California Golden Bears Athletics
Friday, February 24
Berkeley, CA
3:30 PM
California
vs
San Diego State
San Diego product Haley Giavara and the Bears beat SDSU in the teams' last meeting in 2022.
Cal Welcomes SDSU To Hellman
2/22/2023 5:39 PM | Women's Tennis
BERKELEY – The California women's tennis team returns to action when the Golden Bears host San Diego State on Friday at the Hellman Tennis Complex. NOTE: The start of the match - originally scheduled for 1:30 p.m. - has been pushed back to allow officials time to dry the courts after rain in Berkeley. The match will now start not before 3:30 p.m. at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
Cal brings a 2-3 record into the nonconference match with 4-2 SDSU.
Click here for the live stream for Friday's match. Fans can also follow updates of the Bears' matches on Twitter at @CalWomensTennis.
Ivanov Clinches 2022 Win Over SDSU
In Cal's last meeting with SDSU, on Feb. 20, 2022, Valentina Ivanov clinched a 5-2 victory over the Aztecs. She defeated Nnena Nadozie, 6-2, 6-2, at court-three singles to wrap up the win.
Cal also won the doubles point. The pair of Jessica Alsola and Hannah Viller Moeller beat SDSU's Regina Pitts and Cécile Morin on court three and the Bears' Erin Richardson and Julia Rosenqvist clinched the point with a 7-6(7) win over Nadozie and Alicia Melosch on court two.
Bears Fall To Canes, Pack In Miami
Cal last competed on Feb. 12, when the Bears lost, 4-0, to No. 10 North Carolina State, one day after falling to No. 16 Miami, 5-2. Miami hosted both nonconference matches at its Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
Poll Position
In the Tuesday ITA Coaches Poll, Cal is ranked 66th. In Tuesday's ITA singles poll, Jessica Alsola (14-3 record) is ranked 36th and Katja Wiersholm (7-4) is ranked 122nd. The duo of Alsola and Katja Wiersholm (12-7) is ranked No. 16 in doubles.
Scouting the Bears
Cal hosts third-ranked Michigan on March 1 at Hellman.
Stay Posted
For further coverage of the Bears, follow them on Twitter (@CalWomensTennis), Instagram (@CalWomensTennis) and Facebook (@CalWomensTennis).
Cal brings a 2-3 record into the nonconference match with 4-2 SDSU.
Click here for the live stream for Friday's match. Fans can also follow updates of the Bears' matches on Twitter at @CalWomensTennis.
Ivanov Clinches 2022 Win Over SDSU
In Cal's last meeting with SDSU, on Feb. 20, 2022, Valentina Ivanov clinched a 5-2 victory over the Aztecs. She defeated Nnena Nadozie, 6-2, 6-2, at court-three singles to wrap up the win.
Cal also won the doubles point. The pair of Jessica Alsola and Hannah Viller Moeller beat SDSU's Regina Pitts and Cécile Morin on court three and the Bears' Erin Richardson and Julia Rosenqvist clinched the point with a 7-6(7) win over Nadozie and Alicia Melosch on court two.
Bears Fall To Canes, Pack In Miami
Cal last competed on Feb. 12, when the Bears lost, 4-0, to No. 10 North Carolina State, one day after falling to No. 16 Miami, 5-2. Miami hosted both nonconference matches at its Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
Poll Position
In the Tuesday ITA Coaches Poll, Cal is ranked 66th. In Tuesday's ITA singles poll, Jessica Alsola (14-3 record) is ranked 36th and Katja Wiersholm (7-4) is ranked 122nd. The duo of Alsola and Katja Wiersholm (12-7) is ranked No. 16 in doubles.
Scouting the Bears
- Cal has an all-time record of 44-7 vs. SDSU, including last year's meeting (see above)
- Hannah Viller Moeller clinched both of Cal's victories so far, including the 6-1 win over UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 21 and the 4-1 win over Princeton in the ITA Kickoff Weekend on Jan. 27 in Berkeley
- Haley Giavara ended fall 2022 in France, where the Cal senior and Team USA won the Master'U BNP Paribas Championship, with Cal head coach Amanda Augustus on the U.S. staff
- Sophomores Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm were outstanding in the fall, as the duo won the ITA Northwest Regional Championships and reached the consolation doubles final at the ITA National Fall Championships
- Alsola, Wiersholm and Viller Moeller reached the singles quarterfinals at ITA regionals
- Also last fall, Alsola won the consolation singles title at the ITA All-American Championships, beating USD's Solymar Colling in the final, 6-2, 6-3
- Former two-time NCAA doubles champion Amanda Augustus – the 2021 Pac-12 Coach of the Year and five-time ITA Northwest Region Coach of the Year (including in 2021-22) – is in her 16th year as head coach at her alma mater
- Associate head coach Zack Warren – the 2022 ITA Northwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year, who has collected four regional awards overall – is in his ninth year on the staff
- Sean Hill is in his first year as Cal's volunteer assistant coach, after playing as a graduate student for the Cal men's tennis team last season
- In its last two matches, SDSU lost to Hawaii, 5-2, on Feb. 16 in San Diego and beat Long Beach State, 4-0, on Feb. 18 in Long Beach
- Earlier in the season, SDSU lost to No. 14 USC, 6-1, and beat No. 40 Alabama, 4-3, UC San Diego, 7-0, and No. 54 Rice, 5-2
- Oklahoma State transfer Dariya Detkovskaya is ranked 104th in singles for SDSU
- Former FIU player Andjela Skrobonja reached the singles semifinals of the ITA Southwest Regional Championships in the fall for SDSU
- Peter Mattera is in his 30th season as head coach of San Diego State
Cal hosts third-ranked Michigan on March 1 at Hellman.
Stay Posted
For further coverage of the Bears, follow them on Twitter (@CalWomensTennis), Instagram (@CalWomensTennis) and Facebook (@CalWomensTennis).
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