Cal Ends Run In Honolulu

Hannah Viller Moeller and doubles partner Mao Mushika (not pictured) went 4-0 in Hawaii.

WTEN1/7/2024 8:33 PM | By: Cal Athletics

HONOLULU – The California women’s tennis team said goodbye to Hawaii after the Golden Bears closed out play in the Weinman Foundation Invitational on Sunday.
 
Hawaii’s annual tournament – Cal’s first action of 2024 – produced some high-quality results from the Bears. On Sunday, senior Valentina Ivanov defeated N.C. State’s third-ranked Amelia Rajecki, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, to complete a 4-0 record in singles in the tournament, 17th-ranked junior Jessica Alsola beat the Wolfpack’s 27th-ranked Abigail Rencheli, and 36th-ranked junior Katja Wiersholm defeated N.C. State’s 19th-ranked Sophie Abrams, 6-2, 6-3. On Saturday, the Bears collected two other wins over ranked opponents, as sophomore Berta Passola Folch bested Rencheli and junior Lan Mi beat Abrams.
 
In doubles, Cal picked up wins over three ranked opponents, as the 14th-ranked Hannah Viller Moeller and Mao Mushika beat Florida State’s 43rd-ranked Vic Allen and Millie Bissett on Thursday, the same Cal tandem beat FSU’s 48th-ranked Maelie Monfils and Ellie Schoppe on Friday, and Alsola and Ivanov beat N.C. State’s ninth-ranked Abrams and Anna Zyryanova, 6-4, on Sunday.
 
Mi and senior Cami Brown joined Ivanov with 4-0 singles records in Honolulu. In doubles, Mushika and Viller Moeller (4-0) and the pair of Alsola and Ivanov (1-0) were unbeaten at the UH Tennis Complex. Both doubles teams won Sunday, with Viller Moeller and Mushika defeating Rajecki and Rencheli, 6-3.
 
“We had a really great weekend of tennis, in singles and doubles,” Cal head coach Amanda Augustus said. “We a great job against some highly ranked opponents. We have a very deep team this year, and it’s exciting. A lot of different players can step up and help the Bears win matches this spring.”
 
The Bears return to the courts Friday, when they host the first day of their annual Cal Winter Invitational in Berkeley.
 
Weinman Foundation Invitational
Jan. 7, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii
UH Tennis Complex
 
Cal Results
 
Doubles
No. 14 Mao Mushika/Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal) def. Amelia Rajecki/Abigail Rencheli (NC State), 6-3
Gina Dittmann/Kristina Paskauskas (NC State) def. Tiziana-Marie Schomburg/Makenna Thiel…