ROME, Ga. – California women's tennis senior Katja Wiersholm won twice on the first day of the ITA Conference Masters Championships on Thursday to reach Friday's singles quarterfinals at the Rome Tennis Center.
 
The 33rd-ranked Golden Bear – who's seeded third – defeated Nevada's Amahee Charrier 6-1, 6-2 in the opening round of 32. Wiersholm then beat Xavier's Madeleine Rexroat 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 16. She next plays UC San Diego's Julia Haynes on Friday at 7:30 a.m. PT.
 
A quarterfinal win would qualify Wiersholm for the NCAA Singles Championship, as the four singles semifinalists from the ITA Conference Masters Championships advance to the postseason.
 
LOS ANGELES – Two Golden Bears – Lan Mi and Mao Mushika – reached the singles quarterfinals of the ITA West Sectional Championships on Thursday as the tournament began at USC.
 
As with Wiersholm, Mi and Mushika each won twice in their ITA tournament to advance to Friday's third round. Mi, a senior seeded second, defeated USC's Immi Haddad 6-4, 6-3 in the round of 32 and then beat Washington's 60th-ranked Reece Carter 7-5, 6-1 in the round of 16. Mushika, a sophomore ranked 107th, split the first two sets of her round of 32 match with USC's Janna Hossam. With the Bear and Trojan tied 5-5 in the third set, Hossam retired with an injury, and Mushika moved into the round of 16. Mushika then prevailed 6-4, 6-3 over Stanford's fifth-seeded and 77th-ranked Valencia Xu.
 
In Friday's quarterfinals, Mi faces UCLA's fifth-seeded Kate Fakih at 8 a.m. PT and Mushika plays Pepperdine's Vivian Yang at 9 a.m. PT. A win in the quarterfinals would qualify either Bear for the NCAA Singles Championship.
 
Cal's Jessica Alsola and Berta Passola Folch – ranked 30th and 106th, respectively – both fell in the singles first round and moved into the consolation bracket. Alsola ended her day with a 7-6(5), 6-2 loss to Arizona's Midori Castillo, while Passola Folch beat Arizona's Tanvi Narendran 6-3, 6-2 to advance. In Friday's consolation quarterfinals, Passola Folch plays Washington's 54th-ranked Alexia Jacobs at 9 a.m. PT.
 
Doubles start Friday at sectionals, with the second-seeded Cal pair of Mi and Passola Folch playing Washington's 17th-ranked Carter and Jacobs at 11:30 a.m. PT in the opening round of 16. The top three duos at sectionals (champion, runner-up and third-place team) advance to the NCAA Doubles Championship, with both individual postseason tournaments slated for Nov. 19-24 in Waco, Texas.
 
ITA Conference Masters Championships – Cal Results
Nov. 7, 2024, in Rome, Ga.
Rome Tennis Center
 
Singles Round of 32
[3] No. 33 Katja Wiersholm (Cal) def. Amahee Charrier (Nevada), 6-1, 6-2
 
Singles Round of 16
[3] No. 33 Katja Wiersholm (Cal) def. Madeleine Rexroat (Xavier), 6-3, 6-4
 
ITA West Sectional Championships – Cal Results
Nov. 7, 2024, in Los Angeles, Calif.
Marks Tennis Stadium
 
Singles Round of 32
[2] Lan Mi (Cal) def. Immi Haddad (USC), 6-4, 6-3
[1] No. 89 Kailey Evans (USD) def. No. 30 Jessica Alsola (Cal), 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
No. 107 Mao Mushika (Cal) def. Jana Hossam (USC), 6-0, 5-7, 5-5 ret. (inj.)
[4] No. 83 Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. No. 106 Berta Passola Folch (Cal), 7-5, 6-0
 
Singles Round of 16
[2] Lan Mi (Cal) def. No. 60 Reece Carter (Washington), 7-5, 6-1
No. 107 Mao Mushika (Cal) def. [5] No. 77 Valencia Xu (Stanford), 6-4, 6-3
 
Consolation Singles Round of 16 Qualifying
Midori Castillo (Arizona) def. No. 30 Jessica Alsola (Cal), 7-6(5), 6-2
No. 106 Berta Passola Folch (Cal) def. Tanvi Narendran (Arizona), 6-3, 6-2
 
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