The Cal women’s tennis team might rank seventh on The Daily Californian’s Power Rankings right now, but expect the young squad to jump much higher in coming years. The team, which finished the year ranked at No. 9 in the country and made it to the elite eight of the Read More…
From the rankings and final results, it seems as if the Cal women’s tennis team plateaued in 2013. The Bears began the season as the No. 7 team and finished the year at No. 9 with a loss to then-top ranked Florida in the Elite Eight. Last year, Cal similarly Read More…
Sometimes, it feels like the tennis season never ends. A national champion was crowned on Tuesday. Classes wrapped up more than a week ago. And yet, the Bears still had tennis to play. Immediately following the NCAA team championships that ended on May 21, the singles and doubles tournaments got Read More…
While the NCAA team championships are over, the Bears’ season is not. The Cal women’s tennis team sent three players to the NCAA singles championships taking place May 22-27 in Urbana, Ill. The Bears are represented by players who finished the season at the top three courts — Anett Schutting, Read More…
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 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…
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…
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…
