BERKELEY – The California women's tennis team posted nine wins on the first day of the Cal Winter Invitational on Friday, including Lan Mi and Tiziana-Marie Schomburg winning three times apiece and the 36th-ranked Katja Wiersholm defeating USC's 42nd-ranked Naomi Cheong.
 
Wiersholm, a junior, bested Cheong, 6-4, 7-5, at the Hellman Tennis Complex. Freshman Mao Mushika collected a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(6), result over USC's 66th-ranked Grace Piper, and senior Valentina Ivanov defeated another nationally ranked Trojan, USC's 83rd-ranked Eryn Cayetano, 6-3, 6-3. Berta Passola Folch, a sophomore, notched a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Cal Poly's Melissa LaMette.
 
Mi and Schomburg combined to win twice in doubles Friday morning. First they beat San Francisco's Hana Gamracy and former Bear Erin Richardson, 6-3, and then they topped USF's Azaria Hayes and Alicia Yue, 6-3. The two Bears each won in singles in the afternoon, with Mi, a junior, beating Cal Poly's Delanie Dunkle, 6-0, 6-4, and Schomburg, a freshman, defeating the Mustangs' Peyton Dunkle, 7-6(8), 6-2.
 
The Cal duo of Cami Brown and Makenna Thiel beat San Francisco's Qianer Qiu and Julia Visaya, 6-4.
 
With rain expected most of the day Saturday, tomorrow's matches in Cal's annual tournament have been canceled. The Cal Winter Invitational will conclude Sunday at 10 a.m. PT at the Hellman Tennis Complex and the Channing Tennis Courts.
 
2024 Cal Winter Invitational
Jan. 12, 2024, in Berkeley, Calif.
Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts
 
Singles
No. 36 Katja Wiersholm (Cal) def. No. 42 Naomi Cheong (USC), 6-4, 7-5
No. 22 Emma Charney (USC) def. No. 17 Jessica Alsola (Cal), 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
No. 33 Snow Han (USC) def. No. 12 Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal), 7-5, 6-2
Valentina Ivanov (Cal) def. No. 83 Eryn Cayetano (USC), 6-3, 6-3
Mao Mushika (Cal) def. No. 66 Grace Piper (USC), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(6)
Berta Passola Folch (Cal) def. Melissa LaMette (Cal Poly), 6-4, 6-3
Lan Mi (Cal) def. Delanie Dunkle (Cal Poly), 6-0, 6-4
Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal) def. Peyton Dunkle (Cal Poly), 7-6(8), 6-2
Hana Gamracy (USF) def. Olivia Rook (SMC), 7-6(3), 6-3
Makenna Koenig (USC) def. Julia Visaya (USF), 6-3, 6-0
Parker Fry (USC) def. Qianer Qiu (USF), 6-1, 6-0
Romane Mosse (Cal Poly) def. Tian Yu Dong (SMC), 6-4, 7-6
Alexandra Ozerets (Cal Poly) def. Cami Brown (Cal), 6-4, 7-5
Kennedy Buntrock (Cal Poly) def. Juliette Daries (SMC), 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1
Stefanie Silva (SMC) def. Eliza Bates (Cal Poly), 6-3, 6-2
Sofia Daryaie (SMC) def. Sarah MacCallum (Cal Poly), 6-3, 6-3
Madison Weekley (SMC) def. Natalie Lynch (Cal Poly), 6-2, 6-0
Imogen Haddad (USC) def. Alicia Yue (USF), 6-2, 6-4
Azaria Hayes (USF) def. Jamie Pope (SMC), 6-3, 5-7, 6-0
 
Doubles
No. 29 Grace Parker/Piper Fry (USC) def. No. 14 Mao Mushika/Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal), 6-3
Eryn Cayetano/Imogen Haddad (USC) def. Jessica Alsola/Valentina Ivanov (Cal), 6-4
Emma Charney/Naomi Cheong (USC) def. Berta Passola Folch/Katja Wiersholm (Cal), 6-4
Lan Mi/Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal) def. Hana Gamracy/Erin Richardson (USF), 6-3
Cami Brown/Makenna Thiel (Cal) def. Qianer Qiu/Julia Visaya (USF), 6-4
Lan Mi/Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal) def. Azaria Hayes/Alicia Yue (USF), 6-3
Iman Khan/Olivia Rook (SMC) def. Delanie Dunkle/Peyton Dunkle (Cal Poly), 6-4
Tian Yu Dong/Juliette Daries (SMC) def. Kennedy Buntrock/Melissa LaMette (Cal Poly), 7-6(4)
Sofia Daryaie/Stefanie Silva (SMC) def. Eliza Bates/Romane Mosse (Cal Poly), 6-4
Natalie Lynch/Sarah MacCallum (Cal Poly) def. Jamie Pope/Madison Weekley (SMC), 6-2
 
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