Cal Plays Ducks In Eugene

BERKELEY – Fresh off a 7-0 rout of Sacramento State at the Hellman Tennis Complex, California heads to the Pacific Northwest to get back to Pac-12 Conference play at Oregon. The No. 9/18 Golden Bears (12-3, 5-1 Pac-12) take on the 37th-ranked Ducks (11-7, 4-2 Pac-12) on Saturday at 12 p.m. in Eugene, Oregon.

If Cal and Oregon end up playing indoors at the Oregon Student Tennis Center, then a live stream will be available by clicking here. If they decide to play outdoors, then no live stream will be available.

Live stats are available here.

Poll Position
Cal is ranked ninth in Wednesday's March 29 USTA Top 25 and is ranked 18th in Tuesday's Oracle/ITA team poll.

In the Tuesday Oracle/ITA singles polls, junior Karla Popovic is ranked ninth, senior Maegan Manasse is ranked 53rd and sophomore Olivia Hauger is ranked 98th in singles. In doubles, Manasse and Maya Jansen are ranked 41st, Popovic and Hauger are ranked 54th and senior Denise Starr and freshman Alexis Nelson are ranked 58th.

Scouting the Bears

Karla Popovic has a 32-3 singles record, including 6-2 on court one and 4-0 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 21-5 doubles record
Maegan Manasse has an 11-4 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 22-7 in singles, including 6-2 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 wins over Arizona and Arizona State in March
Jansen, a two-time NCAA champion in doubles, and Manasse have an 8-3 record
In singles, Jansen has a 17-6 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
Jansen also clinched the Wednesday victory over Sacramento State with her court-four singles win
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 15-11 in singles, including 5-1 on court two and 3-3 on court three
Sophomore Maria Smith (24-11 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 Oregon

The Ducks split against the Arizona teams last week, losing at No. 42 Arizona State, 4-1, and winning at Arizona, 4-3
Alyssa Tobita and Shweta Sangwan are ranked 53rd in doubles
Alison Silverio is in her third year as Oregon's head coach

Next Time
Cal hosts Washington on April 14 and then hosts Washington State on April 15 at the Hellman Tennis Complex. Prior to the WSU match – which is the penultimate regular-season match for the Bears – Cal will conduct its Senior Day ceremony. The Bears' host Stanford in the Big Slam on April 22 in their last match before the Pac-12 Championship.

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Players Mentioned

Olivia Hauger

Maya Jansen

Maegan Manasse

Alexis Nelson

Karla Popovic

Maria Smith

Denise Starr

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