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…
For the eighth year in a row, the Cal women’s tennis team will be hosting matches for the first two rounds of the NCAA Championships. On Tuesday, the selection show for the NCAAs revealed No. 8 Cal would be hosting Stony Brook, Auburn, and Saint Mary’s. The Bears will take 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…
In a season filled with adversity, the Cal women’s tennis squad appears to have finally found its groove. Two new starting freshmen and a host of injuries led Cal to start with an uncharacteristically mediocre record of 3-3. However, since then, the squad has won five of its last six. Read More…
By playing well late in matches and winning in several third sets, the Cal women’s tennis team was able to capitalize on its endurance and win its third-straight match on Sunday against San Diego State. The No. 15 Bears moved to 8-4 on the season, including winning five of their Read More…
Coming off a disappointing loss to Stanford and with top player Zsofi Susanyi still out due to injury, no one knew what to expect from the Cal women’s tennis team last weekend. Nobody could have expected the dominating performance that the team turned in. Cal dropped only three sets in Read More…
The Cal women’s tennis team has not beaten Stanford since April of 2009. And they haven’t beaten Stanford in Palo Alto since 1999. But when the team travels to Taube Tennis Center on Friday, the No. 9 Bears (4-3) will be in the unfamiliar position of being the favorite over Read More…
When Zsofi Susanyi started doubles play against UCLA (8-1) on Friday, she wore a band of athletic tape around her left thigh. By the start of singles play, Susanyi, the current No. 1 singles player, was on the sideline and the athletic tape had been replaced with ice. For Cal Read More…
