Cal Hosts Michigan, Opens Pac-12 Play

Erin Richardson and the Bears posted a 3-1 record vs. this week’s opponents in 2022.

WTEN2/27/2023 6:35 PM | By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – The No. 66 California women’s tennis team starts a busy week by welcoming third-ranked Michigan to the Hellman Tennis Complex on Wednesday. The midweek match will be followed by the start of Pac-12 Conference play at No. 36 Utah on Friday at 1:30 p.m. MT and at No. 62 Colorado on Sunday at 11 a.m. MT.
 
Cal brings a 3-3 record into the dual match with the 7-1 Wolverines. Utah is 8-3, while Colorado – ahead of its Friday match vs. Stanford – is 7-3.
 
Admission is free for regular-season home tennis at Hellman. Click here for the live stream for Wednesday’s match and here for the live stats for Friday’s match. Fans can also follow updates of all the Bears’ matches on Twitter at @CalWomensTennis.
 
Cal Surges Past San Diego State
Hannah Viller Moeller clinched her third Cal victory of 2023 on Feb. 24, as the Bears defeated San Diego State, 5-1, in their most recent match at Hellman. A junior, Viller Moeller bested Alicia Melosch, 6-3, 6-3, at court-three singles.
 
Bears Vs. Michigan, Utah & Colorado In 2022
In the spring of 2022, Cal lost at Michigan, defeated Utah twice and routed Colorado.
 
On Feb. 8, the Bears suffered their first setback of the season, 5-2, on the Wolverines’ indoor courts. Then freshman-Katja Wiersholm paired with Jessica Alsola to clinch the doubles point – beating Anca Craciun and Nicole Hammond, 7-6(2) on court two – and Wiersholm beat Gala Mesochoritou, 6-0, 6-1, at court-five singles.
 
Wiersholm clinched for the fourth time last spring in Cal’s 7-0 blanking of Utah on March 18 in Berkeley. First, Wiersholm and Alsola secured the doubles point with a 6-0 win over the 54th-ranked Emily Dush and Anastasia Goncharova on court one, and then Wiersholm bested Lindsay Hung, 6-0, 6-1, on court three to settle the overall contest.
 
In Cal’s second match with Utah last spring, Alsola clinched a 4-0 win in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 Championship. Alsola and Wiersholm again won in doubles, clinching the point with a 7-6(5) result over Goncharova and Dush, and then Alsola beat Dush, 6-4, 6-2, at court-two singles to send the Bears to the conference semifinals.
 
In the lone meeting…