Bears Win Top Titles In Cal Fall Invite

Ïts really nice to have a tournament at home here at Hellman and Channing, and get the opportunity for almost all of our players to compete in the same event,¨ Cal head coach Amanda Augustus said. ¨Nothings better on the last day to either have us playing against each other on our home courts or being in the finals. We won a singles title and a doubles title, and we reached some finals.

¨I think that was Katjas first collegiate title and hopefully the first of many. Thats a big deal. That’s a pretty special thing. Shes been working really hard. Its nice to see the development and progression of our players, which is something were known for in our program.¨

Viller Moeller, a senior, and Mushika, a freshman, were named the doubles champions of the Blue or top flight, with their BYU opponents withdrawing from the Sunday final.

Cal had a shot at another doubles title, when the top-seeded pair of Lan Mi and Tiziana-Marie Schomburg played in Sunday’s Gold doubles final. But the two new Bears fell to Juliette Daries and Tian Yu Dong of Saint Mary’s, 8-4, at Hellman.

Wiersholm – who’s ranked 98th in the ITA preseason singles poll – cruised through her Blue singles semifinal, beating Stanford’s Eleana Yu, 6-2, 6-3, on Sunday. In the Gold Singles semifinal, the top-seeded Mi likewise won in straight sets, besting San Francisco’s Simran Chhabra, 6-0, 6-4.

Doubles partners Mushika and Viller Moeller faced off in the other Blue singles semifinal, with the Cal veteran prevailing. Mushika won the first set 6-0, Viller Moeller won the second 7-6(4), and then the younger Bear retired with an injury, leaving the Dane to meet Wiersholm in the final.

Mi battled Long Beach State’s Rhona Cook in the Gold final. A transfer from Cornell, the Cal junior hadn’t dropped a set through four matches entering the final. But Cook won 6-4, 6-3.

In one of the last matches of the Cal Fall Invitational, Wiersholm and Viller Moeller battled for supremacy at Hellman. While her teammate pushed her, Wiersholm – who didn’t lose a set in singles in the tournament – triumphed, 7-5, 7-6(7).

¨It was a good weekend overall and and a good…