Four times this season the eighth-ranked women’s tennis team has taken the court against a top-10 opponent, and four times they have come up a little bit short. Today, the Bruins (8-4) will take an ugly streak of four consecutive 4-3 losses to top-10 teams across town, as they attempt to right the ship against […]
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Tennis team sweeps Loyola, 7-0
After eight consecutive 4-3 decisions, the UCLA women’s tennis team finally notched a convincing victory with a 7-0 destruction of Loyola Marymount on Wednesday. “I definitely enjoy these matches a lot more. They are much less stressful,” UCLA head coach Stella Sampras Webster said. “In college tennis every match is tough, and I was pleased […]
Women’s tennis has trying victory over Fresno State
It took nearly five hours, but the short-handed No. 9 Bruins defeated No. 17 Fresno State 4-3 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center Wednesday. UCLA has been plagued by injuries all year, the most recent of which is a lower back strain suffered by All-American senior Sara Walker, currently ranked No. 6 in the country. […]
Women’s tennis topples Waves in away match
For the fifth consecutive match the doubles point proved to be the difference for the women’s tennis team. Sarah Gregg and Susi Wild were victorious at No. 1 doubles, and Anya Loncaric and Laura Gordon won at the No. 3 spot as the No. 9 Bruins (5-3) defeated Pepperdine (5-3) 4-3 in Malibu. It was […]
Tennis Bruins fall to Trojans, 4-3, use loss as learning experience
On a January day in which the on-court temperature approached 90 degrees, the youthful No. 7 women’s tennis team fell to its experienced rival No. 9 USC 4-3. A small but spirited crowd gave the LATC a true home-court atmosphere for the Bruins, but the Trojans took the wind out of UCLA’s sails early by […]
UCLA backhands UCI, looks to USC for challenge
The No. 7 women’s tennis team can consider itself tuned up. The Bruins destroyed a sorely overmatched UC Irvine team 7-0 yesterday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center, in their final match prior to the start of the Pac-10 season. “Everyone came out really strong in the doubles,” UCLA head coach Stella Sampras Webster said. […]
UCLA hosts Irvine in third match of season
It’s hard to think about No. 7 UCLA’s matchup with UC Irvine today at 1:30 p.m. at the Los Angeles Tennis Center without at least entertaining the notion that it will be nothing more than a warm up for the Bruins’ showdown with No. 9 USC on Friday. UCLA holds a 29-2 edge in the […]