BERKELEY, Calif. – Santa Clara women's tennis opened the 2025-26 fall season with a win each in singles and doubles at the Cal Fall Invitational on Friday.   

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Broncos entered three doubles teams as the tandem of Tian Yu Dong and Ashley Katz defeated host Cal's Tiziana M Schomburg and Anya Murthy    8-5, in the round of 16.  
• In singles, five Broncos participated with Jamie Pope getting a win over Pacific's Leyanne Hirota 6-4, 6-3 in the round of 32 before falling to San Jose State's Cristina M Losa 6-3, 6-0 in the next round.  
• Dong and Juliette Krumholz each pushed their opening round singles matches to three sets but lost.  Dong was defeated by Sophie Hernandez of Cal, 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 6-4 while Rayna Sugai of Pacific won 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 over Krumholz.    

RESULTS:

Cal Fall Invitational
9/26/2025 at (Hellman Tennis Complex & Channing Tennis Ct)

Singles competition
B-R16       Sophie Hernandez (Cal) def. Tian Yu Dong (Santa Clara) 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 6-4
G-R16       Elif Gunal (Saint Mary's) def. Madhu Satishbabu (Santa Clara) 6-0, 6-4
G-R32       Jamie Pope (Santa Clara) def. Leyanne Hirota (Pacific) 6-4, 6-3
G-R16       Cristina M Losada (San Jose State) def. Jamie Pope (Santa Clara) 6-3, 6-0
G-R16       Rayna Sugai (Pacific) def. Juliette Krumholz (Santa Clara) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
G-R16       Camila M Gutierrez (Sacramento State) def. Anna Rahman (Santa Clara) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles competition
R32       Elif Gunal/Sophie Hernandez (Cal) def. Juliette Krumholz/Anna Rahman (Santa Clara) 8-0
R16       Nahreen Cheam/Lisann Brinkmann (Sacramento State) def. Jamie Pope/Madhu Satishbabu (Santa Clara) 8-7 (7-2)
R16       Tian Yu Dong/Ashley Katz (Santa Clara) def. Tiziana M Schomburg/Anya Murthy (Cal) 8-5

NEXT UP:

• Action continues at the Cal Fall Invitational in Berkeley, California on Saturday. 

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