Four Bears Head To Fall Nationals

Jessica Alsola leads a group of four Bears to San Diego.

WTEN11/1/2022 2:19 PM | By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – The California women’s tennis team is splitting its squad between the ITA National Fall Championships and the ASU Thunderbird Invitational this week, with Jessica Alsola, Katja Wiersholm, Erin Richardson and Makenna Thiel heading to fall nationals in San Diego, and Valentina Ivanov, Hannah Viller Moeller and Cami Brown traveling to the tournament in Tempe, Arizona.
 
The annual ITA tournament takes place at the Barnes Center in San Diego, where, in Wednesday’s doubles first round, Alsola and Wiersholm will play Texas Tech’s Metka Komac and Cristina Tiglea at 2:30 p.m., while Richardson and Thiel will face UCLA’s fourth-seeded Kimmi Hance and Elise Wagle at 5:30 p.m.
 
Draws are available here, and live scores are available here. Please visit the tournament page for more information about fall nationals/
 
Cracked Racquets will cover each day of nationals on its YouTube Channel; here is the live stream link for each day:
 
Wednesday – https://youtu.be/F9AHcMNvOZQ
Thursday – https://youtu.be/OjicaC963f8
Friday – https://youtu.be/CInM8TjRJvs
Saturday – https://youtu.be/WPbJXcpsLw4
Sunday – https://youtu.be/Vn3tS2fQyjs
 
The ASU Thunderbird Invitational runs Friday through Sunday. Click here for live scores from Tempe. For more information about the ASU Thunderbird Invitational, please visit the tournament page.
 
Fans can also follow updates of Cal matches at @CalWomensTennis.
 
Last Year At ITA Fall Nationals & The ASU Invite
Jessica Alsola and Erin Richardson competed in the 2021 National Fall Championships in their first national tournament as a doubles team, with the Bears reaching the round of 16 in San Diego.
 
Cal sent Valentina Ivanov, Hannah Viller Moeller and Makenna Thiel to the 2021 ASU Thunderbird Invitational, with Ivanov notching a big singles victory over San Diego’s 30th-ranked Solymar Colling, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6.
 
Women’s Tennis Earn Newmark Award
Women’s tennis program was one of five Cal programs honored with the Newmark Award, an annual honor given to the teams on campus with the top cumulative grade-point average over the previous year, Cal Athletics announced on Oct. 18.
 
Head coach Amanda Augustus‘ Bears claimed the…