Makenna Thiel

The No. 11 Bears play Princeton on Friday; if they win, they will face the winning team of the Georgia Tech-USD match come Saturday.

Playing one of the most exciting matches of the day, Alsola helped the Bears to edge a 6-1 win over Santa Barbara in their dual match home opener.

Starting out the season in a solid No. 12 spot in the country, the Bears are gearing up for their first two dual matches of the year.

Sophomore doubles duo Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm played especially well in the highly-anticipated ITA Fall National Championships in San Diego. At the ASU Thunderbird Championships in Tempe, Arizona, junior Hannah Viller Moeller was a standout player.

Seven women will be participating in two different tournaments spanning from Nov. 2 to Nov. 6, and two doubles pairs, sophomores Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm and senior Erin Richardson and sophomore Makenna Thiel, will be playing in the highly anticipated ITA National Fall Championships in San Diego. In Tempe, Arizona at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational, Cal will send senior Valentina Ivanov and juniors Hannah Viller Moeller and Cami Brown to participate in doubles and singles matches.

After many wins in both doubles and singles, sophomores Alsola and Wiersholm ultimately brought home the ITA Regional doubles champions title.

Cal women’s tennis got its season underway this past weekend at its home Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts.

With some close matches and stellar performances from Cal's freshmen, the team came out on top despite losing the doubles point to start off the match.

Last weekend Cal women’s tennis faced a setback from UCLA after defeating SDSU just a day earlier. Coming out of a quarterfinal loss at indoor nationals, the Bears were looking to regain their winning streak.

The team managed to overcome all obstacles — in the form of strong athletic and meteorological opponents — to beat UC Santa Barbara and second-ranked Pepperdine in its first two dual matches of the season last weekend.