The UCLA women’s tennis team continued one streak and ended another in Saturday’s home match against Oregon. By defeating the Ducks 6-1, the Bruins (7-5, 1-1 Pac-10) captured the doubles point for the sixth consecutive match while at the same time snapping their two-match losing skid. Unlike their past two matches against Texas and USC, […]
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W. tennis: Women’s tennis team seeks to improve sustainability
Battling back after losing the first set hasn’t been the major problem for the UCLA women’s tennis team. Sustaining the energy to pull out the third set has. In their 5-2 loss to USC on Wednesday, the Bruins lost all three three-set matches. They are now 5-10 in three-set matches for their five losses. But […]
W. tennis: UCLA to focus on doubles against USC
The Bruins were handed a gift on a silver platter, and they dropped it. Last month, the USC women’s tennis team presented UCLA with an injury-riddled, inexperienced squad, and the Bruins thanked them by handing the Trojans a 4-3 victory. Today, the No. 8 Bruins will have a chance to redeem themselves at home, but […]
W. tennis: UCLA expects challenge from Texas
The last time the UCLA women’s tennis team left California, it picked up two losses in three days against Stanford and Vanderbilt. Although the Texas Longhorns may not be in the elite class with the Cardinal or Commodores, the No. 16 team is still capable of sending the Bruins back home from Austin on Sunday […]
W. tennis: Neither rain nor Waves can dampen Bruins
The toughest obstacle the UCLA women’s tennis team has faced the past few matches has been getting on the court. Playing a day earlier than scheduled, the Bruins avoided both the forecasted rainstorm and the upset in their 5-2 win over the Pepperdine Waves. After rain delayed their match against Arizona State last Friday for […]
W. tennis: Arizona games bring win-win situation
Amid the uncertainty and inconsistency that have characterized the UCLA women’s tennis season thus far, coach Stella Sampras Webster can take solace in this: The Bruins will emerge from this weekend’s matches against Arizona State and Arizona with an unblemished Pac-10 record. Even if they lose. Since many Pac-10 schools traditionally schedule two matches against […]
W. tennis: Women’s tennis team destroys Anteaters
The UCLA women’s tennis team was missing two of its regular starters in Thursday’s match against UC Irvine, but it really didn’t matter. The No. 8 Bruins improved to 3-3 on the season with their 7-0 win over the Anteaters. With Alex McGoodwin’s stomach injury and Sarah Gregg’s wrist injury keeping them on the sidelines, […]