The 19th-ranked California women's tennis team (8-3, 5-1 ACC) plays its fifth and sixth straight road dual matches starting with a Friday contest at Louisville and ending with a Sunday stop at 70th-ranked Notre Dame.
 
At Louisville, Ky. (9-7, 1-7 ACC)
1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET, Friday, March 27
Bass-Rudd Tennis Center, Louisville, Ky.
Live Stream https://calbea.rs/3PyWLSC
Live Scores https://calbea.rs/40R7CKf
 
At No. 70 Notre Dame (12-7, 2-6 ACC)
9 a.m. PT/Noon ET, Sunday, March 29
Eck Tennis Pavilion, South Bend, Ind.
Live Stream https://calbea.rs/4sEBPsh
Live Scores https://calbea.rs/47a6i8I
 
Last Time: Cal Tops Eagles, Orange
Cal went 2-0 in ACC wins over Boston College 4-0 and Syracuse 4-1, with freshman Johanne Svendsen clinching both victories. Against the Eagles last Friday, the Dane defeated Olivia Benton 6-3, 6-4 to clinch. She beat Anastasia Sysoeva 7-5, 6-4 to secure the result over the Orange on Sunday. Svendsen also paired with Mao Mushika to best Serafima Shastova and Monika Wojcik 6-2 to clinch the doubles point against Syracuse.
 
Poll Position
In this week's polls, Cal is ranked No. 19 by the ITA and No. 18 by Universal Tennis Ratings (UTR). Four Bears appear in the latest ITA singles rankings: No. 8 Berta Passola Folch (24-6), No. 16 Johanne Svendsen (7-0), No. 82 Mao Mushika (16-7) and No. 91 Naomi Xu (6-9). Two Cal duos are ranked in the ITA doubles poll: No. 65 Mushika and Svendsen (5-1) and No. 78 Mushika and Passola Folch (2-1).
 
Berta Passola Folch Named ACC Player Of The Week
Berta Passola Folch was named the ACC Player of the Week on Feb. 24 for leading the Golden Bears to conference-opening wins over Clemson and Georgia Tech in Berkeley. That marked Passola Folch's first ACC weekly honor and the first for the Bears this season. The Spaniard won twice in singles and doubles as the then-No. 12 Bears defeated the No. 21 Tigers 4-1 on Feb. 20 and No. 59 Yellow Jackets 4-0 on Feb. 21.
 
Scouting the Bears

• Cal has a 3-1 road record and heads to Kentucky after winning its last two matches.
• Berta Passola Folch capped an impressive fall season when the Cal senior reached the final of the NCAA Singles Championship in the first national individual tournament of her career and earned her first All-America honor along the way.
• The Spaniard qualified for NCAAs by advancing to the semifinals at the ITA West Sectional Championships in Seattle.
• Passola Folch has posted an 8-2 singles record in 2026 after notching a 16-4 mark in the first half of the season.
• Danish freshman Johanne Svendsen ­­­­— who made her Cal debut in January — boasts career-best WTA rankings of 361 in singles and 516 in doubles; she is currently ranked 607th in singles and 862nd in doubles.
• Svendsen has extensive experience playing for her country in the Billie Jean King Cup, competing in tournaments between 2022 and 2025.
• The first-year Bear has lost just once in her collegiate career so far, with records of 7-0 in singles and 5-1 in doubles.
• Sophomore Greta Greco Lucchina also qualified for NCAA singles at ITA West Sectionals, winning a playoff match in Seattle to join Passola Folch in Orlando.
• Overall, four Bears competed in NCAA singles in November, including Mao Mushika, a junior who advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Conference Masters Championships to book her spot at nationals.
• Mushika partnered with Greco Lucchina to win the doubles title at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships in the fall to qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship.
• The Japan native garnered doubles All-America honors last year when she paired with former Bear Jessica Alsola to earn the No. 4 ranking in the last ITA poll of the 2024-25 season.
• Mushika has a 7-2 singles record so far in 2026 and was 9-5 in singles in the fall.
• Also during this season's ITA regionals, sophomore Naomi Xu made a run to the singles final to claim her spot at NCAAs.
• The Bears are led by interim head coach Kris Kwinta, who is also in his fifth season at Cal as the Peter Wright Director of Men's Tennis.
• Former Cal All-Americans Stephanie Kusano Wallace and Jean Lozano are assistant coaches for the Bears.

 
Scouting the Cardinals

• Louisville has lost three straight ACC matches at Duke 4-0, at North Carolina 4-0 and to SMU 4-0.
• The Cardinals' last win was a 6-1 rout of Middle Tennessee State on March 11 at home.
• Their only ACC win is a 4-3 victory over Florida State on Feb. 20 at home.
• Mark Beckham is in his 19th year as head coach of Louisville.

 
Scouting the Fighting Irish

• Notre Dame lost five straight matches.
• Prior to hosting Cal on Sunday, Notre Dame hosts Stanford on Friday.
• The Irish's two ACC wins are against Louisville (4-1) and Florida State (4-2).
• Bianca Moljnar is ranked 77th in singles, while the pair of Moljnar and Bojana Pozder is ranked 45th in doubles.
• Alison Silveiro is in her eighth year as Notre Dame's head coach.

 
Next Time
Cal returns to Berkeley to host its last three matches of the regular season against Virginia on April 3, Virginia Tech on April 5 and Stanford on April 7. The Bears will celebrate Senior Day — and senior Berta Passola Folch — prior to the Virginia match.
 
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