Bears in Moraga: Singles champion Lan Mi (center) with teammates (left to right) Makenna Thiel, Tiziana-Marie Schomburg, Berta Passola Folch and Cami Brown.
MORAGA – California women’s tennis junior Lan Mi captured the top-flight singles title at the Saint Mary’s Fall Invitational on Sunday, defeating teammate Berta Passola Folch in the final, while Passola Folch and Makenna Thiel won the Blue doubles consolation final for the Golden Bears on the last day of the tournament.
Mi beat Passola Folch, 7-5, 7-6(2), in the Blue singles final, after besting San Francisco’s Katerina Filip, 7-5, 4-6, 6-0, in the semifinal round. In the other semifinal, Passola Folch beat Thiel, 7-5, 6-2.
In the doubles consolation title match, Thiel and Passola Folch knocked off Sacramento State’s Warisara Lee and Mayya Gorbunova, 7-5.
Next up for Cal’s Hannah Viller Moeller, Mao Mushika, Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm is the ITA National Fall Championships, slated for Wednesday through Sunday in San Diego. Another Cal contingent will play in the ASU Thunderbird Invitational from Friday through Sunday in Tempe, Arizona.
Saint Mary’s Fall Invitational
Oct. 29, 2023, in Moraga, Calif.
Korth Tennis Complex
Cal Results
Blue Draw Singles Semifinal Round
[1] Berta Passola Folch (Cal) def. [6] Makenna Thiel (Cal), 7-5, 6-2
[2] Lan Mi (Cal) def. [4] Katerina Filip (USF), 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
Blue Draw Singles Final
[2] Lan Mi (Cal) def. [1] Berta Passola Folch (Cal), 7-5, 7-6(2)
Extra Singles Sunday
Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal) def. Eliza Bates (Cal Poly), 1-6, 6-2, 10-8
Cami Brown (Cal) def. Olive Maunupau (UC Davis), 5-7, 3-0 ret. (inj.)
Blue Consolation Doubles Final
Berta Passola Folch/Makenna Thiel (Cal) def. Warisara Lee/Mayya Gorbunova (Sac. St.), 7-5
Extra Doubles Sunday
Juliette Daries/Tian Yu Dong (SMC) def. Cami Brown (Cal)/Natalie Lynch (Cal Poly), 6-4
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