Bears Open Season At ITA All-American Championships

Jessica Alsola, who reached the singles quarterfinals at ITA All-Americans in 2023, will play in singles and doubles in this year’s incarnation of the national tournament.

WTEN9/19/2024 6:47 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Five members of the California women’s tennis team begin the 2024-25 season in the ITA All-American Championships, with seniors Jessica Alsola, Katja Wiersholm and Lan Mi, junior Berta Passola Folch and sophomore Mao Mushika heading to the annual tournament in Cary, North Carolina. The All-American serves as one of the qualifying tournaments for the NCAA individual championships, which now take place in the fall after traditionally being held after the conclusion of the NCAA team championship in May. Baylor hosts the NCAA singles and doubles championships from Nov. 19-24 in Waco, Texas.
 
Baylor also hosts the NCAA team championship from May 15-18 in Waco.
 

The ITA Women’s All-American Championships will have a draw size of the following – singles: pre-qualifying (128), qualifying (64), main draw (64); and doubles: pre-qualifying (32), qualifying (32), main draw (32). From this, 10 singles players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (eight main draw quarterfinalists & two feed-in consolation finalists). Meanwhile, four doubles teams will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the ITA All-American Championships (four main draw semifinalists).
 
Alsola and Wiersholm are in the singles main draw, while Mi, Mushika and Passola Folch are in the singles qualifying draw. In doubles, the pair of Alsola and Mushika are in the main draw, while Wiersholm and Passola Folch will start out in qualifying.
 
Here are more tournament details:
 
ITA All-American Championships
When: Sept. 21-29
Where: Cary Tennis Park, Cary, N.C.
Watch: Live Streaming – Cracked Racquets; Live Streaming – PlaySight
Draws: Coming soon
ITA Tournament Page
 
While pre-qualifying action is slated for this weekend, the Bears don’t start playing until the qualifying draws take place on Monday and Tuesday, with both main draws commencing Wednesday.
 
Poll Position
Five Bears are ranked in the first ITA singles poll of 2024-25 – No. 30 Jessica Alsola, No. 33 Katja Wiersholm, No. 80 Lan Mi, No. 106 Berta Passola Folch and No. 107 Mao Mushika. Three Cal…