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Valentina Ivanov improved to 3-0 in singles in Hawaii’s invitational.
HONOLULU – The California women’s tennis team was dominant Saturday in the Weinman Foundation Invitational, as the Golden Bears collected 12 victories in 14 matches at the UH Tennis Complex.
The Bears excelled again in doubles, winning four of five matches on their third day in Hawaii’s annual tournament. The 14th-ranked Mao Mushika and Hannah Viller Moeller improved to 3-0 on the trip when they defeated host Hawaii’s Nelly Knezkova and Ana Vilcek, 7-6(3), Ivanov and Katja Wiersholm beat the Rainbow Wahine’s Anna Kern and Hannah Galindo, 6-0, Cami Brown and Makenna Thiel bested Hawaii’s Isabella Pampulov and Joelle Lanz, 6-1, and Tiziana-Marie Schomburg and Lan Mi topped UH’s Macy Rose and Kaitlyn Ralar, 6-1.
Cal posted eight wins in singles, highlighted by the 12th-ranked Viller Moeller beating Vilcek, 0-6, 6-0, 6-2, and the 17th-ranked Jessica Alsola defeating UH’s Nikola Homolkova, 6-0, 6-4. Ivanov, a senior who beat Hawaii’s Nelly Knezkova, 6-2, 7-5, was one of six Bears to win in doubles and singles on the day.
The invitational ends Sunday.
Weinman Foundation Invitational
Jan. 6, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii
UH Tennis Complex
Cal Results
Doubles
Tiziana-Marie Schomburg/Lan Mi (Cal) def. Macy Rose/Kaitlyn Ralar (Hawaii), 6-1
Sheena Masuda/Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) def. Jessica Alsola/Berta Passola Folch (Cal), 6-3
No. 14 Hannah Viller Moeller/Mao Mushika (Cal) def. Ana Vilcek/Nelly Knezkova (Hawaii), 7-6(3)
Katja Wiersholm/Valentina Ivanov (Cal) def. Anna Kern/Hannah Galindo (Hawaii), 6-0
Makenna Thiel/Cami Brown (Cal) def. Isabella Pampulov/Joelle Lanz (Hawaii), 6-1
Singles
Amelia Rajecki (NC State) def. Mao Mushika (Cal), 6-2, 6-2
Berta Passola Folch (Cal) def. Abigail Rencheli (NC State), 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-3
Lan Mi (Cal) def. Sophie Abrams (NC State), 6-3, 6-0
Makenna Thiel (Cal) def. Madison Smith (BYU), 6-4, 6-1
Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal) def. Hannah Galindo (Hawaii), 6-4, 7-5
Valentina Ivanov (Cal) def. Nelly Knezkova (Hawaii), 6-2, 7-5
No. 12 Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal) def. Ana Vilcek (Hawaii), 0-6, 6-0, 6-2
No. 17 Jessica Alsola (Cal) def. Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii), 6-0, 6-4
Cami Brown (Cal) def. Isabella Pampulov…
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