Author Archives: Ajaybir Behniwal

In the finals of last season’s Pac-10 Tournament, the UCLA men’s basketball team beat Cal, a feat that helped the Bruins attain a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Today, the No. 4 Bruins will need to get a win over the Bears to advance to the next round of the Pac-10 Tournament. Only […]

When fans begin to trickle into the seats at the Los Angeles Tennis Center for a UCLA women’s tennis match rather than lurk at the Bruin Walk entrance to the courts, the Bruins know that the match is a big one. So this afternoon when No. 19 UCLA (8-4, 2-0 Pac-10) takes on the No. […]

For Chris Surapol, it didn’t take long last year to realize just how low Trojan fans would stoop in an attempt to help the USC men’s tennis team try to get a win over its crosstown rival UCLA. At the onset of the doubles point, Surapol and his partner, Haythem Abid, were at the receiving […]

When the UCLA women’s tennis team returned from its travel-filled weekend in Washington, they did so with a pair of dominating shutout victories. The No. 15 Bruins opened up Pac-10 play on Friday against Washington without their top two players in the lineup, juniors Riza Zalameda and Tracy Lin. That wouldn’t stop them from capturing […]

After a convincing victory over LMU to gain some momentum, the UCLA women’s tennis team will take a trip in hopes of adding to its growing confidence. The No. 15 Bruins (6-4) head to the Pacific Northwest to face Washington and Washington State today and on Saturday, respectively. UCLA coach Stella Sampras Webster understands the […]

After watching his volley pass his opponent on match point, sophomore Haythem Abid found himself on the opposite side of the court from where he had been just months ago ““ the clinching end against the defending champion Pepperdine Waves. In the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships, it was a loss on Abid’s court that […]

A lot has changed since the quarterfinals of last year’s men’s tennis NCAA Championships. The UCLA Bruins are no longer the defending national champions looking for a repeat title. In fact, it is the team that ousted the No. 6 Bruins in the quarterfinal match and ended such hopes that is looking for a repeat […]