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Bears Wrap Up Battle In The Bay
10/6/2026 12:24 PM | Women's Tennis
Hurkacz Advances To Semifinals, Cilekova, Moerk Win Doubles Consolation
California women's tennis wrapped up the Battle in the Bay on Sunday at the California Tennis Club,in San Francisco with Nika Hurkacz advancing to the singles semifinals and Laura Cilekova and Mille Johanna Moerk capturing the doubles consolation title.
Hurkacz opened the tournament by defeating Colorado's Ema Bubalo, 6-3, 6-0, in the opening round before earning a 6-4, 7-6[5] victory over TCU's Ramos Sierra on Friday. Hurkacz then defeated UCSB's Lily Pradkin, 7-5, 6-1, to reach the semifinals. Georgia's Patricja Paukstyte ended her run with a 6-0, 6-2 victory on Saturday.
Cilekova and Moerk claimed the doubles consolation title, defeating Purdue's Dogan and Frank, 6-2, in the consolation semifinals before topping Saint Mary's Nelson and Remander, 7-5, in Sunday's final.
In doubles main-draw action, Hurkacz and Naomi Xu defeated TCU's Drozd and Salkova, 8-6, on Thursday before falling to Duke's An and Krug, 8-5, in the quarterfinals.
Xu also picked up a singles victory in the opening round, defeating LMU's Ada Piestrzynska, 6-4, 7-6[4]. She fell to Duke's Ava Krug, 6-3, 6[8]-7, 6-1, in the following round.
Cilekova earned two singles victories during the tournament, defeating San Jose State's Emma Fantousis, 6-1, 6-3, on Thursday and USC's Kiara Zabkova, 6-1, 6-1, on Friday. She then fell to Duke's Shavit Kimchi, 6[2]-7, 7-5, 6-4.
Moerk dropped her opening singles match to USC's Lexi Wolf, 6-3, 6-2.
The Bears will be back in action this Thursday, Oct. 8-Tuesday, Oct. 13 at ITA Regionals.
