BERKELEY – The Aggies' women's tennis team started their season at the Cal Invitational in Berkeley. The Aggies made the round of sixteen in each of the three brackets that were played in the three-day event held at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
In the White bracket, newcomer
Kaia Wolfe won her first three matches in straight sets in her collegiate debut. Wolfe was credited with the win in her semifinal match against Tina Li of BYU due to a withdraw. In the championship match for the bracket, Wolfe fell to Hana Gamracy of University of San Francisco, 6-2, 6-1.
Sophomore
Maddi Page made the quarterfinals as she won her first two matches in straight sets before falling to Li.
In the Blue bracket, senior
Yana Gurevich won her opening match 6-2, 7-5 over No. 119-ranked Klara Kosan of the University of the Pacific. Gurevich fell to Yujia Huang of BYU in straight sets in the round of 16.
In the Gold bracket, three Aggies made the round of 16. Both senior
Kristina Evloeva and sophomore
Claire Galerkin won their round of 32 matches in three sets while junior
Carly Schwartzberg won her match in straight sets.
The Aggies will hit the courts again October 14
th-18
th at the ITA Northwest Regional hosted by Stanford University.
Cal Invitational Results (UC Davis Only)
Blue
R16: Yujia Huang defeats
Yana Gurevich; 6-3, 7-5
R32:
Yana Gurevich defeats Klara Kosan; 6-2, 7-5
Hannah Viller Moeller defeats
Olive Maunupau; 6-2, 6-0
Catherine Broerman defeats
Arianna Stavropoulos; 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Consolation Jenna Gordon defeats
Olive Maunupau; 6-4, 6-0
Simran Chhabra defeats
Arianna Stavropoulos; 6-3, 6-3
Gold
R16: Valencia Xu defeats
Kristina Evloeva; 6-0, 6-1
Erin Richardson defeats
Carly Schwartzberg; 6-4, 6-4
Makenna Thiel defeats
Claire Galerkin; 6-2, 6-3
R32:
Kristina Evloeva defeats Olivia Rook; 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
Carly Schwartzberg defeats Kennedy Buntrock; 6-2, 7-5
Claire Galerkin defeats Alicia Yue; 0-6, 6-2, 6-2
Stefanie Silva defeats
Michelle Zell; 6-4, 6-4
Consolation Tomi Main defeats
Michelle Zell; 6-0, 6-3
White
FINAL: Hana Gamracy defeats
Kaia Wolfe; 6-2, 6-1
SEMI:
Kaia Wolfe defeats Tina Li; WO (PC)
QUARTER:
Kaia Wolfe defeats Caroline Wernli 6-3, 6-3
Tina Li defeats Madeleine Page; 6-3, 6-3
R16:
Kaia Wolfe defeats Olaya Bances Iglesias; 6-3, 6-4
Madeleine Page defeats Eliza Bates; 6-4, 6-2
R32: Hana Gamracy defeats
Lauren Ko; WO (INJ)
Kaia Wolfe defeats Misha Berry; 7-5, 6-0
Madeleine Page defeats Natasha Hill; 6-2, 6-1
Consolation Alexis Johnson defeats Ko; WO (INJ)