STANFORD, Calif. – Forty-second-ranked California ended the regular season with a 4-0 loss at No. 20 Stanford on Friday at the Taube Family Tennis Center. The Cardinal clinched the victory – and the Pac-12's regular-season title – when 22nd-ranked Michaela Gordon beat 34th-ranked Cal freshman Julia Rosenqvist, 6-2, 6-4, at court-one singles.
 
Cal's record is now 11-8 overall and 6-4 in the Pac-12. Stanford improved to 15-3 overall, captured the conference title with a 9-0 record and claimed the top seed in the upcoming Pac-12 Championship tournament. The Bears' finish in the Pac-12's regular-season and their seed in the upcoming tournament will be determined by the end of the weekend, though Cal was fourth in the conference at the start of this week.
 
Despite a one-sided loss at court-one doubles on Friday, Cal had a chance to claim the doubles point. Facing the third-ranked Gordon and Emily Arbuthnott on court one, Cal's 52nd-ranked pair of Rosenqvist and junior Olivia Hauger lost, 6-1. When Cal freshmen Anna Bright and Vivian Glozman upset the 56th-ranked duo of Caroline Lampl and Kimberly Yee, 7-5, on court two, the Bears were looking good with junior Maria Smith and freshman Hana Mraz playing a close match on court three. But Stanford's Melissa Lord and Janice Shin ultimately won that court, 7-5, to take a 1-0 lead.
 
Cal dropped five of six first sets in singles, with the 48th-ranked Hauger capturing the first set on court three against the 102nd-ranked Lampl, 7-6(1), Down 1-0 in the second set, Hauger didn't get a chance to finish her match before Stanford clinched to end the day.
 
Stanford took a 2-0 lead when Smith lost to the 45th-ranked Arbuthnott, 6-2, 6-0, on court four and then the Cardinal took a 3-0 lead when the 100th-ranked Higuchi knocked off Mraz, 6-2, 6-1, on court six. The Big Slam concluded with the court-one result.
 
"As usual it was a really good match between us and Stanford," Cal head coach Amanda Augustus said. "I thought we played much better doubles today. We won on court two and we had a deuce point on court three, and we were in position to win the doubles point. It was good to see improvement there.
 
"In singles, this is only the second time we played clinch-clinch. We're getting used to that; that's what we'd be playing in postseason. But we were in winning position in three of the other courts that didn't finish. We just have to start a little quicker. Hopefully we get to play Stanford next week in Ojai."
 
The Pac-12 Championship takes place from April 25-28 in Ojai, California.

 
No. 20 Stanford (15-3, 9-0 Pac-12) defeated No. 42 Cal (11-8, 6-4 Pac-12), 4-0
April 20, 2018, in Stanford, Calif.
Taube Family Tennis Center
 
Doubles
1. No. 3 Emily Arbuthnott/Michaela Gordon (Stanford) def. No. 52 Olivia Hauger/Julia Rosenqvist (Cal), 6-1
2. Anna Bright/Vivian Glozman (Cal) def. No. 56 Caroline Lampl/Kimberly Yee (Stanford), 7-5
3. Melissa Lord/Janice Shin (Stanford) def. Hana Mraz/Maria Smith (Cal), 7-5*
 
Stanford won the doubles point
 
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3*
*Clinched the doubles point
 
Singles
1. No. 22 Michaela Gordon (Stanford) def. No. 34 Julia Rosenqvist (Cal), 6-2, 6-4^
2. No. 64 Melissa Lord (Stanford) vs. No. 41 Anna Bright (Cal) 6-1, 3-5 Unfinished
3. No. 48 Olivia Hauger (Cal) vs. No. 102 Caroline Lampl (Stanford), 7-6(1), 0-1 Unfinished
4. No. 45 Emily Arbuthnott (Stanford) def. Maria Smith (Cal), 6-2, 6-0
5. No. 96 Janice Shin (Stanford) vs. Vivian Glozman (Cal), 6-1, 5-5 Unfinished
6. No. 100 Emma Higuchi (Stanford) def. Hana Mraz (Cal), 6-2, 6-1
 
Order of Finish: 4, 6, 1^
^Clinched the overall match