Cal Continues to Roll at Winter Invite

Cal Continues to Roll at Winter Invite

Jan. 22, 2011

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BERKELEY - The California women's tennis team tacked up five wins in singles and two in doubles on the second day of the 2011 Cal Winter Invitational at the Hellman Tennis Complex on Sat., Jan. 22. In matches against Fresno State, the Golden Bears were victorious in each of the top five singles flights, led by No. 1-ranked junior Jana Juricova, who secured a 6-0, 6-3 win over No. 75-ranked Marianne Jodoin.

No. 46-ranked senior Mari Andersson posted a 6-1, 6-3 win against Laura Pola in the second flight. Cal's sophomores continued to show their dominance as No. 44-ranked Annie Goransson blanked Melissa McQueen, 6-0, 6-0, in the third flight. No. 35 Tayler Davis logged her team-high 17th singles win in the fourth flight over No. 81-ranked Abby Hayley, 7-6, 6-3, with a 7-5 first-set tiebreaker victory.

Freshman Alice Duranteau took out Bianca Modoc in the fifth flight, 6-3, 6-2, to earn her first collegiate victory. Junior Stephany Chang was defeated by Olga Kirpicheva, 6-0, 6-2, in the sixth flight, and junior Catalina Visico fell, 6-0, 6-1, to Anna Mikhaylova, in the seventh flight.

In the top doubles flight, Cal's No. 5-ranked duo of Andersson and Juricova registered their team-high 15th victory of the season with an 8-2 win over Cal Poly's No. 65-ranked tandem of Alexa Lee and Amy Markhoff. Davis and Goransson edged the Broncos' Jocelyn Davis and Ashley Pane, 8-6, in the second doubles flight. Chang and Duranteau found themselves on the wrong end of an 8-6 match against Gabrielle Gatewood and Florence Lehane. Visico teamed with Mikhaylova in a mixed match against Ane McPike and Kathryn Webb, but the newly-formed duo fell, 8-2.

The Bears return to action to conclude the Winter Invitational with doubles matches against Fresno State at noon PT on Sun., Jan. 23. Cal and Saint Mary's College will face off in singles matches not before 2 p.m. Fresno State and Cal Poly will play singles matches at 10 a.m. Please visit www.tennisinformation.com and search for tournament No. 5201142 for complete schedules, draws, and results.

2011 Cal Winter Invitational
Hellman Tennis Complex | Berkeley, Calif.
Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011

Round Robin Singles
No. 1 Jana Juricova (CAL) def. No. 75 Marianne Jodoin (FSU) 6-0, 6-3
No. 46 Mari Andersson (CAL) def. Laura Pola (FSU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 44 Annie Goransson (CAL) def. Melissa McQueen (FSU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 35 Tayler Davis (CAL) def. No. 81 Abby Hayley (FSU) 7-6(5), 6-3
Alice Duranteau
(CAL) def. Bianca Modoc (FSU) 6-3, 6-2
Olga Kirpicheva (FSU) def. Stephany Chang (CAL) 6-0, 6-2
Anna Mikhaylova (FSU) def. Catalina Visico (CAL) 6-0, 6-1

Round Robin Doubles
No. 5 Andersson/Juricova (CAL) def. No. 65 Lee/Markhoff (CPU) 8-2
Davis/Goransson (CAL) def. Davis/Pane (CPU) 8-6
Gatewood/Lehane (CPU) def. Chang/Duranteau (CAL) 8-6
McPike/Webb (CPU) def. Visico (CAL)/Mikhaylova (FSU) 8-2

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