BERKELEY – The California men's tennis team will cap a busy day on the UC Berkeley campus when the Golden Bears host Stanford in the Big Slam on Saturday at the Hellman Tennis Complex. In a first for Hellman, both Cal tennis teams will host their Cardinal counterparts on Saturday, with the women starting play at noon and the men starting at 3:30 p.m. or directly after the women's match ends.
 
The Pac-12 Networks will broadcast both matches.
 
The No. 11 Cal men (17-6, 4-1 Pac-12) are looking to even the season series with the No. 15 Cardinal (14-6, 4-2 Pac-12) in Saturday's conference clash. Stanford beat Cal in a nonconference match, 4-3, on March 7 on the Farm.

Only UCLA and USC are still in the running for the Pac-12 regular-season title and conference tournament top seed, which they will determine with their head-to-head match on Friday. Cal would finished second in the Pac-12's regular season - and nab the tournament's No. 2 seed - if UCLA beats USC and the Bears defeat Stanford. If USC beats UCLA and Cal beats Stanford, Cal would take the third seed behind UCLA. If Cal loses to Stanford, Cal would be the fourth seed.

Additionally on Saturday, Cal will celebrate McManus Legends Day and, after the men's match, Senior Day, in which the Bears will honor the careers of Filip Bergevi, Andre Goransson and Florian Lakat. Fuddruckers will also provide free hamburgers at Hellman.
 
Saturday will also feature Cal Day, the university's annual open house. With parking at a premium, fans are encouraged to take public transportation to the Big Slam.
 
Admission is free for regular-season matches at Hellman. Fans can also keep track of the Big Slam by following the team on Twitter @CalMensTennis.
 
With the Pac-12 Networks televising both matches on Saturday, the Hellman live stream will not be in use.

Cal Tennis Team Banquet on May 2
Please join the Cal men's and women's tennis teams on May 2 when they host their annual banquet and awards presentation from 6:30-9 p.m. at the University Club at California Memorial Stadium. Reservations are $50 per attendee. In order for us to best prepare, please RSVP with payment by Wednesday, April 26. For additional information, or if you have questions, please click here or contact Tyler Huntley by email at tylermhuntley@berkeley.edu.
 
Poll Position
Cal is ranked 11th in Tuesday's Oracle/ITA Rankings. In the Oracle/ITA singles rankings, senior Florian Lakat is No. 14, senior Andre Goransson is ranked 49th and junior Billy Griffith is 89th. In the Oracle/ITA doubles poll, Lakat and senior Filip Bergevi are ranked second, while Goransson and Griffith are ranked 74th.
 
Lakat Chosen Pac-12 Player of the Week
After posting four wins in the Pacific Northwest, California senior Florian Lakat claimed the second Pac-12 Men's Tennis Player of the Week honor of the season and of his career on Monday.
 
This is Cal's 27th all-time Pac-12 Player of the Week accolade for men's tennis. The Golden Bears have won the honor three times this season, including on Feb. 20 (Lakat) and March 27 (Andre Goransson).
 
Last Friday, the 15th-ranked Lakat clinched the No. 12 Golden Bears come-from-behind, 4-3 victory at No. 23 Oregon when he defeated No. 26 Thomas Laurent, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, at court-one singles. Earlier, the fourth-ranked pair of Lakat and Filip Bergevi beat the Ducks' Jayson Amos and Ty Gentry, 7-5, on court one to clinch the doubles point.
 
On Sunday, Lakat and Bergevi beat Jake Douglas and Piers Foley, 6-2, at court-one doubles, and later Lakat knocked off the 90th-ranked Mitch Stewart, 6-2, 6-2, also on court one.
 
Scouting the Bears

• The 14th-ranked Florian Lakat has an 18-10 singles record and is 11-7 on court one
• Andre Goransson – who has an 23-10 singles record and a 9-6 court-two singles record – was named the March 27 Pac-12 Player of the Week for his play in Cal's wins over Yale and Illinois
• Goransson beat teammate Filip Bergevi for the singles title at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships last fall in Berkeley
• In singles, Billy Griffith has a 24-7 record, including a 14-5 dual-match record; that includes records of 7-3 on court three and 5-1 on court four
• Bergevi is 17-9 in singles; he's also 3-1 on court four, on which the senior clinched the 4-3 win over Illinois with a 7-5, 7-6(6) win over Julian Childers on March 25
• Freshman Bjorn Hoffmann (20-12 in singles) and is 3-3 on court four
• On court five, J.T. Nishimura (10-5 overall) is 5-4; the junior is also 3-1 on court six
• Doubles All-Americans last season, Lakat and Bergevi have posted an 20-5 doubles record, including a 12-3 record on court one, this season; the second-ranked duo clinched doubles in the April 14, 4-3 win at Oregon with a 7-5 victory over Jayson Amos and Ty Gentry on court one
• The 74th-ranked Goransson and Griffith have an 18-6 doubles record, including an 9-2 court-two record
• Hoffmann and Nishimura have an 11-8 doubles record, including 8-7 on court three
• Two proud Cal alumni lead the Golden Bears: 2016 Pac-12 Coach of the Year Peter Wright (class of '91) is in his 24th year as head coach, while associate head coach Tyler Browne (class of 2008) is in his ninth year on the staff 

Scouting Stanford

• The Cardinal lost in it last match, 4-3 at Oregon on April 16, after winning 4-0 at Washington on April 14
• Tom Fawcett is ranked 11th and Michael Genender is ranked 117th in singles
• In doubles, Fawcett and Yale Goldberg are ranked 61st, while the pair of Goldberg and Sameer Kumar is ranked 71st
• Paul Goldstein is in his second year as Stanford' head coach

Bears Celebrate 125 Years of Cal Tennis
Cal men's tennis is celebrating the 125th year of the program, which has produced multiple national champions and All-Americans in its storied history. The perennial powerhouse, which was founded in 1892, has won three national team titles, four national singles titles and 14 national doubles championships from NCAA, USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships and ITA All-American Championships. The Golden Bears have also captured several conference singles and doubles titles as well.
 
Now in his 24th year as head coach at his alma mater, Peter Wright has coached 17 players who combined to earn 18 All-America honors and led the 2015-16 squad to the NCAA team semifinals. Wright has earned his share of accolades along the way, including his third Pac-12 Coach of the Year award last season and selection into the USTA NorCal Hall of Fame in the summer of 2015.
 
Next Time
Cal will compete in the Pac-12 Championship from April 26-29 in Ojai, California.