Friday, April 11
Raleigh, NC
12:00 PM
California
at
NC State
Katja Wiersholm and the Bears end the regular season in North Carolina.
Photo by: Matthew Smith / KLC fotos
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The 18th-ranked California women's tennis team closes the regular season on the road in ACC dual matches at No. 12 NC State and No. 34 Wake Forest, with seeding in the upcoming ACC Championship tournament at stake.
Cal (11-6, 8-2 ACC) is tied with NC State for fourth place in the conference standings, as each team has an 8-2 ACC record. The Demon Deacons are tied for 11th place with a record of 3-7.
The two matches will be among those featured on the Cracked Racquets ACC CrossCourt Cast on ACCNX.
At No. 12 NC State (13-5, 8-2 ACC)
Friday, April 11, Noon PT
J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, Raleigh, N.C.
Cracked Racquets ACC CrossCourt Cast: ACCNX
Live Stream: Track Tennis
Live Scores: StatBroadcast
At No. 34 Wake Forest (14-10, 3-7 ACC)
Sunday, April 13, 9 a.m. PT
Wake Forest Tennis Complex, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cracked Racquets ACC CrossCourt Cast: ACCNX
Live Stream: PlaySight
Live Scores: StatBroadcast
Last Time: Cal Falls To Duke, UNC
Cal hosted Duke and North Carolina in its last regular-season home matches at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
Against Duke last Friday, Cal got singles wins from Lan Mi, who bested 20th-ranked Emma Jackson 6-4, 6-1; 83rd-ranked Jessica Alsola, who topped 14th-ranked Irina Balus 7-5, 7-6(2); and Berta Passola Folch, who beat 55th-ranked Eleana Yu 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. In the last match of the day, Cal saw Greta Greco Lucchina take a 2-6, 6-4, 6-5 lead over Duke's Shavit Kimchi. But the freshman was defaulted, which gave Kimchi and Duke a 4-3 victory.
On Sunday against the Tar Heels, the Bears got singles again from Alsola – who bested 18th-ranked Thea Rabman 6-2, 6-3 – and then Passola Folch, who beat Alanis Hamilton 7-6(8), 6-1. But Cal fell to the Tar Heels 4-2.
Poll Position
Cal is ranked 18th in the ITA Tennis team poll and boasts seven individual rankings this week. In singles, senior Jessica Alsola (17-8) is ranked 38th, sophomore Mao Mushika (16-12) is right behind Alsola at No. 39, senior Lan Mi (23-6) is No. 43, senior Katja Wiersholm (8-6) is 71st and junior Berta Passola Folch (20-8) is 117th. The tandem, of Alsola and Mushika (10-4) is ranked 10th, while Mushika and Wiersholm are ranked 25th (2-0).
Alsola, Mushika Earn ACC Weekly Honors
Cal senior Jessica Alsola was named the ACC Player of the Week and paired with Mao Mushika to earn the ACC Doubles Team of the Week award, the conference office announced March 25. The Bears were honored for their play in Cal's victories at No. 2 Virginia and No. 54 Virginia Tech.
On March 21 in Charlottesville, Virginia, the 12th-ranked Cal tandem of Mushika and Alsola trailed top-ranked Melodie Collard and Elaine Chervinsky 4-1 before rallying to win 7-6(4) and clinch the doubles point of an eventual 4-1 win over the Cavaliers. On March 23 against the Hokies, Alsola paired with a different partner – Greta Greco Lucchina – to clinch the doubles point in a 6-4 win over Arina Gamretkaia and Tara Gorinsek. Alsola, ranked 115th, later bested 30th-ranked Ozlem Uslu 6-1, 6-4 in singles in Cal's 6-1 triumph.
This marks Cal's second ACC Player of the Week award, including Mushika's accolade on Jan. 14, and the first conference doubles honor for the Bears.
Scouting the Golden Bears
Cal plays in the ACC Championship tournament from April 15-20 in Cary, North Carolina
Stay Posted
For further coverage of the Bears, follow them on X (@CalWomensTennis), Instagram (@CalWomensTennis) and Facebook (/CalWomensTennis).
Cal (11-6, 8-2 ACC) is tied with NC State for fourth place in the conference standings, as each team has an 8-2 ACC record. The Demon Deacons are tied for 11th place with a record of 3-7.
The two matches will be among those featured on the Cracked Racquets ACC CrossCourt Cast on ACCNX.
At No. 12 NC State (13-5, 8-2 ACC)
Friday, April 11, Noon PT
J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, Raleigh, N.C.
Cracked Racquets ACC CrossCourt Cast: ACCNX
Live Stream: Track Tennis
Live Scores: StatBroadcast
At No. 34 Wake Forest (14-10, 3-7 ACC)
Sunday, April 13, 9 a.m. PT
Wake Forest Tennis Complex, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Cracked Racquets ACC CrossCourt Cast: ACCNX
Live Stream: PlaySight
Live Scores: StatBroadcast
Last Time: Cal Falls To Duke, UNC
Cal hosted Duke and North Carolina in its last regular-season home matches at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
Against Duke last Friday, Cal got singles wins from Lan Mi, who bested 20th-ranked Emma Jackson 6-4, 6-1; 83rd-ranked Jessica Alsola, who topped 14th-ranked Irina Balus 7-5, 7-6(2); and Berta Passola Folch, who beat 55th-ranked Eleana Yu 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. In the last match of the day, Cal saw Greta Greco Lucchina take a 2-6, 6-4, 6-5 lead over Duke's Shavit Kimchi. But the freshman was defaulted, which gave Kimchi and Duke a 4-3 victory.
On Sunday against the Tar Heels, the Bears got singles again from Alsola – who bested 18th-ranked Thea Rabman 6-2, 6-3 – and then Passola Folch, who beat Alanis Hamilton 7-6(8), 6-1. But Cal fell to the Tar Heels 4-2.
Poll Position
Cal is ranked 18th in the ITA Tennis team poll and boasts seven individual rankings this week. In singles, senior Jessica Alsola (17-8) is ranked 38th, sophomore Mao Mushika (16-12) is right behind Alsola at No. 39, senior Lan Mi (23-6) is No. 43, senior Katja Wiersholm (8-6) is 71st and junior Berta Passola Folch (20-8) is 117th. The tandem, of Alsola and Mushika (10-4) is ranked 10th, while Mushika and Wiersholm are ranked 25th (2-0).
Alsola, Mushika Earn ACC Weekly Honors
Cal senior Jessica Alsola was named the ACC Player of the Week and paired with Mao Mushika to earn the ACC Doubles Team of the Week award, the conference office announced March 25. The Bears were honored for their play in Cal's victories at No. 2 Virginia and No. 54 Virginia Tech.
On March 21 in Charlottesville, Virginia, the 12th-ranked Cal tandem of Mushika and Alsola trailed top-ranked Melodie Collard and Elaine Chervinsky 4-1 before rallying to win 7-6(4) and clinch the doubles point of an eventual 4-1 win over the Cavaliers. On March 23 against the Hokies, Alsola paired with a different partner – Greta Greco Lucchina – to clinch the doubles point in a 6-4 win over Arina Gamretkaia and Tara Gorinsek. Alsola, ranked 115th, later bested 30th-ranked Ozlem Uslu 6-1, 6-4 in singles in Cal's 6-1 triumph.
This marks Cal's second ACC Player of the Week award, including Mushika's accolade on Jan. 14, and the first conference doubles honor for the Bears.
Scouting the Golden Bears
- All-American Katja Wiersholm was one of four Bears – including Mao Mushika, Lan Mi and Jessica Alsola – who competed in the NCAA individual championships at Baylor last fall
- Wiersholm advanced to the NCAA singles round of 16 to earn All-America singles honors
- Alsola paired with Mushika at NCAA doubles
- Mushika reached the second round of NCAA singles in November
- Mushika was the first Bear to earn a weekly ACC honor 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 also advanced to the NCAA singles second round in the fall
- Freshman Greta Greco Lucchina, who joined the Bears in early January, has a 12-6 singles record
- Naomi Xu is 11-10 and fellow freshman Sophie Hernandez is 12-6 in singles
- Sophomore Tiziana-Marie Schomburg is 10-5 in singles
- Amanda Augustus – a Cal Athletics Hall of Famer, two time NCAA doubles champion, 2016 Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year, 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 Cal women's tennis alumna Stephanie Kusano Wallace is in her first year on the Cal staff
- NC State has won four straight matches, including 4-2 at Florida State last Friday and 4-1 at Miami last Sunday
- Five members of the Wolfpack are ranked in singles: No. 25 Michelle Laki, No. 77 Anna Zyryanova, No. 89 Maddy Zampardo, No. 96 Gabia Paskauskas and No. 109 Gabriella Broadfoot
- In doubles, Zampardo and Broadfoot are ranked third
- Simon Earnshaw is in his 11th year as head coach of NC State
- Wake Forest lost its last two matches – 4-0 at Miami last Friday and 4-1 at Florida State last Sunday
- The Demon Deacons host Stanford on Friday before hosting Cal in the regular-season finale Sunday
- Nevena Carton is ranked 69th in singles
- Krystal Blanch and Makayla Mills are ranked 58th in doubles
- Jeff Wyshner is in 15th year as head coach of Wake Forest
Cal plays in the ACC Championship tournament from April 15-20 in Cary, North Carolina
Stay Posted
For further coverage of the Bears, follow them on X (@CalWomensTennis), Instagram (@CalWomensTennis) and Facebook (/CalWomensTennis).
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