Author Archives: Ajaybir Behniwal

The members of the UCLA women’s tennis team now know what it feels like to be beaten. And they don’t like it. So when the No. 17 Bruins play host to No. 6 California today and No. 1 Stanford on Saturday, they will do anything in their control to avoid the agony of defeat again. […]

Three years ago, UCLA men’s basketball coach Ben Howland did what he thinks everyone should do, particularly college basketball recruits ““ he moved from the East Coast to the West Coast. And in doing so, Howland has also re-established the flagship program of the Pac-10, a conference he urges recruits to join. “This is the […]

Any questions about the attitude of this year’s UCLA men’s tennis team can be answered simply by looking at redshirt junior Chris Surapol’s on-court demeanor and his ability to create an exciting atmosphere in which he thrives. With his team trailing 3-2 during last Friday’s match against Pepperdine, and the momentum in favor of Pepperdine’s […]

MALIBU “”mdash; Saturday was a day of firsts for the UCLA women’s tennis team. For the first time, it competed in a venue other than the Los Angeles Tennis Center. For the first time, it was pitted against a nationally ranked team. And at the end of the match, the Bruins lost for the first […]

The stands were as packed as they had been in quite some time when the No. 8 UCLA men’s tennis team played host to the No. 4 Pepperdine Waves in the Bruins’ first home loss of the season. But as Friday afternoon began to wind down and the sun began to set, several of the […]

They continue to do it. No matter how much better a team may be than the one the UCLA women’s tennis team played in the match before, the Bruins treat them all just the same, by shutting them out. The most recent 7-0 victory came against UC Irvine on Thursday afternoon at the Los Angeles […]

After two weeks without a match, the UCLA women’s tennis team is ready to start up action again when they take on UC Irvine this afternoon. The No. 15 Bruins (3-0) will play host to the Anteaters in their first dual match since Jan. 26 before beginning the toughest stretch of their schedule. “I’m sure […]