PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif./MORAGA, Calif. – California's stay at the Riviera Tennis Club concluded on Friday, when Karla Popovic and Olivia Hauger fell in the main draw singles round of 16 in the Riviera ITA All-American Championships.
 
Popovic, a senior seeded fourth and ranked fifth, lost in an upset to Vanderbilt's 63rd-ranked Fernanda Contreras, 6-3, 6-3.
 
The 75th-ranked Hauger, a junior, fell to FIU's 29th-ranked Andrea Lazaro, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.
 
"Having two Bears in the round of 16 at the main draw in the All-American championships, in the first grand slam of the year, is a great thing," Cal head coach Amanda Augustus said. "Both competed very hard. Karla's match was her second singles match this season, and she made a lot of progress this week. We'll go home and be ready for the next event. Having a really good top-20 win here was a very good start. She will just keep working her way back to full strength. We're excited what her senior season has in store for her."
 
"Contreras played really well," said Popovic, who knocked off Florida's 15th-ranked Anna Danilina in Thursday's round of 32. "It was a good match. I enjoyed playing today even though the result didn't go my way.
 
"I'm excited to see what else we can do as a team and for me personally this season. I'm very happy that I was able to play in this tournament and get a good win yesterday."
 
Hauger finished 4-1 in her first time at the All-American.
 
"For Olivia, this was a breakthrough tournament for her on the national scene," Augustus said. "To qualify for the main draw and make the round of 16 in her first appearance here was very exciting. She's worked hard for this. She's ready to go."
 
"I'm super proud of what I've accomplished this week," Hauger said. "It was definitely a goal of mine. Obviously I wanted today to go differently, but I'm super proud of putting myself into position to be here. I got a good look at the competition here at the top level, and this is just the beginning."
 
"This is really the start of the fall, and we'll use it and learn from it," Augustus added. "They've got regionals in a couple weeks. It's a busy month, but that's what makes the fall part of the season fun."
 
Several other Golden Bears competed in the Saint Mary's Invitational on Friday in Moraga, California, with three reaching the round of 16 in top-flight singles. Freshman Anna Bright – seeded second – bested San Jose State's Tamara Culibrk, 6-0, 6-4, junior Maria Smith, seeded fifth, beat UC Santa Barbara's Lisa Sentenac, 6-1, 6-4, and sixth-seeded freshman Vivian Glozman defeated San Francisco's Mya Bui, 6-3, 6-0. Sophomore Alexis Nelson fell to Sacramento State's seventh-seeded Ana Loaiza Esquivias, 6-1, 6-4, in the opening round.
 
In A Doubles, the top-seeded pair of Bright and Glozman won twice to reach the semifinals. In the round of 16, they knocked off Kareena Manji and Vanessa Nommenson, 8-4, and then the young Bears beat Sacramento State's Loaiza Esquivias and Maria Fernanda Gonzalez, 8-2, in the quarterfinals.
 
The Saint Mary's Invitational ends on Sunday.
 
Riviera ITA All-American Championships
Oct. 6, 2017, in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Riviera Tennis Club
 
Main Draw Singles – Round of 16
No. 29 Andrea Lazaro (FIU) def. No. 75 Olivia Hauger (Cal), 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
No. 63 Fernanda Contreras (Vanderbilt) def.  [4] No. 5 Karla Popovic (Cal), 6-3, 6-3

Saint Mary's Invitational
Oct. 6, 2017, in Moraga, Calif.
Timothy Korth Tennis Complex
 
A Singles - Round of 32
[2] Anna Bright (Cal) def. Tamara Culibrk (San Jose State), 6-0, 6-4
[5] Maria Smith (Cal) def. Lisa Sentenac (UCSB), 6-1, 6-4
[6] Vivian Glozman (Cal) def. Mya Bui (USC), 6-3, 6-0
Ana Loaiza Esquivias (Sac. St.) def. Alexis Nelson (Cal), 6-1, 6-4
 
B Singles – Round of 32
[7] Jasie Dunk (Cal) def. Alexa Meyer (USF), 6-2, 6-4
Clarissa Colling (Sonoma St.) def. Audrey Mayer (Cal), 6-3, 6-2
 
A Doubles – Round of 16
[1] Anna Bright/Vivian Glozman (Cal) def. Kareena Manji/Vanessa Nommenson (Saint Mary's), 8-4
Alexis Nelson/Maria Smith (Cal) def. Yuki Asami/Anna Ramos Vinolas (Pacific), 8-4
 
A Doubles – Quarterfinal Round
[1] Anna Bright/Vivian Glozman (Cal) def. Anna Loaiza Esquivias/Maria Fernanda Gonzalez (Sac. St.), 8-2
[2] Maria Kozyreva/Aubane Ville (Saint Mary's) def. Alexis Nelson/Maria Smith (Cal), 8-5
 
B Doubles – Round of 16
Jasie Dunk/Audrey Mayer (Cal) def. Alexa Meyer (USF)/Abbey Watanabe (Fresno St.), 8-4
 
B Doubles – Quarterfinal Round
Jasie Dunk/Audrey Mayer (Cal) def. Marta Heinen/Rachel Swindell (E. Washington), 8-3