched the victory on court five.
Michigan’s Lily Jones was named Most Outstanding Player and Piper Charney joined Jones on the All-Tournament Team. Ohio State’s Nishino and Cisse-Ignatiev earned All-Tournament team recognition in addition to UCLA’s Mayu Crossley and Maryland’s Emma Ghirardato.
Michigan will be the Big Ten’s automatic qualifier into this year’s NCAA Tournament with the rest of the tournament field set to be revealed on Monday, April 27 at 4:30 p.m. ET on NCAA.com. First and second-round matches will be played May 1-3 at campus sites.