Intact for the first time this season, the entire Cal women’s tennis squad will head to the Northwest Regional Championships this weekend. The annual tournament will be held 40 miles southwest of Berkeley at Stanford University’s Taube Tennis Center, and it will run from Friday to Tuesday. At stake are Read More…
In a tournament loaded with the best players in collegiate women’s tennis, anything can happen. Unfortunately for the Bears, that unpredictability yielded disappointing results for Cal’s top players as they headed home after falling to other All-Americans in last week’s ITA All-American Championships in Los Angeles. Despite hoping for late-round Read More…
Following a successful weekend at home, the Cal women’s tennis team will send four singles players and two doubles teams to Los Angeles to compete against a field composed entirely of All-Americans. The Riviera/ITA All-American Championships begin this Tuesday and will end on Sunday at the Riviera Tennis Club. Taking Read More…
During tournament season in women’s tennis, the odd situation of a player facing her own teammate is a real possibility. For Cal, it is almost tradition at the annual Cal Nike Invitational. Despite a field of 97 players from more than a dozen different teams, most of the Bears played Read More…
Led by a squad of some of the best women’s tennis players in the country, the Cal women’s tennis team will welcome the 2013-14 season with a home-court tournament debut. The annual Cal Nike Invitational, which begins Friday at 8 a.m. and runs every day through Sunday, will host 16 Read More…
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…