Men’s Tennis: A Second Chance After last year’s 4-3 loss in the finals, UCLA men’s tennis begins NCAA team championship play Friday in Athens, Ga., looking for another chance at the national title. This week, Daily Bruin dives into the stories of three key players on the team who are also riding on a second […]
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Pittsburgh Steelers select UCLA’s Zumwalt with 192nd pick
Drafted 192nd overall, UCLA linebacker Jordan Zumwalt is now a Pittsburgh Steeler. Zumwalt’s football identity features versatility and a penchant for splash plays. He started all 13 games in 2013, playing inside and outside, for the Bruins, forcing three fumbles and notching two interceptions while serving as one of UCLA’s leaders in reel-worthy tackles. Perhaps […]
Men’s tennis salivates for NCAA title
The highest stakes at the Los Angeles Tennis Center last Saturday night may well have been just steaks. With a dinner bill on the line, rackets were kicked and bounced off the courts, with one player even pantomiming the act of smashing his on the side of the net as most of the UCLA men’s […]
UCLA tennis serves defeat to USC in Pac-12 championship
OJAI, Calif. — Karue Sell knew that his first serve landed just outside the service box. But with the line judge slightly delayed in making a call, Sell began to vocalize his joy anyway after what would have been the conclusion of a 2-5 comeback and straight-set match win. Sell went back to the baseline […]
Former NFL player Jeff Ulbrich finds new calling as coach
The gray invading Jeff Ulbrich’s connected black beard, mustache and sideburns belies the abundant energy of a cleat-wearing coach who performs pushups and core workouts alongside his defensive players at the end of many a spring football practice. One occasion this month saw the first-year defensive coordinator ending an altercation by seemingly using little more […]
UCLA men’s tennis coach turned passion into career
Among receipts and handwritten tennis lineup drafts on Grant Chen’s desk sits a silver clock set one hour behind. Chen never did feel as if he had to punch a timecard during his many years calling the Los Angeles Tennis Center his workplace.
Men’s tennis ends regular season home schedule with UCSD
UCLA men’s tennis will close out its regular season home schedule by hosting UC San Diego Wednesday. Senior Clay Thompson and freshman Mackenzie McDonald will be missing from the lineup. UCLA’s men’s tennis coach Billy Martin said that, by playing against UCSD, both players would be ineligible to play against USC on Friday, given how […]