No. 7 Cal Suffers First Loss In Setback Against NC State


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Mao Mushika won in straight sets at court-three singles.

WTEN2/27/2026 6:14 PM | By: Cal Athletics


BERKELEY – The seventh-ranked California women’s tennis team got a straight-set singles win from Mao Mushika but suffered its first loss of the dual-match season in a 4-1 setback against No. 27 NC State on Friday afternoon at the Hellman Tennis Complex.
 
The Golden Bears are now 4-1 (2-1 ACC). The Wolfpack has an 8-4 record (1-0 ACC).
 
NC State swept the three doubles matches, clinching the doubles point when the 29th-ranked pair of Jasmine Conway and Anna Zyryanova defeated Cal’s Berta Passola Folch and Tiziana-Marie Schomburg 6-4 on court two.
 
Mushika, ranked 55th, beat 60th-ranked Zyryanova 6-2, 7-5 at court-three singles to temporarily tie the match 1-1.
 
But three straight losses doomed the Bears, with the Wolfpack clinching its victory when Cal freshman Laura Cilekova fell to 28th-ranked Lavinia Tanasie 6-1, 6-7(1), 6-0 on court four.
 
The Bears return to ACC action at Hellman on Saturday at noon PT, when they host Wake Forest.
 
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