Valentina Ivanov

After time away from the court, Cal men's and women's tennis started their spring semester off with roaring success at the Hawaii Invitational.

Cal men’s and women’s tennis will start their spring seasons in Honolulu, Hawaii and hope to start the spring with a bang.

Cal women’s tennis had a roller coaster ride of a fall season, with the end for two of the players being last week at ITA Fall National Championships.

The blue and gold shone at regionals, with Cal making the semifinals in both singles and doubles but coming away empty-handed after two semifinal losses.

On Sunday, Bears will hedge their bets at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships at Stanford.

The Cal women’s tennis team won the top-flight singles, top-flight doubles, and second-flight doubles events at the Cal Fall Invitational.

While Giavara, Ivanov, Rosenqvist and Moeller will likely enter the tournament without any kinks in their chain, several new players are still learning to ride without training wheels.

On the heels of a recent string of high-level tennis, the No. 27 Cal women’s tennis team headed to Los Angeles last weekend where it edged No. 34 USC 4-3 on Friday but was swept by the No. 9 Bruins the next day.

Cal demonstrated its strength in numbers this weekend at Hellman Tennis Complex as it edged then-No. 49 Washington 4-3 on Friday and then-No. 47 Washington State by the same scoreline the following day.

Then-No.17 Cal’s strong starts in singles and doubles led the team to a 4-3 win over San Diego.