Bears Battle Buffaloes Friday In Boulder

Friday, March 31

Boulder, Colo.

12:30 PM

California

Colorado

Maria Smith and the Bears hit the road for the second to last time this regular season. (Photo by Cal.ISIPhotos.com)

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By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – California takes its penultimate road trip of the regular season when the No. 7/14 Golden Bears (9-3, 3-1 Pac-12) play at Colorado (9-6, 1-3 Pac-12) on Friday at 12:30 p.m. and at Utah (7-4, 2-2 Pac-12) on Sunday at 10 a.m. in Pac-12 Conference matches.

Live stats are available for Friday's match by clicking here, while live stats for Sunday's match are available here.

Poll Position
Cal is ranked 14th in Tuesday's Oracle/ITA team poll and was ranked seventh in the March 22 USTA Top 25. The USTA will release its next poll on Wednesday

In the March 21 Oracle/ITA individual polls, junior Karla Popovic is ranked seventh, senior Maegan Manasse is ranked 45th and sophomore Olivia Hauger is ranked 69th in singles. In doubles, senior Denise Starr and freshman Alexis Nelson are ranked 45th, and Manasse and Maya Jansen are ranked 53rd.

Scouting the Bears

Karla Popovic has a 29-3 singles record, including 5-2 on court one and 2-0 on court two; she was named the Pac-12 Player of the Week for winning twice in singles and doubles in Cal's wins over UCLA and USC in February
Earlier this year, Popovic won the singles title and paired with Olivia Hauger to capture the doubles crown at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships in the fall; the Bears have a 19-5 doubles record
Maegan Manasse has a 9-4 singles record so far this season; the four-time All-American won the singles and – with Jansen – doubles titles at this year's Cal Winter Invitational
Olivia Hauger is 20-6 in singles, including 4-1 on court three and 5-1 on court four; she collected the Pac-12 Player of the Week accolade for her play in Cal's recent wins over Arizona and Arizona State
Jansen, a two-time NCAA champion in doubles, and Manasse have a 7-3 record
In singles, Jansen has a 16-6 record, including 7-0 on court five; she earned the Pac-12 Player of the Week honor on Feb. 13 for her play at the ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championship
The doubles team of Denise Starr and Alexis Nelson is 6-0, while Jansen and Starr are 2-0
Starr, an All-American in doubles, is 13-10 in singles, including 4-1 on court two
Sophomore Maria Smith (22-10 in singles) was named the Athletic Study Center Scholar-Athlete of the Week honor for the week of Feb. 6-10
Cal alumna Amanda Augustus (class of 1999) was named the 2016 Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year and was a two-time NCAA doubles champion in her playing days in Berkeley; she is in her 10th season as head coach of the Bears
Zack Warren in in his third year as the Cal women's tennis assistant coach

Scouting Colorado

The Buffaloes beat Washington State, 4-3, on March 24 and lost to Washington, 5-2, on March 26 in their last two matches
Their other Conference results include a pair of 4-0 losses to Arizona and Arizona State
Nicole Kenneally is in her 18th year as Colorado's head coach

Scouting Utah

Utah hosts Stanford on Friday
On March 26, Utah won a doubleheader against Washington State, 4-3, and Weber State, 7-0, at home
Utah has also lost to ASU, 4-0, and UW, 4-0, and beaten Arizona, 4-3, in Conference action
Mat Iondolo is in his eighth year as Utah's head coach

Next Time
Cal hosts Sacramento State on April 5 at 2 p.m. at the Hellman Tennis Complex in its last regular-season nonconference match.