SAN FRANCISCO — The University of San Francisco's women's tennis team will travel across the Bay Bridge to the compete in Golden Bears' Cal Fall Invitational that runs Friday through Sunday at the Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts in Berkeley.
The teams that are featured in this weekend's singles and doubles tournament is California, BYU, Cal Poly, UC Davis, Fresno State, Nevada, Sacramento State, Santa Clara, Saint Mary's and UC Santa Barbara.
RECAP ON THE DONS
San Francisco wrapped up last weekend with its 10th annual Battle in the Bay Classic Tournament.
Emily Maxfield and
Mya Bui were the two Dons that took their singles competition all the way to semifinals. On day one of the tournament, Maxfield defeated Fresno State in straight sets as Bui faced Sacramento State and escaped with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 victory.
Rita Colyer and
Hanna Borjeson also took down their opponents in singles as Borjeson fought in three tough sets to Santa Clara's Elvena Gevargiz beating her 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-3 and Colyer dominated Sacramento's Maria Gonzalez, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. On day two, San Francisco looked to carry the momentum with singles for the oppportunity to advance to the final round, but each of their matches came up short. Maxfield and Bui defeated their opponents in quarterfinals and returned back on the court for the semifinal rounds as they both lost to USC members in close sets. Colyer and Borjeson did not advance past quarterfinals as they fell in their matchups against the Trojans.
In doubles,
Shanna Dos Santos and Colyer teamed up and defeated Sacramento State's Jenna Dorian and Maria Gonzales, 8-6 and returned back on the court for day two and fell short to the mixed team of Pacific's Anneroos Nederstigit and USC's Danielle Willson, 8-4.
Live streams and scores for the Cal Invitational are available by clicking
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HEAD COACH PETER BARTLETT QUOTES
"I felt like our team wasn't intimidated by the bigger moments this week. This is a big difference between last season and this season. We are definitely carrying ourselves with more confidence and feeling as though we belong in these types of tournaments against these quality opponents. We will try to capitalize on this confidence as we go to the Cal Invitational this next weekend in Berkeley."
UP NEXT
San Francisco will continue its travel to the East Bay for the Saint Mary's Invitational from Oct. 5-7.
