The Cal women’s tennis team will be bringing more than its fundamentally solid, nearly mistake-free brand of tennis to Urbana, Ill., next week, when the next rounds of the NCAA tournament begin. The Bears will also be bringing a good dose of Cal spirit with them. The team has a Read More…
Cal tennis player Alice Duranteau, a third-year international student from Paris, France, talks about her journey to UC Berkeley and her struggle to juggle her academic work load and athletic commitments.
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…
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…
The Cal women’s tennis squad was heavily favored over Oregon on Friday, so it’s no surprise that the Bears swept the Ducks in Berkeley, 7-0. But the match provided an opportunity for Cal (12-5, 6-1) to show improvement. The Bears’ two promising freshmen — Lynn Chi and Klara Fabikova — Read More…
