No. 9 Cal Hosts Big Slam In Regular-Season Finale

Cal senior Hannah Viller Moeller will play in her last regular-season home match Friday vs. the Cardinal.

WTEN4/17/2024 6:30 PM | By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – The ninth-ranked California women’s tennis team hosts the regular-season finale vs. third-ranked Stanford in Friday’s Big Slam at the Hellman Tennis Complex. Prior to the Big Slam, the Golden Bears will celebrate the careers of Valentina Ivanov and Hannah Viller Moeller in their Senior Day ceremony.
 
The Big Slam is Cal’s last home match of the regular season, though the Bears could host a couple of rounds of the upcoming NCAA Championship given their success this season.
 
Friday will also decide the regular-season champion of the Pac-12 Conference. If Cal defeats the Cardinal, it would share the regular-season title with whichever Los Angeles team – UCLA or USC – wins that match between rivals also on Friday. Typically, the team that wins the regular-season conference title also earns the top seed in the subsequent Pac-12 Championship. But if Cal ties UCLA or USC for the title, head-to-head results between the Bears and their co-champion would determine seeding in the conference tournament. Cal defeated UCLA, 4-3, on March 30 at Hellman but lost to USC, 4-3, on March 31 in Berkeley.
 
Match Details
 
No. 9 Cal (16-4, 8-1 Pac-12) vs No. 3 Stanford (18-2, 7-1)
When: Friday, April 19, 1:30 p.m. PT
Where: Hellman Tennis Complex, Berkeley, Calif.
Watch: Livestream
Scores: StatBroadcast
 
Last Time: Cal Sweeps Washington Teams
Cal won at 26th-ranked Washington last Friday and routed Washington State on Saturday to go 2-0 on its trip to the Evergreen State.
 
Against the Huskies, Katja Wiersholm clinched the 5-2 victory, with the Seattle-area product defeating the 88th-ranked Alexia Jacobs, 6-4, 6-1, at court-two singles. Jessica Alsola clinched the 6-1 rout of WSU the next day, with the 72nd-ranked Cal junior topping Yura Nakagawa, 6-4, 6-4, on court three.
 
Last Time Vs. Stanford
Twenty-seventh-ranked Cal fell to seventh-ranked Stanford, 6-1, on The Farm in 2023. Cal star Haley Giavara won in her last Big Slam, defeating 16th-ranked Connie Ma, 6-4, 6-1.
 
Poll Position
Cal remained at No. 9 in this week’s ITA poll after beating Washington and Washington State. The duo of Hannah Viller Moeller…