Vivian Glozman clinched for the second straight match, as the Bears beat Utah on Sunday.
BERKELEY – Vivian Glozman's straight-set singles win clinched California's eventual 7-0 victory over Utah on Sunday in a Pac-12 Conference match that spanned two days at the Hellman Tennis Complex. Under partly cloudy but rain-free skies, the Golden Bear freshman beat Taylor Calton, 6-4, 6-1, on court four to secure the win.
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The Bears won the final three matches in 10-point tiebreaks to make the final score 7-0.
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Cal improved to 7-5 overall and 3-1 in the Pac-12. Utah is now 8-6 (1-2 Pac-12).
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The Bears won the doubles point on Saturday when Cal juniors
Olivia Hauger and
Maria Smith beat Calton and Whitney Turley, 7-6(1), on court two. The match had moved well into singles when rain hit and eventually forced a delay until Sunday morning.
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On Sunday, Cal junior
Olivia Hauger – ranked 32nd in singles – quickly dispatched Brianna Chisholm, 6-2, 6-1, on court two. The 35th-ranked
Anna Bright followed with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Alexia Petrovic on court one to give the Bears a 3-0 lead before Glozman won.
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Since the match was already clinched, the last three singles matches went to 10-point tiebreaks instead of third sets. Cal junior
Maria Smith beat Jena Cheng, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0(0), freshman
Hana Mraz posted the second dual-match win of her young career with a 6-3, 5-7, 1-0(6) result on court five, and freshman
Jasie Dunk ended the day with a 4-6, 6-4 1-0(10) win over Utah's Victoria Robertson.
"It's great to get another conference victory and great to get another victory here at home at Hellman," Cal head coach
Amanda Augustus said. "We had some weather-related challenges, but credit to this team; I think they handled it well."
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"I'm really proud of the resilience that we showed today coming back out towards the end of the first set of a lot of the matches and especially of how we finished out the match," Augustus added.
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The Bears next play in Arizona, as they take on the Arizona Wildcats on March 30 in Tucson and the Arizona State Sun Devils on March 31 in Tempe in Pac-12 matches.
California (7-5, 3-1 Pac-12) defeated Utah (8-6, 1-2 Pac-12), 7-0
March 17-18, 2018, in Berkeley, Calif.
Hellman Tennis Complex
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Doubles
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Anna Bright/
Vivian Glozman (Cal) def. Alexia Petrovic/Jena Cheng (Utah), 6-2
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Olivia Hauger/
Maria Smith (Cal) def. Whitney Turley/Taylor Calton (Utah), 7-6(1)*
3. Brianna Chisholm/Victoria Robertson (Utah) def.Â
Jasie Dunk/
Alexis Nelson (Cal), 7-5
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*Clinched the doubles point
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2*
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Singles
1.Â
No. 35Â
Anna Bright (Cal) def. Alexia Petrovic (Utah), 6-3, 6-2
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No. 32Â
Olivia Hauger (Cal) def. Brianna Chisholm (Utah), 6-2, 6-1
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Maria Smith (Cal) def. Jena Cheng (Utah), 6-2, 4-6, 1-0(0)
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Vivian Glozman (Cal) def. Taylor Calton (Utah), 6-4, 6-1^
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Hana Mraz (Cal) def. Whitney Turley (Utah), 6-3, 5-7, 1-0(6)
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Jasie Dunk (Cal) def. Victoria Robertson (Utah), 4-6, 6-4 1-0(10)
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^Clinched the overall match
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 4^, 3, 5, 6
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