Julia Rosenqvist and the Bears hit the road for the last time in the regular season.
WTEN4/9/2019 3:01 PM | By: Cal Athletics
No. 17 Cal Plays At Colorado, No. 46 Utah
BERKELEY – Seventeenth-ranked California plays Pac-12 foes Colorado and No. 46 Utah on the road this weekend, with the Golden Bears (10-6, 4-3 Pac-12) taking on the Buffaloes (10-10, 3-4 Pac-12) at 1:30 p.m. MT on Friday and then
facing the Utes (11-8, 2-5 Pac-12) at 12:30 p.m. MT (pushed back from the original start time of 11 a.m MT) on Sunday.
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Live stats for the Colorado match will be available
here, while live streams and live scores for the Utah match are located
here. Fans can keep track of all the Bears' matches by following Cal on Twitter
@CalWomensTennis.
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Last Time: Bears Split Against The Washington Schools
Cal defeated Washington State, 4-3, on April 6, one day after losing to Washington, 4-3, at the Hellman Tennis Complex. Against the Cougars on Senior Day, senior co-captain
Maria Smith clinched the victory with a 7-6(4), 6-4 win over Yang Lee. Earlier, senior co-captain
Olivia Hauger paired with junior
Katerina Stloukalova to clinch the doubles point with a 6-3 result over Michaely Bayerlova and Aneta Miksovska.
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The Bears fell to the Huskies on April 5 despite getting wins from the top half of the singles order in the 40th-ranked
Julia Rosenqvist, who topped No. 95 Stacey Fung, 6-4, 6-4, on court one, the 42nd-ranked Hauger (6-1, 6-1 over Vanessa Wong, court two), and the 111th-ranked
Anna Bright (6-3, 6-1 over Katarina Kopcalic, court three).
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Poll Position
Cal earned a No. 17 ranking in Tuesday's Oracle ITA team poll and was ranked 22nd in last week's Tennis Channel/USTA Top 25. This week's version of the latter poll will come out on Wednesday.
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Three Bears are ranked in Tuesday's week's Oracle ITA singles poll in No. 33
Julia Rosenqvist (22-13), No. 42
Olivia Hauger (21-7 record) and No. 119
Anna Bright (22-10). The pair of sophomores Rosenqvist and
Hana Mraz (7-4) is ranked 16th, the team of Bright and sophomore
Jasie Dunk (15-7) is ranked 27th and the duo of Mraz and
Katerina Stloukalova (7-1) is ranked 63rd in doubles.
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Scouting the Buffaloes
- Colorado lost 4-0 at USC (April 5) and UCLA (April 6) in its most recent competition
- The pair of Annabelle Andrinopoulos and Monica Malinen is ranked 50th in doubles
- Danielle Steinberg is in her first year as Colorado's head coach
Scouting the Utes
- Utah hosts LMU on Thursday and Stanford on Friday at the Eccles Tennis Center
- The Utes also lost 4-0 twice in Los Angeles on April 5 (at UCLA) and April 6 (at USC)
- Mat Iandolo in his 12th season as Utah's head coach
Next Time
Cal ends the regular season when it hosts No. 3 Stanford on April 20 at 12 p.m. at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
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