Close just doesn’t cut it in sports. In the end, that’s where No. 8 Cal came against No. 1 Florida in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. The Bears nearly pulled the upset in a much more competitive match than the final 4-2 score would suggest. But Read More…
For the Cal women’s tennis team, advancing to the Sweet 16 was never a goal. It was an expectation. The team has made the Sweet 16 for seven consecutive years — including the last six, with Amanda Augustus as head coach. The Bears’ regular season, like the six seasons before Read More…
The Cal women’s tennis team’s Achilles’ heel this season has been its play in doubles. But not anymore. In two of their last three matches of the regular season, the Bears had to make a comeback in singles after dropping doubles matches and finding themselves in early 1-0 deficits. This Read More…
“Our goal is to be the No. 1 team and win the NCAAs,” said junior Anett Schutting back in February. And 16 wins and 5 losses later, the Cal women’s tennis team could be in a position to do just that. As the No. 8 team in the country, the Read More…
The Cal women’s tennis team zoomed into the Pac-12 Championships in Ojai, Calif., on a seven-game winning streak and with as much momentum as anyone. They leave in a much different situation. Zsofi Susanyi, the No. 5 player in the nation, left her third singles match of the weekend with Read More…
With a win last weekend over Stanford and a second-place finish in the Pac-12, the No. 9 Cal women’s tennis team is itching to begin the Pac-12 and NCAA tournaments and prove itself against the nation’s best. But before the players can do that, they have one last match to Read More…
Victory at last. After four years of consecutive losses, No. 9 Cal was finally able to topple its rival, No. 12 Stanford, 4-3, on Friday at the Hellman Tennis Complex in Berkeley. After USC won its match against UCLA, the Cal-Stanford match was no longer for the conference title but Read More…
The stage is set for a classic showdown. Rivalry match? Check. Top-15 teams? Check. Possible title on the line? Check. When the Cal women’s tennis team takes on Stanford on Friday at the Hellman Tennis Complex at 12:30 p.m., the stakes will be as high as they have been for Read More…
When Alice Duranteau sees a tennis player preparing to serve, she sees more than a person with a racket and a ball. She sees a complex machine at work. She sees a network of tissues, muscles, bones and tendons working together in harmony. Alice is amazed at how each individual Read More…
In a conference with four traditional powerhouse teams, Arizona State is the fifth team in the Pac-12, on the outside looking in. Women’s tennis on the west coast is dominated by Cal, Stanford, USC and UCLA, teams that are consistently ranked among the top in the country. The Sun Devils Read More…