The UCLA women’s tennis team has been playing a caliber of tennis this season that isn’t necessarily indicative of its 15-7 record. However, the No. 12 Bruins are well aware that five of those matches were close 4-3 losses, two of which were the result of an injury, including an earlier loss to No. 8 […]
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Bruins overcome loss of doubles point to sweep Waves in singles
At the onset of singles play on Wednesday afternoon, it appeared as though the No. 12 UCLA women’s tennis team’s match against No. 19 Pepperdine would go down to the wire just as its last two matches had. After losing the doubles point, the Bruins (15-7, 5-2 Pac-10) were trailing on four courts early in […]
Bruins look to ride Waves to victory crosstown
The last time the No. 12 UCLA women’s tennis team took on No. 19 Pepperdine was en route to an appearance in the NCAA Championships Round of 16 on the road in Malibu. The Bruins (14-7, 5-2 Pac-10), who were able to avenge a loss that they suffered on the same courts at Pepperdine just […]
Bay Area teams challenge No. 13 Bruins
One day after coming off its second 4-3 loss to No. 1 Stanford, the UCLA women’s tennis team showed that being able to hang with the nation’s toughest team was no fluke by beating No. 8 Cal. The No. 13 Bruins were even able to capture the doubles point against the Bears, a feat that […]
Looking ahead to a strong finish
During his time at UCLA, Philipp Gruendler has been in many circumstances that have helped shape the person, and tennis player, that he has come to be at the end of his senior year. As a freshman, he was thrown into a situation where he was very naive and unaware of what to expect. “When […]
Women’s tennis swings into a competitive weekend schedule
If the schedule the women’s tennis team has gone through already hasn’t been competitive enough, the Bruins will be taking on two of the nation’s premier teams on back-to-back days this Friday and Saturday. No. 13 UCLA (13-6, 4-1 Pac-10) will be playing host to No. 1 Stanford (17-1, 5-0) on Friday in hopes of […]
Bruins blaze by Aztecs, capture 7th straight win
The weather this time around was nice enough for the men’s tennis teams of UCLA and San Diego State to actually compete. In a match that was played on Tuesday because of postponement from a rained-out Jan. 30 contest, the Bruins wasted no time in taking care of their opponents before shifting their attention to […]