Under cloudy skies, Cal began with six singles matches against Fresno State at Hellman and played another two in singles at Channing. In the Bears' first five matches at Hellman, they did not drop a set, though 14th-ranked senior Zsofi Susanyi was pushed in a 6-3, 7-6(5) win over FSU's Rana Sherif Ahmed. After a brief rain delay, fifth-ranked sophomore Maegan Manasse closed out Cal's singles at Hellman with a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 victory over the 47th-ranked Sophie Watts.

Cal began its doubles matches with Cal Poly at Hellman 10 minutes after the host's singles matches ended. The Bears won their first three matches with identical 6-3 scores, including the ninth-ranked pair of Susanyi and junior Klara Fabikova beating Danè Joubert/Molly Reed and the fourth-ranked team of Manasse and sophomore Denise Starr topping Emily Gibbens/Louise Oxnevad. Cal freshmen Karla Popovic and Stephane Lin dropped a tight match to Zoe Oedekerk/Hannah Stone, 7-6(3), to end the first day of action for the Bears.

“It's nice to get back on the courts at home,” said Augustus, Cal's eighth-year head coach. “This tournament's great because everyone on the team gets the opportunity to play, whereas when we move into dual matches next week it'll just be six singles and three doubles matches each time. We were almost perfect and pretty successful in singles in doubles. The new ones on the team are learning a lot. It's just really important to compete consistently in the spring, and any opportunity we get to play in a match it's good. It was a great first day.”

The three-day Cal Winter Invitational continues on Saturday, starting with Cal taking on Cal Poly in singles at 10 a.m. at the Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts.

For complete results from the Cal tournament – including Fresno State/Saint Mary's doubles scores and Saint Mary's/Cal Poly singles results – please visit the official website here.

Cal Winter Invitational

Jan. 16, 2015, in Berkeley, California

Hellman Tennis Complex & Channing Tennis Courts

Cal Results

Singles

No. 5 Maegan Manasse (Cal) def. No. 47 Sophie Watts (Fresno State) – 6-2, 2-6, 7-5

No. 78 Klara Fabikova (Cal) def. Mayar Sherif Ahmed (Fresno State) – 6-1, 6-4

No. 14 Zsofi Susanyi (Cal) def. Rana Sherif Ahmed (Fresno State) – 6-3, 7-6(5)

No. 64 Denise Starr (Cal) def. Aishwarya Agrawal (Fresno State) – 6-2, 6-1

No. 30 Karla Popovic (Cal) def. Anneka Watts (Fresno State) – 6-3, 6-1

Cecilia Estlander (Cal) def. Sofya Malysheva (Fresno State) – 6-4, 6-2

Tanya Murtagh (Fresno State) def. Stephane Lin (Cal) – 6-1, 1-6, 6-1

Lyann Hoang (Cal) def. Abigail Bacharach (Cal Poly) – 6-3, 6-1

Doubles

No. 4 Maegan Manasse/Denise Starr (Cal) def. Emily Gibbens/Louise Oxnevad (Cal Poly) – 6-3

No. 9 Klara Fabikova/Zsofi Susanyi (Cal) def. Danè Joubert/Molly Reed (Cal Poly) – 6-3

Zoe Oedekerk/Hannah Stone (Cal Poly) def. Karla Popovic/Stephane Lin (Cal) – 7-6(3)

Cecilia Estlander/Lyann Hoang (Cal) def. Bryn Bacharach/Sayaka Tsugai (Cal Poly) – 6-3