No. 18 Bears Battle No. 6 Bruins - California Golden Bears Athletics

The 18th-ranked California women's tennis team (1-1) battles sixth-ranked UCLA in Los Angeles on Sunday in a match rescheduled from Saturday in Berkeley due to rain in the Bay Area. This marks the first meeting between the former Pac-12 Conference opponents since the Golden Bears joined the ACC and the Bruins moved to the Big Ten.

At No. 6 UCLA (2-0)
When: Sunday, 9 a.m. PT
Where: Los Angeles Tennis Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Live Stream/Live Scores: UCLA Website

Poll Position
Cal is one of six ACC teams appearing in the latest ITA team poll, including No. 4 Stanford, No. 5 Virginia, No. 8 North Carolina, No. 9 Duke and No. 19 NC State. Four Bears are ranked in the ITA singles poll – No. 35 Katja Wiersholm, No. 63 Lan Mi, No. 71 Mao Mushika and No. 81 Berta Passola Folch. Two Cal pairs are ranked in doubles – No. 24 Alsola and Mushika and No. 48 Mi and Passola Folch.

Last Year Vs. The Bruins
The teams played March 30 in Berkeley, with Katja Wiersholm clinching a 4-3 Cal victory. The two met again in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Championship on April 26, with Jessica Alsola clinching a 4-2 result that sent the Bears to the final.

Scouting Cal

All-American Katja Wiersholm has a singles record of 8-4
Wiersholm was one of four Bears – including Mao Mushika, Lan Mi and Jessica Alsola – who competed in the NCAA individual championships at Baylor in the fall
Wiersholm advanced to the NCAA singles round of 16 to earn All-America singles honors in Waco, Texas
Alsola, who paired with Mushika at NCAA doubles in Waco, has a 3-2 doubles record with Mushika and is 6-6 in singles
Mushika, a sophomore with a 10-5 singles mark, reached the second round of NCAA singles
Mushika was the first Bear to earn ACC honors when she was named the ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 14 after posting records of 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles in the Cal Winter Invitational
Mi, a senior who also advanced to the NCAA singles second round, has a 11-4 singles record
Berta Passola Folch, a junior, is 10-6 in singles
Sophomore Tiziana-Marie Schomburg has won five straight singles matches to improve to 10-4 singles
Freshman Greta Greco Lucchina, who joined the Bears in early January, is 4-1 in singles and 3-2 in doubles
Amanda Augustus – a Cal Athletics Hall of Famer, two-time NCAA doubles champion, 2021 Pac-12 Coach of the Year and five-time ITA Northwest Region Coach of the Year – is in her 18th year as head coach at her alma mater

Assistant coach and former Cal women's tennis player Stephanie Kusano Wallace is in her first year on the Cal staff

Scouting UCLA

The Bruins advanced to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship by virtue of its 4-0 win over Washington in the ITA Kickoff Weekend last Saturday in Los Angeles
Kate Fakih was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week after clinching the win and pairing with Olivia Center to clinch the doubles point against the Huskies
UCLA routed Loyola Marymount 7-0 in its dual-match season opener Jan. 21, with Fakih clinching that win as well thanks to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Anastasia Bozova at court-four singles
Three Bruins are ranked in singles – No. 38 Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, No. 41 Fakih and No. 53 Elise Wagle
Three UCLA pairs are ranked in doubles – No. 4 Center and Fakih, No. 6 Wagle and Kimmi Hance, and No. 36 Lutkemeyer and Ahmani Guichard
Stella Sampras Webster is in her 29th season as head coach at UCLA

Next Time
Cal plays at USC on Feb. 21 in Los Angeles.

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Players Mentioned

Jessica Alsola

Greta Greco Lucchina

Lan Mi

Mao Mushika

Berta Passola Folch

Tiziana-Marie Schomburg

Katja Wiersholm