Cal Continues Pac-12 Play In L.A.

Haley Giavara and the Bears look to improve on a 1-1 Pac-12 record this weekend in Los Angeles.

WTEN3/23/2023 11:57 AM | By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – After an unexpectedly long layoff, the California women’s tennis team returns to action on the road this weekend at Pac-12 Conference rivals UCLA and USC. The No. 61 Golden Bears (4-5, 1-1 Pac-12) play the 30th-ranked Bruins (6-3, 1-1) on Saturday at noon and play the No. 38 Trojans (9-5, 1-1) on Sunday at noon. Both matches will be played in Los Angeles.
 
Click here to access the live stream and live scores for the UCLA match. Here’s the live stream and live scores link for the USC match. Fans can also follow updates of all the Bears’ competitions on Twitter at @CalWomensTennis.
 
Cal, which last played on March 5 in a 4-3 win at Colorado, had its March 12 match vs. Hawaii in Berkeley canceled due to rain. The Bears have had three home dual matches either canceled or postponed due to inclement weather this season, including a Feb. 4 nonconference contest vs. UCLA and a Feb. 5 match vs. Pepperdine. The annual Cal Winter Invitational was also wiped out by rain in January. The Bears have since added a nonconference match vs. Loyola Marymount – on April 2 at noon – to it schedule.
 
Cal Splits First Pac-12 Matches
Berta Passola Folch earned her first clinching victory in Cal’s 4-3 victory at Colorado on March 5. The Bears started off the road trip with a 4-3 loss at Utah in their Pac-12 opener on March 3.
 
In the triumph over the Buffaloes, the Bears won the doubles point, with the 16th-ranked Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm defeating Antonia Balzert and Aya El Sayed, 6-4, to clinch. Passola Folch also partnered with Hannah Viller Moeller to beat Ellen Puzak and Betina Tokac, 6-0. Later, Passola Folch – a freshman who hails from Barcelona – beat Tokac, 6-4, 6-0, in Cal’s first conference win of the season.
 
Last Year Vs. UCLA, USC
Last season, Cal lost at UCLA, 6-1, in February. A March 2022 match against the Bruins in Berkeley was canceled due to health and safety protocols within the UCLA program.
 
On March 26, 2022, Hannah Viller Moeller clinched a 4-3 win over 17th-ranked USC in Berkeley. The Dane defeated Grace Piper, 6-4, 6-4, to secure the result.
 
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