Author Archives: Ajaybir Behniwal

It’s been five years since the UCLA women’s tennis team has done what it is about to embark upon this weekend. Not since 2001 have the Bruins (13-6) had to travel away from the courts of the Los Angeles Tennis Center to compete in an NCAA Regional. However, the last time the Bruins did so, […]

The top court at the Los Angeles Tennis Center was a bit more green than usual this Sunday during the Soccer Tennis U.S. Invitational. With Astroturf laid out on the court, eight teams from around the world represented their respective countries in the inaugural tournament. Thomas Dooley, a former captain of the U.S. World Cup […]

Nothing was certain for the UCLA women’s tennis team prior to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Nobody knew where the Bruins would be playing, let alone what teams would be placed in their NCAA Regional. And the team’s most experienced player knew better than to postulate what the team’s fate would become Wednesday. Rather, she sat eagerly […]

She was up against all odds. Nobody could have guessed that she would be able to pull off a victory, and things certainly didn’t look as if they were going her way at the end of the first set. But freshman Ashley Joelson of the UCLA women’s tennis team completed the upset to topple No. […]

Though it was just the first two rounds of an individual Pac-10 tournament, the domination of a few select schools was made quite clear. Meanwhile, the lack of a presence of women from a select number of schools made it obvious which teams were often taken lightly during the dual-match season. National powerhouse Stanford had […]

The UCLA women’s tennis team will get a break from dual matches while still remaining in competition for the next four days as it travels to Ojai to compete in the Pac-10 Championships. Rather than compete as a unit, the team will be split into four groups and will take on opponents accordingly, giving the […]

The UCLA men’s soccer team added depth to its roster last week, signing goalkeeper Brian Perk and forward Anthony Beltran to national letters of intent. “We are very excited to add two more quality players to an already terrific recruiting class,†UCLA coach Jorge Salcedo said. “We expect both of them to have an immediate […]