Cal brings a 9-3 record (3-0 in the Pac-12) and a four-match winning streak into Friday's match against the Trojans (12-2, 3-0 Pac-12) at Marks Stadium. The Bruins – who will host the Bears at the Los Angeles Tennis Center – are 10-3 (3-0 Pac-12).
Fans can watch Friday's match using USC's live stream by clicking here here and can follow the live scores from Saturday's match here. Fans can keep track of all the Bears' matches by following Cal on Twitter @CalWomensTennis.
Cal played the L.A. schools earlier this year in nonconference matches in Berkeley, with the Bears falling to UCLA, 4-3, on Feb. 23 and with Cal beating the Trojans, 5-2, on Feb. 24.
Last Time: Bears Beat Hawai'I, 4-3
Cal edged Hawai'i, 4-3, in a nonconference match on March 23 at the Hellman Tennis Complex, as senior co-captain Maria Smith clinched with a 6-2, 6-7(2), 7-6(5) win over Roxanne Resma. The 23rd-ranked duo of Anna Bright and Jasie Dunk clinched the doubles point for the Bears with a 7-5 victory over Resma and Michelle Pits.
Poll Position
Cal was ranked 15th in last week's Tennis Channel/USTA Top 25 and ranked 19th in last week's Oracle ITA poll. The new Oracle ITA team rankings will come out on Tuesday, with the other poll slated for release on Wednesday.
Three Bears were ranked in last week's Oracle ITA singles poll in No. 21 Olivia Hauger (19-6 record), No. 30 Julia Rosenqvist (21-10) and No. 74 Anna Bright (20-8). The pair of sophomores Rosenqvist and Hana Mraz (7-2) was ranked 13th, the team of Bright and sophomore Jasie Dunk (13-6) was ranked 23rd and the duo of Mraz and Stloukalova (7-1) was ranked 60th in doubles. New Oracle ITA individual rankings are scheduled to be released on April 2.
Scouting the Trojans
- USC won at Oregon, 5-2, on March 23 to run its winning streak to eight matches
- Three Trojans are ranked in singles in No. 49 Salma Ewing, Angela Kulikov (tied for 75th) and No. 124 Danielle Wilson
- The duo of Kulikov and Rianna Valdes is ranked 20th in doubles
- Alison Swain is in her second year as USC's head coach
- UCLA hosts UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday and Stanford on Friday
- The Bruins won their most recent match – a 6-1 result at Oregon on March 24
- Before the Oregon match, UCLA lost, 4-0, at Pepperdine on March 13
- In singles, Elysia Bolton is ranked 18th and Jada Hart is ranked 56th
- UCLA has four ranked doubles teams in No. 11 Gabby Andrews/Ayan Broomfield, No. 22 Bolton/Hart, No. 45 Abi Altick/Alaina Miller and No. 51 Hart/Broomfield
- Stella Sampras Webster is in her 23rd year as UCLA's head coach
Cal sophomore Julia Rosenqvist earned her second Pac-12 Player of the Week honor on March 19, when the Conference lauded her for going 4-0 as the Bears defeated Arizona, 7-0, and Arizona State, 5-2. Rosenqvist collected her first Pac-12 honor of the season on Feb. 19.
Next Time
Cal continues conference play when it hosts Washington on April 5 and Washington State on April 6 at the Hellman Tennis Complex