Women's Tennis to Open Fall Season on Friday

Where: Hellman Tennis Complex and Channing Tennis Courts (Berkeley, California)

Video: Live Stream (for matches on Hellman Tennis Complex only)

NOTES

• Santa Clara will be competing along with 13 other schools at the Cal Fall Invitational this weekend to kick off the fall season. 
• The following 14 school will be participating: Arizona State, BYU, Cal Poly, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Iowa State, Pacific, Sacramento State, Saint Mary's, San Francisco, San Jose State, Santa Clara, Stanford, UC Davis and host, Cal.
• The Broncos are led by first-year head coach Cliford Awuy who was promoted from a volunteer assistant on the SCU men's program.  Awuy takes over the program from Ben Cabell who was at the helm for 16 seasons.  
• Awuy will be assisted by Alory Pereira, a former All-Southern Conference selection at East Tennessee State, who joined the Broncos this month.  
• The Broncos return six players from last season: Kacey Feng, Velizara Fileva, JennaMarie Gordon, Giulia Hayer, Finley Kalinic and Varya Zlotnik while adding two newcomers: Dasee Carter and Anna Semler.  

During the 2021-22 season:

• Santa Clara finished with a 9-9 overall record including 2-5 in the West Coast Conference.  
• Hayer was named All-WCC doubles honorable mention.
• The team finished with a ranking of No. 10 in ITA's Northwest Regional team standings.
• For the fourth year in a row, the ITA recognized the Broncos as a 2022 All-Academic team while eight Broncos were named ITA Scholar-Athletes. 
• Gordon and Hayer topped the team with 13 overall singles wins.  
• Hayer also led the Broncos in overall doubles wins with 16 while Gordon was second with 15.