No. 16 Cal Hosts Duke, UNC To Close Regular-Season Home Slate

Singles All-American Katja Wiersholm has a record of 8-5

has a record of 8-5 Wiersholm was one of four Bears – including Mao Mushika , Lan Mi and Jessica Alsola – who competed in the NCAA individual championships at Baylor last fall

, and – who competed in the NCAA individual championships at Baylor last fall Wiersholm advanced to the NCAA singles round of 16 to earn All-America singles honors in Waco, Texas

Alsola, who paired with Mushika at NCAA doubles, has a 9-3 doubles record with Mushika and is 15-8 in singles

Mushika, a sophomore who reached the second round of NCAA singles, has a 16-10 singles mark

Mushika was the first Bear to earn a weekly ACC honor when she was named the ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 14 after posting records of 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles in the Cal Winter Invitational

Mi, a senior who also advanced to the NCAA singles second round, has a 22-6 singles record

Berta Passola Folch , a junior, is 18-8 in singles

, a junior, is 18-8 in singles Sophomore Tiziana-Marie Schomburg is 10-5 in singles

is 10-5 in singles Freshman Greta Greco Lucchina , who joined the Bears in early January, has a 12-4 singles record

, who joined the Bears in early January, has a 12-4 singles record Naomi Xu is 11-9 and fellow freshman Sophie Hernandez is 12-6 in singles

is 11-9 and fellow freshman is 12-6 in singles Amanda Augustus – a Cal Athletics Hall of Famer, two time NCAA doubles champion, 2016 Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year, 2021 Pac-12 Coach of the Year and five-time ITA Northwest Region Coach of the Year – is in her 18th year as head coach at her alma mater

– a Cal Athletics Hall of Famer, two time NCAA doubles champion, 2016 Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year, 2021 Pac-12 Coach of the Year and five-time ITA Northwest Region Coach of the Year – is in her 18th year as head coach at her alma mater Assistant coach and Cal women's tennis alumna Stephanie Kusano Wallace is in her first year on the Cal staff

Duke won at UNC 4-2 last Wednesday and beat SMU 4-2 at home on Sunday

Six Blue Devils are ranked in singles: No. 14 Irina Balus, No. 20 Emma Jackson, No. 55 Eleana Yu, No. 77 Shavit Kimchi, No. 84 Liv Hovde and No. 120 Ellie Coleman

The tandem of Balus and Coleman is ranked 17th in doubles

Jamie Ashworth is in his 29th season as head coach of Duke

North Carolina plays at Stanford on Friday

UNC split its last two matches, losing at home to Duke 4-2 last Wednesday and then beating SMU 4-0 also at home last Friday

Four Tar Heels are ranked in singles: No. 6 Reese Brantmeier, No. 18 Thea Rabman, No. 41 Carson Tanguilig and No. 49 Tatum Evans

In doubles, three UNC duos are ranked: No. 9 Tanguilig and Susanna Maltby, No. 18 Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton, and No. 34 Evans and Rabman

Brian Kalbas is in his 21st year as UNC's head coach

The 16th-ranked California women's tennis team returns to the Hellman Tennis Complex this week for its final two regular-season home matches, with Cal hosting No. 4 Duke on Friday and No. 7 North Carolina on Saturday.The two matches will be among those featured on the Cracked Racquets ACC CrossCourt Cast on ACCNX.Friday, 1:30 p.m. PTHellman Tennis Complex, Berkeley, Calif.Cracked Racquets ACC CrossCourt Cast: ACCNXLive Stream: PlaySight Live Scores: StatBroadcastSaturday, Noon PTHellman Tennis Complex, Berkeley, Calif.Cracked Racquets ACC CrossCourt Cast: ACCNXLive Stream: PlaySight Live Scores: StatBroadcast Friday's match is part of a doubleheader with the Cal men's tennis team, which hosts the Duke men at 5:30 p.m. PT at the Hellman Tennis Complex.Cal shook off a rain-induced postponement to defeat then-No. 69 Miami 4-2 on Monday in Coral Gables, Florida, run its winning streak to 10 straight matches and remain tied for first place in the ACC.clinched the victory. Originally scheduled for Sunday at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center, rain stopped the action a few minutes into doubles and eventually forced the rescheduling of the match.When play resumed, Cal'sandclinched the doubles point with a 7-6(0) win over Jaquelyn Ogunwale and Aely Arai. Mi ended the day when she beat Ogunwale 7-5, 7-5. The senior is on her own 10-match winning streak in singles and improved her record to 21-6 under sunny skies in Florida.Last Friday in Tallahassee, Passola Folch clinched the Bears' 4-0 win over then-No. 65 Florida State. The junior won 7-5, 7-2 over Maria Parra Romero to seal the result. Earlier the Bears prevailed in doubles to take a 1-0 lead, with Passola Folch and Xu topping Laura Putz and Maelie Monfils 6-4 to clinch the pointCal is one of 16 ACC teams in this week's ITA team poll, including No. 4 Duke, No. 5 Virginia, No. 7 UNC, No. 12 NC State, No. 25 Stanford, No. 26 Georgia Tech, No. 30 Notre Dame, No. 35 Clemson, No. 36 Wake Forest, No. 60 Virginia Tech, No. 63 SMU, No. 68 Syracuse, No. 70 Louisville, No. 71 Miami and No. 75 Florida State.The Bears'(No. 25),(No. 52),(No. 56) and(No. 83) are ranked in singles. In doubles, the pair of Alsola and Mushika is ranked 11th, while Mushika and Wiersholm are ranked 24th.Cal seniorwas named the ACC Player of the Week and paired withto earn the ACC Doubles Team of the Week award, the conference office announced last week. The Bears were honored for their play in Cal's victories at No. 2 Virginia and No. 54 Virginia Tech.On March 21 in Charlottesville, Virginia, the 12th-ranked Cal tandem of Mushika and Alsola trailed top-ranked Melodie Collard and Elaine Chervinsky 4-1 before rallying to win 7-6(4) and clinch the doubles point of an eventual 4-1 win over the Cavaliers. On March 23 against the Hokies, Alsola paired with a different partner –– to clinch the doubles point in a 6-4 win over Arina Gamretkaia and Tara Gorinsek. Alsola, ranked 115th, later bested 30th-ranked Ozlem Uslu 6-1, 6-4 in singles in Cal's 6-1 triumph.This marks Cal's second ACC Player of the Week award, including Mushika's accolade on Jan. 14, and the first conference doubles honor for the Bears.In its last road trip of the regular season, Cal plays at No. 12 NC State on April 11 and at No. 36 Wake Forest on April 13.For further coverage of the Bears, follow them on X ( @CalWomensTennis ), Instagram ( @CalWomensTennis ) and Facebook ( /CalWomensTennis ).

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