CARY, N.C. – California women's tennis junior Mao Mushika and senior Berta Passola Folch captured their first-round matches in the singles main draw Wednesday at the ITA All-American Championships to advance to Thursday's second round. Mushika and freshman Laura Cilekova lost in their main draw doubles opener at Cary Tennis Park.
 
In the singles round of 64, the ninth-seeded and 17th-ranked Mushika defeated Tennessee's Saray Yli-Piipari 6-3, 6-2, while the 113th-ranked Passola Folch topped Notre Dame's Akari Mitsuno 6-4, 7-6(3).
 
Mushika faced her singles opponent again later in the day in the doubles round of 32. She and Cilekova fell to the Volunteers' Yli-Piipari and Vanesa Suarez 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 10-7 to end the day for the Bears.
 
On Thursday in the main draw singles round of 32, Mushika faces NC State's 88th-ranked Lavinia Tanasie at 6 a.m. PT and Passola Folch plays Wichita State's 73rd-ranked Xin Tong Wang at 8:30 a.m. PT. Cilekova and Mushika move into the doubles consolation draw and play Michigan's 50th-ranked Piper Charney and Emily Sartz-Lunde at 1 p.m. PT on Thursday.
 
ITA All-American Championships (Cal results)
Sept. 24, 2025, in Cary, N.C.
Cary Tennis Park
 
Main Draws
 
Singles – Round of 64
[9] No. 17 Mao Mushika (Cal) def. Saray Yli-Piipari (Tennessee), 6-3, 6-2
No. 113 Berta Passola Folch (Cal) def. Akari Mitsuno (Notre Dame), 6-4, 7-6(3)
 
Doubles – Round of 32
Vanesa Suarez/Saray Yli-Piipari (Tennessee) def. [5] No. 13 Laura Cilekova/Mao Mushika (Cal), 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 10-7
 
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