No. 3 seed Michigan takes control early and often against No. 7 seed Maryland, wins 4-1 in Big Ten Tournament semifinals

No. 3 seed Michigan takes control early and often against No. 7 seed Maryland, wins 4-1 in Big Ten Tournament semifinals

Entering Saturday, the Michigan women’s tennis team looked to do something it had done for the last twenty straight seasons: reach the Big Ten finals. But standing in their way, looking to play spoiler, was Maryland. Coming off an upset against No. 2 seed Southern California, the seventh-seeded Terrapins (18-6 overall, 12-1 Big Ten) won the doubles point. But the third-seeded Wolverines (18-7, 8-5) extinguished Maryland’s upset bid early by taki…