BERKELEY - Olivia Hauger clinched another California victory to propel the 13th-seeded/13th-ranked Golden Bears to a 4-0 win over No. 21 LSU on Sunday and to the NCAA round of 16 in Athens, Georgia. The Cal sophomore beat Jessica Golovin, 6-3, 6-1, on court four to complete the win in what was the Bears' last match of the season at the Hellman Tennis Complex.

Cal will next play fourth-seeded and third-ranked Vanderbilt on Friday at 4 p.m. ET at the University of Georgia's Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens.
 
"We're definitely excited to advance to Athens," Cal head coach Amanda Augustus said. "We're feeling good where we're at. Everybody's hitting the ball well. We focused exceptionally well this weekend. We made adjustments when we needed to, and of course it's always nice to host at Hellman. We had good conditions. We're really pleased the girls are done with finals now and just ready to enjoy the height of the college tennis season, which is the NCAA Championships. Onward to the next match, but we're really just pleased with what we did this weekend."

Hauger, who has clinched a team-high nine wins for Cal this year including two this weekend, also clinched the doubles point against the Tigers with junior Karla Popovic, as the 55th-ranked duo defeated Jade Lewis and Rebecca Weissmann, 6-3, on court two. Cal senior Denise Starr and sophomore Maria Smith finished their court-three match at the same time as the court-two match ended, beating Golovin and Skylar Holloway, 6-4. Earlier, the 34th-ranked doubles pair of Maya Jansen and senior Maegan Manasse upset the 16th-ranked Joana Valle Costa and Ryann Foster, 6-2, on court one.
 
The 123rd-ranked Starr, another senior playing in her final match at Hellman, gave Cal a 2-0 lead in singles when she beat the 105th-ranked Ryann Foster, 6-3, 6-2, on court three. Jansen, a Cal grad student also playing her final match at home, followed with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Rebecca Weissmann on court five.
 
As Hauger was closing in on her win, Smith was also close to clinching. Smith led Holloway, 6-3, 5-3, on court six when her teammate ended the tournament for the Tigers and sent Cal to the round of 16.
 
Including Saturday's 4-0 win over San Jose State in the round of 64 at Hellman, Cal did not lose a doubles match nor a set in the first two rounds of the NCAA Championship.
 
"I actually thought that we focused even better in the first sets of our singles today," Augustus said. "That's something I wanted to see us do. Yesterday, I thought we started a little slow on a couple courts in singles, but I felt today everybody was on a mission on their court. That's college team tennis at its best."

NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship Round of 32
 
[13] No. 13 California (19-5) defeated No. 21 LSU (15-11), 4-0
May 14, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif.
Hellman Tennis Complex
 
Doubles
1. No. 34 Maegan Manasse/Maya Jansen (Cal) def. No. 16 Joana Valle Costa/Ryann Foster (LSU), 6-2
2. No. 55 Olivia Hauger/Karla Popovic (Cal) def. Jade Lewis/Rebecca Weissmann (LSU), 6-3*
3. Denise Starr/Maria Smith (Cal) def. Skylar Holloway/Jessica Golovin (LSU), 6-4
 
Cal won the doubles point
 
Order of Finish: 1, 2,* 3
 
*Clinched the doubles point
 
Singles
1. No. 34 Maegan Manasse (Cal) vs. No. 11 Jade Lewis (LSU), 6-2, 4-6, 0-1 Unfinished
2. No. 10 Karla Popovic (Cal) vs. No. 46 Joana Valle-Costa (LSU), 6-3, 2-6 Unfinished
3. No. 123 Denise Starr (Cal) def. No. 105 Ryann Foster (LSU), 6-3, 6-2
4. Olivia Hauger (Cal) def. Jessica Golovin (LSU), 6-3, 6-1^
5. Maya Jansen (Cal) def. Rebecca Weissmann (LSU), 6-1, 6-4
6. Maria Smith (Cal) vs. Skylar Holloway (LSU), 6-3, 5-3 Unfinished
 
Order of Finish: 3, 5, 4^