STANFORD – The California women's tennis team captured its fifth consecutive victory Saturday when freshman Sophie Hernandez earned the first clinching win of her career in a 4-3 result over No. 27 Stanford at Taube Pavilion. The match was Cal's first at the new Cardinal facility.
 
The Golden Bears – who snapped the Cardinal's six-match winning streak – improved their record to 6-4 (3-0 ACC). Stanford is 10-3 (3-1).
 
Cal's 46th-ranked Jessica Alsola and Mao Mushika started the Bears off well when they defeated Stanford's 37th-ranked Valerie Glozman and Connie Ma 6-2 at court-one doubles. Berta Passola Folch and Naomi Xu secured the doubles point when they bested Caroline Driscoll and Valencia Xu 6-2 on court two.
 
The Cardinal took a 2-1 lead with two early singles wins.
 
But Cal rallied to win three straight, starting on court three where 76th-ranked Lan Mi topped 68th-ranked Valencia Xu 6-2, 7-6(1). That tied the match 2-2. Naomi Xu untied the match when she posted a 6-3, 6-1 win over Chidimma Okpara on court five to give Cal a 3-2 lead. Hernandez, a San Francisco Bay Area product from Los Gatos, followed with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Morgan Shaffer on court six to give Cal a 4-2 lead and the official victory. In doing so, Hernandez became the sixth different Bear to clinch a Cal win this season.
 
"Everyone on the whole team did a good job, but we're pretty excited for Sophie – who's from Northern California – to clinch on their courts as a freshman," Cal head coach Amanda Augustus said. "It's a special thing that she'll always remember."
 
Stanford added a win on court one – where Cal's 40th-ranked Mao Mushika lost to sixth-ranked Glozman 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 – to make the final score 4-3.
 
"That was the best start we've had in doubles all season," Augustus said. "And it was a pretty good, ranked win for Jess and Mao. That set the tone and we competed hard at every spot. We had a really nice crowd too, with a lot of Cal people to counterattack the Stanford crowd. That was a high-level match we played, and I'm proud of the team for getting a big road win and another ACC win. We'll celebrate for a little bit and then get ready for another match tomorrow against SMU."
 
Cal hosts the 60th-ranked Mustangs on Sunday at noon PT at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
 
California (6-4, 3-0 ACC) defeated No. 27 Stanford (10-3, 3-1 ACC), 4-3
March 15, 2025, in Stanford, Calif.
Taube Pavilion
 
Doubles
1. #47 Jessica Alsola/Mao Mushika (Cal) d. #37 Valerie Glozman/Connie Ma (Stanford) 6-2
2. Berta Passola Folch/Naomi Xu (Cal) d. Caroline Driscoll/Valencia Xu (Stanford) 6-2
3. Greta Greco Lucchina/Lan Mi (Cal) led Chidimma Okpara/Morgan Shaffer (Stanford) 4-3 unf.
Order of finish: 1, 2
 
SINGLES 
1. #6 Valerie Glozman (Stanford) d. #40 Mao Mushika (Cal) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
2. #20 Connie Ma (Stanford) d. Jessica Alsola (Cal) 6-2, 6-2
3. #86 Lan Mi (Cal) d. #68 Valencia Xu (Stanford) 6-2, 7-6 (1)
4. Caroline Driscoll (Stanford) d. Berta Passola Folch (Cal) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
5. Naomi Xu (Cal) d. Chidimma Okpara (Stanford) 6-3, 6-1
6. Sophie Hernandez (Cal) d. Morgan Shaffer (Stanford) 6-4, 7-5
Order of finish: 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 1
 
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