MTEN3/19/2019 2:44 PM | By: Cal Athletics
Cal Plays Two On Sunday At Hellman
BERKELEY – Forty-third ranked California returns to the Hellman Tennis Complex to host another doubleheader, with the Golden Bears facing Nevada at 10 a.m. and playing Saint Mary's – for the second time this month – at 2 p.m. The Gaels were part of the March 11 doubleheader that included Cal's 4-0 win over Pacific and a 7-0 rout of Saint Mary's.
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The Bears have a 7-7 record, while the Wolf Pack is 6-2 and the Gaels are 2-10.
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Admission is free for regular-season home tennis matches at Hellman. Fans can also follow the action via the Hellman live streams/live scores by clicking
here and can keep track of all the Bears' matches on Twitter
@CalMensTennis.
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Poll Position
Cal is ranked 43rd in Tuesday's new Oracle ITA poll. Also on Tuesday, the duo of sophomore
Jacob Brumm and freshman
Yuta Kikuchi (13-10 record) is ranked No. 13 and the team of sophomores
Paul Barretto and
Can Kaya (18-3) is ranked 79th.
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Scouting the Wolf Pack
- Nevada plays Fresno State on Thursday and Cal Poly on Friday, with both matches being played in San Luis Obispo, California
- The Wolf Pack won its most recent match, 4-2, at UC Davis on March 8
- Nevada's March 9 match vs. Fresno State in the final of the Golden State Invitational was canceled due to rain
- Sylvain Malroux is in his fourth season in his second go-around (and eighth overall) as Nevada's head coach
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Scouting the Gaels
- Cal routed Saint Mary's, 7-0, on March 11 in Berkeley
- In their most recent match, the Gaels lost at No. 25 BYU, 4-1, on March 16
- Before playing Cal, Saint Mary's hosts WCC matches against Santa Clara on Friday and San Francisco on Saturday
- Greg Kennett is in his fourth season as Nevada's head coach
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Last Time: Cal Takes Fourth Place In Indian Wells
Cal began its defense of the championship at the BNP Paribas Open Collegiate Tennis Challenge in typical fashion – beating Purdue, 4-0, on March 15. (Cal's beaten Purdue in the first round for three straight seasons.) Golden Bear junior
Bjorn Hoffmann clinched that victory by beating Maksymilian Raupuk, 6-1, 7-5, at court-four singles. But the Bears lost to top-seeded Baylor, 4-0, in March 16's semifinals and then fell to Arizona State, 4-3, in the March 17 third-place match.
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Next Time
Cal hosts USC on March 29 and UCLA on March 30 in a pair of Pac-12 matches.
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