May 3, 2011
Complete May 10 California Women's Tennis Release in PDF Format 
2011 NCAA Div. I Women's Tennis Championship Bracket
First and Second Round Tournament Central
FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS
Hellman Tennis Complex | Berkeley, Calif.
First Round | Saturday, May 14
Match #1: No. 18 USC vs. No. 42 Saint Mary's College - 9 a.m.
Match #2: No. 9 California vs. Boston University - Noon
Second Round | Sunday, May 15
Match #3: Winner Match #1 vs. Winner Match #2 - Noon
BERKELEY - The ninth-ranked California women's tennis team (16-6, 6-2 Pac-10) was selected as the ninth seed in the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships on Tue., May 3. The Golden Bears have been chosen to play in every NCAA tournament and will make their 30th appearance as hosts of the first and second rounds. Cal will welcome USC (14-7), Saint Mary's College (13-9), and Boston University (12-8) for dual matches on May 14 and 15 at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
The Women of Troy finished fifth in the Pac-10 and will make their 20th consecutive appearance in the tennis championships. In its 29th overall appearance, USC will face the Gaels--who finished third in the West Coast Conference--in a 9 a.m. PT first-round match on Sat., May 14. Saint Mary's College earned its second selection to the NCAA tournament on an at-large bid.
In the other first-round matchup, Cal draws Boston University for a dual at noon PT. The Terriers won their 18th straight America East Conference title and earned the program's 13th consecutive NCAA berth.
The winners of each first-round match will face each other in a second-round dual on Sun., May 15, at noon PT. The winner of the second-round match will advance to the round of 16 which begins on Fri., May 20, at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium on the campus of championship host Stanford in Stanford, Calif.
Ticket prices are $10 for adults, and $5 for seniors (65+), students (with valid identification), and youth (K-12). All tickets will be sold at the Hellman Tennis Complex entrance on the day of the matches. There are no advanced ticket sales available.
The Bears enter the NCAA championships after earning third place in the ultra-competitive Pac-10 Conference. All but two of the league's nine teams earned bids into the tournament this season with defending national champion Stanford holding the top overall seed.
Cal's lineup boasts five ranked singles players, led by the nation's top individual in junior Jana Juricova. The Piestany, Slovak Republic native is 29-3 in singles matches this season, and holds a perfect 19-0 mark in dual matches at the top court. Senior Mari Andersson is ranked No. 23 and recorded 27 victories this year. The Bears' sophomores have each eclipsed 30 singles wins this season. No. 55-ranked Tayler Davis has 31 victories and is just two shy of team-leader No. 84 Annie Goransson. Freshman Anett Schutting has come on strong late in this spring and now holds the 104th spot in the singles rankings with nine wins.
Andersson and Juricova form the top-ranked doubles team in the nation. The duo leads the team with a 38-6 mark this year. The two Bears captured the Pac-10 doubles crown, and are a threat to win a second NCAA title after they claimed the 2009 championship. Goransson and Schutting team up to form the No. 30-ranked doubles team in the country. Cal won the doubles point 15 times this season and went undefeated in each of those dual matches.
The Bears are 53-30 (.639) in NCAA tournament matches. In head coach Amanda Augustus' first two seasons on campus, she led Cal to its two best postseason finishes as NCAA runners-up in 2008 and 2009. Last season, the Bears hosted and defeated Southern (4-0) and USC (4-1) to advance to the round of 16, but were edged by Notre Dame, 4-2.
