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Hannah Viller Moeller won two championships Tuesday to close the ITA regionals in style.
STANFORD – Hannah Viller Moeller closed the ITA Northwest Regional Championships with a flourish when she captured the singles title and – with Mao Mushika – the doubles title Tuesday at Stanford’s Taube Family Tennis Stadium. The Golden Bears defeated teammates Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm in the doubles final, after Viller Moeller dispatched the Cardinal’s Connie Ma in singles.
All four Bears qualified for the ITA National Fall Championships in November by reaching the doubles final. Viller Moeller also qualified for fall nationals in singles.
Viller Moeller, seeded sixth in singles, defeated the third-seeded and 26th-ranked Ma, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(6). The Copenhagen, Denmark, native improved to 11-1 in singles this season, with her only loss a 7-5, 7-6(7) setback against Wiersholm in the top-flight final of the Cal Fall Invitational on Oct. 1.
The doubles final followed the singles final, and the Cal senior and Mushika, a freshman, had a daunting task, facing the top-seeded and ninth-ranked Alsola and Wiersholm, who won the 2022 regional title on The Farm. Viller Moeller and Mushika played for the first time together in the season-opening Cal Fall Invite, with the two winning the top-flight doubles crown in Berkeley. The regional championships were only the Bears’ second time playing together.
Despite losing the first set, Viller Moeller and Mushika prevailed, 4-6, 6-1, 10-7, to claim the title and close the regional event at Stanford.
The Bears next compete in the Saint Mary’s Fall Invitational from Oct. 27-29 in Moraga. The ITA National Fall Championships are scheduled for Nov. 1-5 in San Diego.
ITA Northwest Regional Championships
Oct. 17, 2023, in Stanford, Calif.
Taube Family Tennis Stadium
Main Draw Singles Final
[6] Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal) vs. [3] No. 26 Connie Ma (Stanford), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(6)
Main Draw Doubles Final
[7] Hannah Viller Moeller/Mao Mushika (Cal) def. [1] No. 9 Jessica Alsola/Katja Wiersholm (Cal), 4-6, 6-1, 10-7
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