After finishing their team season on an incomplete note, UCLA women’s top three players headed into the NCAA singles championships looking for some sense of finality. In the team’s 4-0 quarterfinal loss to Duke on Friday, Sara Walker, Jackie Carleton and Susi Wild all had their matches suspended once the Blue Devils clinched the match. […]
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Carleton’s return keeps team optimistic
Although they fell to Washington 6-1 a month ago, the Bruins do not see themselves as underdogs in their rematch against the Huskies today in the NCAA women’s tennis tournament round of 16. The No. 16 Bruins’ source of optimism is the return of freshman Jackie Carleton, who missed the last meeting between the two […]
Being a sideline regular a full time job for Ravitz
So you think holding season tickets, setting your homepage to espn.com, or even forgoing shaving until your team wins the title makes you a sports fanatic? Then ask yourself when’s the last time you would go to a women’s tennis practice and shag balls, or take a city bus from the Coliseum to the Rose […]
Bruins seize victory over Pepperdine
While the Los Angeles Tennis Center crowd gathered around the backcourts, fixated upon the closing moments of Sarah Gregg and Anya Loncaric’s second sets, Susi Wild quietly came back to defeat Charlotte Vernaz 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. In the end, Wild’s inconspicuous win clinched a 4-1 victory for UCLA in its NCAA regional final match against […]
Healthy women’s tennis to host regional tourney match
The UCLA women’s tennis team got its wish for a bid to the upcoming NCAA Championships, which will get under way May 9. Although the 11th-seeded Bruins have dropped five of their past six matches, they will still be one of 16 teams in a 64-team field to host a regional championship match. “The players […]
Bruins poised to vindicate earlier 6-1 losses to Stanford, Berkeley
The UCLA women’s tennis team will head to the Bay Area this weekend, looking to avenge 6-1 losses to No. 1 Stanford and No. 5 Cal. However, unlike its previous matches this year at LATC, these results will count toward the Pac-10 standings. Currently, the Bruins are No. 5 in the Pac-10 (4-2) and ranked […]
Injuries alter women’s tennis lineup
With one week remaining in the regular season, UCLA’s women’s tennis team is still searching for the one thing that has eluded it all season ““ good health. As some players recover from earlier injuries, others are falling victim to the wear and tear of a long season in the brutally challenging Pac-10 Conference. In […]