The 23rd-ranked California women's tennis team (10-5, 7-3 ACC) hosts No. 36 Stanford in the Big Slam on Tuesday to complete its regular-season home schedule before traveling to face SMU on Friday in its regular-season finale. Results from the next two matches could have a bearing on Cal's seeding in next week's ACC Championship.
 
Cal is currently in sixth place with seven points in the conference standings, while Stanford is tied with SMU and Clemson for seventh place with six points apiece. If the standings hold, Cal would earn byes in the first two rounds of the conference tournament and start the tournament April 16 instead of April 15 or 14. Moving into the top four spots in the standings would mean a third bye and starting the tournament in the April 17 quarterfinals.
 
Vs. No. 36 Stanford (10-8, 6-4 ACC)
1 p.m. PT
Hellman Tennis Complex, Berkeley, California
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At No. 25 SMU (14-5, 6-4 ACC)
3 p.m. PT/5 p.m. CT
Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex, Dallas, Texas
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In last season's meeting between Cal and Stanford, then-freshman Sophie Hernandez earned the first clinching win of her career when she defeated Morgan Shaffer 6-4, 7-5 to confirm Cal's 4-3 victory over the Cardinal on The Farm. The Golden Bears routed the Mustangs 6-1 in Berkeley last season, with now-former Bear Lan Mi clinching the win.
 
Last Time: Bears Fall To Virginia, Edge Virginia Tech
In its last two matches — both at Hellman — Cal fell 4-1 to ninth-ranked Virginia last Friday then edged Virginia Tech 4-3 on Sunday. After being celebrated in the Bears' Senior Day ceremony before the Virginia match, Cal veteran Berta Passola Folch defeated 82nd-ranked Vivian Yang 6-4, 7-6(7) in a setback against the Cavaliers. Against the Hokies, freshman Mille Johanna Moerk earned the second clinching win of her career when she beat Elizaveta Castillo 7-6(4), 7-6(6) to give the Bears the victory.
 
Poll Position
In last week's ITA team poll, Cal was ranked No. 23 by the ITA, while the Bears are ranked 21st in this week's Universal Tennis Ratings (UTR) poll. Last week's ITA singles rankings features four Bears: No. 11 Berta Passola Folch (27-6), No. 29 Johanne Svendsen (7-2), No. 84 Mao Mushika (17-9) and No. 104 Naomi Xu (8-11). Two Cal pairs are ranked in the ITA doubles poll: No. 58 Mushika and Svendsen (6-2) and No. 85 Mushika and Passola Folch (2-1). The ITA will release its new team and individual polls Tuesday.
 
Scouting the Bears

• Cal has a 6-3 home record and is 4-2 on the road.
• Freshman Johanne Svendsen ­­­­is currently preparing to compete in the Billie Jean King Cup, with her country, Denmark, playing Portugal from Tuesday through Saturday in Oeiras, Portugal.
• Svendsen also competed for Denmark in the Billie Jean King Cup between 2022 and 2025.
• The Dane has career-best WTA rankings of 361 in singles and 516 in doubles; she is currently ranked 595th in singles and 863rd in doubles.
• Svendsen has records of 7-2 in singles and 7-2 in doubles.
• Senior Berta Passola Folch capped an impressive first half of the 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 produced an impressive 11-2 singles record in 2026 after posting a 16-4 mark in the first half of the season.
• Along with Passola Folch, Cal sent three other Bears to the NCAA Singles Championship in Mao Mushika, Greta Grecco Lucchina and Naomi Xu, while the duo of Mushika and Grecco Lucchina competed in the NCAA Doubles Championship. Along with Passola Folch, Mushika is also an All-American; 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.
• 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 Cardinal

• Stanford defeated Virginia Tech 4-0 last Friday and lost to No. 9 Virginia on Sunday, with both matches taking place at the Cardinal's new Arrillaga Tennis Center.
• Three Stanford players are ranked in singles: No. 13 Valerie Glozman, No. 30 Monika Ekstrand and No. 54 Alyssa Ahn.
• Frankie Brennan is in his second year as head coach of Stanford.

Scouting the Mustangs

• SMU has won four straight dual matches, including a 4-0 win at No. 42 San Diego State on March 26 and a 4-0 win over South Florida in Dallas on March 29.
• Three Mustangs are ranked in singles: No. 59 Amelia Van Iimpe, No. 74 Sophie Llewellyn and No. 109 Gina Feistel.
• In doubles, Van Impe and Caroline McGinley are ranked 14th, while the duo of McGinley and Elena Mireles is ranked 67th.
• Kelcy McKenna is in her 10th season as SMU's head coach.

Next Time
Cal competes in the ACC Championship from April 14-19 in Cary, North Carolina.
 
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