Bears Ousted In ITA All-American Qualifying

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The California women's tennis team had three Golden Bears win their qualifying singles openers Monday at the ITA All-American Championships, but the trio fell in the second round.
 
In the round of 64, Cal freshman Jessica Alsola, a No. 9 seed, knocked off Wisconsin's 113th-ranked Xinyu Cai, 7-6(4), 6-3; the 119th-ranked Valentina Ivanov defeated Arizona State's Patricija Spaka – another No. 9 seed – 6-1, 3-6, 6-4; and sophomore Hannah Viller Moeller topped Tulsa's Shura Poppe, 6-0, 6-2.
 
But in the round of 32, Alsola lost to Pepperdine's 44th-ranked Taisiya Pachkaleva, 6-3, 7-5; Ivanov fell to Oklahoma's 39th-ranked Carmen Corley, 6-1, 6-3; and Viller Moeller dropped a 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 match to Oklahoma's 60th-ranked Ivana Corley.

ITA All-American Championships
Oct. 4, 2021, in Charleston, S.C.
LTP Mount Pleasant/LTP Daniel Island
 
Cal Results
 
Qualifying Singles
 
Round of 64
[9] Jessica Alsola (Cal) def. No. 113 Xinyu Cai (Wisconsin), 7-6(4), 6-3
No. 119 Valentina Ivanov (Cal) def. [9] Patricija Spaka (ASU), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal) def. Shura Poppe (Tulsa), 6-0, 6-2.
 
Round of 32
No. 44 Taisiya Pachkaleva (Pepperdine) def. [9] Jessica Alsola (Cal), 6-3, 7-5
No. 39 Carmen Corley (Oklahoma) def. No. 119 Valentina Ivanov (Cal), 6-1, 6-3
No. 60 Ivana Corley (Oklahoma) def. Hannah Viller Moeller (Cal), 1-6, 6-4, 6-2