Going up to the Bay Area this past weekend, the women’s tennis team hoped to continue the momentum of its eight-match winning streak. Instead, they came home with two disappointing losses and two missed opportunities to topple the nation’s elite teams. The No. 10 Bruins were defeated by the No. 1 Stanford Cardinal and the […]
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Bruins head out to shatter Stanford’s flawless win record
The UCLA women’s tennis team has recently had a harder time battling harsh weather conditions than battling opponents. But weather will be the least of the No. 10 Bruins’ worries this weekend as they take on two of the best teams in the country: No. 1 Stanford and No. 13 California. The Bruins will travel […]
Kohlloeffel claims No. 1
It was bound to happen. Men’s tennis player Benjamin Kohlloeffel kept winning and those around him kept struggling. He showed great resilience, fighting through several tough matches while the rest began to fold in times of desperation. And finally, the junior finds himself in a position that nobody else can claim to be in, one […]
UCLA enthusiastically anticipates next season
The Bruins’ season may have come to a disappointing end on Monday night after a thrilling run to the NCAA Championship game, but for the young players returning next season, there was a lesson to be learned. The players felt the pain of losing in the Final Four, and the level of play needed to […]
Postponed match pumps up Bruins
UCLA women’s tennis hopes that after a pair of rain outs leading up to its match against USC, the third time will at least be salvageable if not charmed. That’s because if Mother Nature simply gives the Bruins a chance to compete against Pac-10 foes, they have a good shot at winning. The No. 16 […]
UCLA takes home another sweep of Arizona teams
Regardless of how the UCLA women’s tennis team chooses to set its lineup, the Bruins have been seeing similar results. This past weekend, No. 16 UCLA hosted No. 13 Arizona State and Arizona at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in a rematch of their meeting in the Grand Canyon State just over a month ago, […]
[NCAA Tournament]: March awakens a welcomed madness
Ever since North Carolina triumphed over Illinois in last year’s NCAA championship game, I eagerly awaited for this March to arrive. I knew it would provide for something much different. There was no way our Bruins would be on the bubble. How could they be when the only key loss was Dijon Thompson and each […]