{"id":270504,"date":"2025-11-08T07:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T07:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/270504\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T07:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T07:06:18","slug":"mushika-qualifies-for-ncaa-singles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/270504\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushika Qualifies For NCAA Singles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mao Mushika qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship for the second straight season.<\/p>\n

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WTEN11\/7\/2025 8:31 PM | By: Cal Athletics<\/p>\n


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\t\t\t\tSAN DIEGO, Calif. \u2013 Mao Mushika<\/a> qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship for the second consecutive season when the Cal women’s tennis junior advanced to the singles semifinal round at the ITA West Sectional Championships on Friday at the Barnes Tennis Center.
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\nThe Ichinomiya, Japan, native \u2013 seeded second in San Diego and ranked 17th \u2013 defeated Pepperdine’s fifth-seeded and 97th-ranked Alexia Harmon 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Mushika has already qualified for the NCAA Doubles Championship, which the 2024 doubles All-American will compete in for the third time. Both individual NCAA tournaments run from Nov. 18-23 in Orlando, Florida. Three Golden Bears have now qualified for NCAAs in Mushika and doubles partner Greta Greco Lucchina<\/a> as well as Naomi Xu<\/a>, who will join Mushika in the singles field.
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\nMushika will face USC’s eighth-seeded Eugenia Zozaya in the ITA Conference Masters semifinals at 9 a.m. PT on Saturday.
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\nThe tournament wraps up Sunday.
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\nITA Conference Masters Championships \u2013 Cal Results
\nNov. 7, 2025, in San Diego, Calif.
\nBarnes Tennis Center
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\nSingles Quarterfinal Round
\n[2] No. 17 Mao Mushika<\/a> (Cal) def. [5] Alexia Harmon (Pepperdine), 6-2, 6-4
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\nSEATTLE, Wash. \u2013 Two members of the California women’s tennis team \u2013 senior Berta Passola Folch<\/a> and sophomore Greta Greco Lucchina<\/a> \u2013 won Friday at the ITA West Sectional Championships to keep their hopes alive of reaching the NCAA Singles Championship.
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\nFourth-seeded and 113th-ranked Passola Folch bested Washington State’s Eva Alvarez Sande 6-3, 6-3, while 125th-ranked Greco Lucchina topped UCLA’s sixth-seeded and 25th-ranked Kate Fakih 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-0. Cal junior Tiziana-Marie Schomburg<\/a> fell to Stanford’s 58th-ranked Caroline Driscoll 6-2, 6-1 to end her run to the postseason in the round of 16.
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\nAt noon in Saturday’s quarterfinals, Passola Folch takes on USC’s fourth-seeded Krisha Mahendran and Greco Lucchina plays Washington’s 96th-ranked Erika Matsuda.
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\nWest sectionals end Sunday.
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\nITA West Sectional Championships \u2013 Cal Results
\nNov. 7, 2025, in Seattle, Wash.
\nNordstrom Tennis Center
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\nSingles Round of 16
\n[5] No. 113 Berta Passola Folch<\/a> (Cal) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU), 6-3, 6-3
\nNo. 125 Greta Greco Lucchina<\/a> (Cal) def. [6] No. 25 Kate Fakih (UCLA), 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-0
\nNo. 58 Caroline Driscoll (Stanford) def. Tiziana-Marie Schomburg<\/a> (Cal), 6-2, 6-1
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\nStay Posted
\nFor further coverage of the Bears, follow them on X (@CalWomensTennis<\/a>), Instagram (@CalWomensTennis<\/a>) and Facebook (\/CalWomensTennis<\/a>).
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