HONOLULU – The California women's tennis team began the New Year in the Aloha State on Friday, with the Golden Bears posting an 8-1 singles record on the first day of the Rainbow Wahine Spring Invitational at the UH Tennis Complex. The Bears also welcomed Greta Greco Lucchina to the squad, with the freshman winning in singles and doubles in her collegiate debut at Hawaii's annual tournament.
 
Cal didn't drop a set in its singles victories, with 35th-ranked senior Katja Wiersholm leading the way in a 6-2, 6-4 result over UCLA's Kimmi Hance. Two more seniors prevailed in straight sets – Jessica Alsola won 6-2, 6-3 over UCLA's Ahmani Guichard and Makenna Thiel defeated Hawaii's Hannah Galindo 6-3, 6-1 – while graduate student Cami Brown bested the Bruins' Mia Jovic 6-4, 6-3. Greco Lucchina beat Hawaii's Peppi Ramstedt 6-4, 6-2.
 
Sophomore Tiziana-Marie Schomburg prevailed 6-3, 6-4 over Hawaii's Sheena Masuda, and freshmen added two more victories for Cal: Naomi Xu won 7-6(3), 7-6(3) over Hawaii's Makeilah Nepomuceno and Sophie Hernandez beat the Rainbow Wahine's Joelle Lanz 6-3, 6-1. Cal's Berta Passola Folch – a junior ranked 81st – fell in a close match against UCLA's 53rd-ranked Elise Wagle 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-3.
 
The Bears were 1-4 in doubles Friday, with Alsola and Greco Lucchina topping Lanz and Emma Forgac 6-1.
 
The tournament continues Saturday, with matches starting at 4 p.m. PT.
 
Rainbow Wahine Spring Invitational
Jan. 3, 2025, in Honolulu, Hawaii
UH Tennis Complex
 
Singles
Olivia Center (UCLA) def. Emma Forgac (Hawaii) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
#41 Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-2
#35 Katja Wiersholm (Cal) def. Kimmi Hance (UCLA) 6-2, 6-4
Makena Thiel (Cal) def. Hannah Galindo (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-1
Naomi Xu (Cal) def. Makeilah Nepomuceno (Hawaii) 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3)
Tiziana-Marie Schomburg (Cal) def. Sheena Masuda (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-4
Sophie Hernandez (Cal) def. Joelle Lanz (Hawaii) 6-3, 6-1
Greta Greco Lucchina (Cal) def. Peppi Ramstedt (Hawaii) 6-4, 6-2
#38 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Ana Vilcek (Hawaii) 6-1, 6-2
#53 Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. #81 Berta Passola Folch (Cal) 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 6-3
Jessica Alsola (Cal) def. Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) 6-2, 6-3
Cami Brown (Cal) def. Mia Jovic (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3
 
Doubles
Mia Jovic/Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) def. Sophie Hernandez/Cami Brown (Cal) 6-1
#4 Kate Fakih/Olivia Center (UCLA) def. Mao Mushika/Berta Passola Folch (Cal) 6-3
Jessica Alsola/Greta Greco Lucchina (Cal) def. Joelle Lanz/Emma Forgac (Hawaii) 6-1
#36 Ahmani Guichard/Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Hannah Galindo/Makeilah Nepomuceno (Hawaii) 6-1
#7 Elise Wagle/Kimmi Hance (UCLA) def. Ana Vilcek/Nikola Homolkova (Hawaii) 6-3
Peppi Ramstedt/Sheena Masuda (Hawaii) def. Katja Wiersholm/Naomi Xu (Cal) 6-2
#36 Ahmani Guichard/Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Tiziana-Marie Schomburg/Makena Thiel (Cal) 6-0
 
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