As can be expected of a team that features the nation’s No. 1-, No. 5- and No. 51-ranked singles players, UCLA men’s tennis has had few problems dominating singles play so far this year. But in doubles, the story has been less encouraging – the No. 4 Bruins (7-1) have lost five of the last six doubles […]
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No. 2 men’s tennis defeats Georgia in close contest
In the end, it all came down to Joseph DiGiulio. UCLA and Georgia were even at 3-3 as his match entered its third and deciding set. Constantly playing with a deficit, UCLA had fought back repeatedly to put the team’s fate in the hands of this Bruin freshman. No pressure. With the score at 5-4 […]
UCLA men’s tennis has good showing at indoor qualifier
Last weekend, UCLA men’s tennis’ freshman Mackenzie McDonald scored arguably the biggest victory of his young college career, knocking off the No. 2 player in the nation, Julien Lenz. It was a huge win for the freshman, who attributed his success to strong mental focus and positivity. McDonald opened his first match of this weekend’s […]
UCLA’s Marcos Giron takes title at Sherwood Collegiate Cup
On Friday, players from Stanford, USC, and Baylor all made the trip to the four-day Sherwood Collegiate Cup in Thousand Oaks, but by Saturday afternoon, there was no question that a Bruin was going to win the title. Freshmen MackenzieMcDonald and Gage Brymer notched upset victories to join senior Clay Thompson and junior Marcos Giron […]
UCLA men’s tennis returns with strong freshmen and eye on NCAA title
Seven months ago, a controversial call in a crucial tie-breaking match stopped the UCLA men’s tennis team inches short of winning UCLA’s 109th championship, ending its season in heartrending fashion. The players made it clear how much that loss hurt, and how badly the team wants to avenge it. Thankfully for the Bruins, they’re in […]
UCLA volleyball’s Karsta Lowe went from walk-on to top player
Look at Karsta Lowe today, and it would be hard to believe that she was born to be anything but a volleyball player. Watch the 6-foot-4-inch junior leap into the air and coolly slam a searing kill through the heart of an opposing defense, and it seems ludicrous that four years ago, she wasn’t even […]
UCLA women’s volleyball makes comeback to beat Arizona
It was a situation the Bruins had found themselves in so many times this year. Having come back from a 20-15 deficit in the first set of Sunday’s match against Arizona, the UCLA women’s volleyball team was down 24-23 and facing an opposing set point. Too many times this season, UCLA (15-13, 6-12 Pac-12) had […]