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Erin Richardson and Cal hope to even the season series with San Diego when they meet in Austin.
BERKELEY – The 26th-ranked California women’s tennis team begins play in the NCAA Championship on Friday at 11 a.m. CDT/8 a.m. PDT in Austin, Texas, where the 12-9 Golden Bears face 30th-ranked San Diego (12-10) for the second time this season.
This marks the Bears’ 40th appearance in the NCAA Championship.
The University of Texas hosts the four-team regional that includes Cal, USD and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (25-2). The eighth-seeded and ninth-ranked Longhorns (21-4) play the Islanders in a first-round match at 2 p.m. CDT on Friday. The two first-round victors will play in the second round at 4 p.m. CDT on Saturday for the right to advance to a super regional at a campus site TBA.
Cal hosted San Diego in the ITA Kickoff Weekend final during the regular season on Jan. 28 in Berkeley. Jessica Alsola’s 6-3, 6-1 singles win over USD’s Claudia De Las Heras was the fourth victory of the Cal sophomore’s eventual 18-match winning streak. But the Toreros beat the Bears 4-1 to earn a trip to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
Fans can follow the rematch on the Texas live stream by clicking here and via the Texas live scores page here. Fans can also follow updates of all Cal matches on Twitter at @CalWomensTennis.
After the conclusion of the NCAA Super Regional (or third round) on May 12 or May 13 at campus sites, the team tournament shifts to a designated site for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final. The USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, will host the last three rounds from May 17-20.
Alsola, Wiersholm Named To NCAA Individual Tournaments
On Tuesday, the 55th-ranked Jessica Alsola earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Singles Championship, while the 12th-ranked pair of Alsola and Katja Wiersholm was named to the NCAA Doubles Championship field.
Both individual postseason tournaments will take place from May 22-27 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, with the singles and doubles championships beginning after the end of the NCAA team tournament.
Alsola will compete in the NCAA singles tournament for the second time. The Fresno product has a 29-4 record – which includes a 19-1 dual-match record – and leads the Bears in wins. She had a…
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