FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. – California posted two doubles victories in the consolation draw on Friday in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The Golden Bears also lost twice in singles on Friday, one day after winning twice in singles and losing twice in doubles at national indoors.
 
In second-round consolation doubles quarterfinals Friday, the third-ranked and third-seeded team of Cal seniors Denise Starr and Maegan Manasse topped Star Makarome and Alexandra Solovyev of host Columbia, 6-4, 6-2. Junior Karla Popovic and sophomore Olivia Hauger notched a 7-6(5), 6-2 victory over Duke's Samantha Harris and Ellyse Hamlin.
 
"We were really aggressive," Starr said of the win over the Lions. "We came out and started off strong, made a lot of first serves and also looked for poaches a lot at the net. We were really active up there because a lot of balls went through the middle."
 
"In the doubles, we definitely looked much more comfortable today," Cal head coach Amanda Augustus added. "We played with a better flow in both matches. They're excited to get to play again tomorrow and keep getting more match play here in New York.
 
"It was pretty fun for a while here, when we had Olivia and Karla on one court and next to them Florian (Lakat) and Filip (Bergevi, of Cal men's tennis) and next to them Maegan and Denise. They were cheering each other on, all were successful, and that was great."
 
In the consolation doubles semifinals, both slated for Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET, the Cal seniors will play Baylor's Elizabeth Profit and Blair Shankle, while the younger Bears will face Michigan's Kate Fahey and Alex Najarian. Cal has faced Najarian before at national indoors, as Starr and Manasse beat Michigan's Najarian and Emina Bektas in the 2014 national indoor consolation final.
 
In main draw singles on Friday, both Manasse and Popovic faced talented, top-five opponents, with Manasse playing North Carolina's fourth-seeded and top-ranked Hayley Carter, and Popovic battling Ohio State's top-seeded and third-ranked Francesca Di Lorenzo, who is the defending champion at national indoors. Manasse, ranked seventh, lost to Carter, 6-2, 6-2, while Popovic, ranked 90th, fell to Di Lorenzo, 6-0, 6-4, in the third-year Bear's first singles loss of the season.
 
"We had the reverse of yesterday today, since we did very well in our doubles," Augustus said. "Also I was really pleased with the singles. We competed well. Maegan's only had a few matches this fall so far, and she's progressing nicely. Hayley's a tough opponent. Maegan played well and keeps getting better every match.
 
"It was a great opportunity for Karla to play the defending champion of this event. They had a really great match. Karla learned a lot. She was not familiar with Di Lorenzo's game. It was fantastic tennis. Both Maegan and Karla got better from their matches today."
 
USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
Nov. 4 in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
 
Main Draw Singles
 
Round of 16
[4] No. 1 Hayley Carter (UNC) def. No. 7 Maegan Manasse (Cal) – 6-2, 6-2
[1] No. 3 Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State) def. No. 90 Karla Popovic (Cal) – 6-0, 6-4
 
Second-Round Consolation Doubles
 
Quarterfinal Round
Olivia Hauger/Karla Popovic (Cal) def. Samantha Harris/Ellyse Hamlin (Duke) – 7-6(5), 6-2
[3] No. 3 Maegan Manasse/Denise Starr (Cal) def. Star Makarome/Alexandra Solovyev (Columbia) – 6-4, 6-2

TEMPE, Ariz. – Cal sophomore Maria Smith won Friday to advance to the singles quarterfinals of the ASU Thunderbird Invitational at the Sun Devils' Whiteman Tennis Center. The Golden Bears also have three – or actually two and a half – pairs competing in the doubles round-robin tournament at ASU.
 
Smith, who had a bye in the main draw opening round of 32, defeated ASU's Alexandra Osborne, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, in the round of 16 to move into Saturday's quarterfinals. Cal's Maya Jansen – the fourth seed – also had a first-round bye. But the new Bear lost to Fresno State's Galina Bykova, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, in the round of 16.
 
Also in the round of 32, Cal's Alexis Nelson advanced past San Diego's Nicole Anderson, who retired from the match after beating the first-year Bear, 7-5, in the first set. Nelson lost in the next round to ASU's second-seeded Sammi Hampton, 6-1, 6-0. Senior Stephane Lin lost to San Diego's Maria Paula Torres, 6-3, 6-2, and junior Audrey Mayer fell to ASU's Kelley Anderson, 6-2, 6-3.
 
In the first round of doubles, the pair of Jansen and Lin fell to ASU's Hampton and Kassidy Jump, 6-1, while Smith and Nelson lost to USD's Torres and Nicole Anderson, 6-3, Mayer, teaming up with USD's Sabrina Barkdull, lost to Northern Arizona's Chiara Tomasetti and Blanka Szavay, 6-0.
 
Jansen and Lin rebounded in the next round, beating Tomasetti and Szavay, 6-4, while Mayer and Barkdull topped Fresno State's Bykova and Emma Wilson. Smith and Nelson dropped a close match to ASU's Kelley Anderson and Savannah Slaysman, 7-5.
 
The ASU Thunderbird Invitational concludes on Sunday.
 
ASU Thunderbird Invitational
Nov. 4, 2016, in Tempe, Ariz.
Whiteman Tennis Center
 
Main Draw Singles
 
Round of 32
Maria Paula Torres (USD) def. Stephane Lin (Cal) – 6-3, 6-2
Kelley Anderson (ASU) def. Audrey Mayer (Cal) – 6-2, 6-3
Alexandra Osborne (ASU) def. Sabrina Barkdull (USD) – 6-1, 6-0
Savannah Slaysman (ASU) def. Chiara Tomasetti (NAU) – 6-4, 6-3
Alexis Nelson (Cal) def. Nicole Anderson (USD) – 5-7 ret.
 
Round of 16
(1) Kassidy Jump (ASU) def. Maria Paula Torres (USD) – 6-3, 6-3
Kelley Anderson (ASU) def. Daniela Morales (USD) – 6-3, 6-1
Gussie O'Sullivan (ASU) def. Gemma Garcia (USD) – 6-7(2), 7-6(3), 6-2
Galina Bykova (Fresno St.) def. (4) Maya Jansen (Cal) – 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
(3) Nicole Fossa Huergo (ASU) def. Blanka Szavay (NAU) – 6-1, 6-2
Maria Smith (Cal) def. Alexandra Osborne (ASU) -- 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Savannah Slaysman (ASU) def. Emma Wilson (Fresno St.) – 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2
(2) Sammi Hampton (ASU) def. Alexis Nelson (Cal) – 6-1, 6-0
 
Singles First-Round Consolation Draw

Blanka Szavay (NAU) def. Sabrina Barkdull (USD) – 6-3, 6-2
Chiara Tomasetti (NAU) def. Audrey Mayer (Cal) – 6-1, 6-1
 
Doubles Round-Robin

Jump/Hampton (ASU) def. Jansen/Lin (Cal) – 6-1
Fossa Huergo/Osborne (ASU) def. Garcia/Morales (USD) – 6-3
Anderson/Slaysman (ASU) def. Wilson/Bykova (FSU) – 7-5
Tomasetti/Szavay (NAU) def. Barkdull/Mayer (USD/Cal) – 6-0
Anderson/Torres (USD) def. Smith/Nelson (Cal) – 6-3
 
Barkdull/Mayer (USD/Cal) def. Wilson/Bykova (FSU) – 7-6
Fossa Huergo/Osborne (ASU) def. Anderson/Torres (USD) – 6-4
Anderson/Slaysman (ASU) def. Smith/Nelson (Cal) – 7-5
Jansen/Lin (Cal) def. Tomasetti/Szavay – 6-4
O'Sullivan/Hampton (ASU) def. Garcia/Morales (USD) – 6-3