Everyone on the UCLA men’s tennis team seems to be entering this weekend’s National Team Indoors tournament with a different attitude. Benjamin Kohlloeffel is excited about his first trip to Chicago. Coach Billy Martin is excited about going home. Chris Lam is excited to see how the Bruins stack up. And when the weekend is […]
Author Archives: David Regan
Young team good, but not yet great
There was that moment Saturday when you really thought it was going to happen. The Bruins had just played one of their best halves of the season, Pauley Pavilion was absolutely rocking, and Salim Stoudamire was expectedly whining. Leading by five with just over 17 minutes to play, it wasn’t out of the question to […]
M. tennis: Men’s tennis ready to face Trojans
This promises to be a match of firsts for the UCLA men’s tennis team. It’s the first time the No. 2 Bruins (8-0) will face a highly ranked opponent, the first time they will play a match on the road, and, most importantly, the first time the team is expected to be at full strength. […]
M. tennis: Beyond compare
It’s hard to resist making the comparison. They’re both German. They’re both talented tennis players. They were even friends growing up. One leaves the team, the other replaces him, and UCLA tennis doesn’t miss a beat, right? Well, sort of. It’s true that Tobias Clemens, UCLA’s all-time leader in singles victories, and sophomore Benjamin Kohlloeffel […]
M. tennis: Men’s tennis continues its streak of shutouts
The match had been won an hour before, but still UCLA coach Billy Martin intently watched the happenings on Court No. 5, where freshman Mathieu Dehaine faced a super-tiebreak in his third set against San Diego State’s Dontia Haynes. Had Dehaine lost, it wouldn’t have mattered much. The team still would have won its seventh […]
Winning a bad game isn’t always a good thing
A full range of emotions run through you when you watch a game like that. First I was pissed. There were so many other places I wanted to be, so many other shows (The OC?) I wanted to watch. I felt UCLA was going to win the game, but it was a bad game, an […]
M. tennis: Men’s tennis cruises with confidence
Things will most likely change at some point. Just not yet. For the sixth time this season, the No. 2 UCLA men’s tennis team cruised to a 7-0 victory, this time over UC Irvine. It was a match that wasn’t ever close, against a team that never had a chance ““ two things to which […]