BERKELEY – The California women's tennis team will send Golden Bears to two tournaments this week, as Jessica Alsola and Erin Richardson play in the ITA National Fall Championships and a five-Bear crew of Julia Rosenqvist, Valentina Ivanov, Hannah Viller Moeller, Jada Bui and Makenna Thiel competes in the ASU Thunderbird Invitational. Fall nationals run from Thursday through Sunday at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, while the ASU tournament is slated for Friday through Sunday at the Whiteman Tennis Center.
The blue and gold shone at regionals, with Cal making the semifinals in both singles and doubles but coming away empty-handed after two semifinal losses.
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Bears’ championship prospects disrupted by Tar Heels
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Though the Cal women’s tennis team’s Pac-12 tournament victory and five-match win streak heading into the third round of the NCAA championships seemed to foreshadow a fairy tale run for the blue and gold, their title hopes were put out by No. 1 North Carolina last weekend. The Tar Heels downed the Bears 4-0 on Sunday night at the USTA National Tennis Center in Orlando, bringing Cal’s memorable and highly successful season to a close.
Progressing past the Tar Heels promised to be a daunting task for the Bears. North Carolina entered the postseason boasting a regular-season resume that included 26 consecutive wins, an ACC Championship and an ITA Indoor Team title. The team’s championship pedigree became quickly evident in the doubles point.
Cal keeps NCAA championship hopes alive with wins over San Jose State, Kentucky
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When they upset then-No. 3 UCLA in late February, the Cal women’s tennis team’s players and coaches made it clear that their primary goal this season was to claim their first NCAA tournament win. Roughly three months later, the Bears are on the heels of their first Pac-12 tournament trophy in program history and last weekend entered the NCAA tournament as the 16th seed. With wins over San Jose State and Kentucky in the first and second rounds of the tournament, respectively, Cal remains on track to accomplish what it has been intent upon achieving from the season’s early stages.