Michigan senior Ondrej Styler, the Big Ten Player of the Year playing No. 1 singles, came back from a three-point deficit in a third-set tiebreak nail-biter to clinch the deciding point for the Wolverines as they advanced to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tennis tournament.
The No. 7-ranked Wolverines (27-4) edged No. 10 USC, 4-3, in Friday's Super Regional match at the Varsity Tennis Center at Michigan. This is the second straight year Michigan has advanced to the Elite Eight, which will be held at the USTA National Campus in Orlando next week.
USC fell to 0-2 in Ann Arbor this year, as the Wolverines defeated the Trojans, 4-1, on Feb.