Coming off a strong finish to the first half of the season, the California women's tennis team opens 2025 in the Rainbow Wahine Spring Invitational from Friday through Sunday at the University of Hawaii Tennis Complex. The Golden Bears will compete with host Hawaii and UCLA in singles and doubles at the annual event.
 
Matches start at 11 a.m. PT on Friday, 4 p.m. PT on Saturday and 11 a.m. PT on Sunday.
 
Rainbow Wahine Spring Invitational
When: Jan. 3-5
Where: UH Tennis Complex, Honolulu, Hawaii
ITA Tournament Site
 
Poll Position
Cal collected six rankings – four in singles and two in doubles – in the ITA polls released Dec. 3. Senior Katja Wiersholm – who earned the first singles All-America honor of her career in the fall – is ranked 35th in singles, senior Lan Mi is 63rd, sophomore Mao Mushika is 71st and junior Berta Passola Folch is 81st. In doubles, the pair of Mushika and senior Jessica Alsola is ranked 24th, while Mi and Passola Folch are ranked 48th.
 
NCAA Individual Championships Review
Katja Wiersholm's All-America campaign capped Cal's run at the NCAA individual championships in November at Baylor. The veteran Bear reached the NCAA Singles Championship round of 16 in the deepest run of her career. She was one of four Bears – including Lan Mi, Jessica Alsola and Mao Mushika – to compete in Waco, Texas, with Mi and Mushika playing in singles for the first time and claiming first-round victories. Cal also tied for the most entrants (3) in the NCAA singles field.
 
Cal swept its first-round singles matches, with Wiersholm defeating Wichita State's Xin Tong Wang 4-4 (ret.), Mi beating South Carolina's Kaitlyn Carnicella 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 and Mushika besting Auburn's 82nd-ranked Angella Okutoyi 6-3, 6-2. In the second round, Wiersholm topped South Carolina's 10th-ranked Sarah Hamner 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(6), while Mi fell to Ohio State's 23rd-ranked Luciana Perry 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 and Mushika dropped a 6-2, 6-2 result to Stanford's fourth-ranked Connie Ma. In the round of 16, Wiersholm – who garnered All-America status by advancing to that round – fell to Auburn's 32nd-ranked DJ Bennett 7-6(5), 6-3.
 
Alsola and Mushika – who had each played in previous NCAA Doubles Championship with different partners – earned more playing time together in their first season as a doubles pair by reaching the national tournament. The duo fell to UCLA's top-seeded Kimmi Hance and Elise Wagle 6-3, 6-3 in the first round.
 
Next Time
The Bears host their annual Cal Winter Invitational from Jan. 10-12 in Berkeley.
 
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