After easing into the season with two matches in each of the previous two weeks, the UCLA men’s tennis team is going to be a busy group in the weeks ahead. Starting today when they host UC Santa Barbara, the No. 2 Bruins (4-0) could potentially play as many as nine matches in the next […]
Author Archives: David Regan
Unified approach needed for USC game
You would think they’d get their story straight. You would think they’d talk among themselves, and then present themselves as a unified front ““ just like a team is supposed to do. You would think they’d care more about this game than any other. But then again, who are you to think? Seriously. As UCLA […]
M. tennis: Bruins dominate Cougars
The UCLA men’s tennis team studied hard for this test. And the Bruins aced it. Told for several weeks by coach Billy Martin that BYU could provide No. 2 UCLA some stiff competition if his team didn’t come out to play, the Bruins left no doubts in their dominating 7-0 victory over the Cougars on […]
M. tennis: Tennis hopes bad weather won’t keep players off the court
Though a match against UNLV looms for the UCLA men’s tennis team, the weather may loom even larger. And that’s the last thing coach Billy Martin wants. “We need these matches,” Martin said. “It’s good practice for us, valuable court time. We don’t need less tennis, that’s for sure.” No. 2 UCLA (2-0) is scheduled […]
M. tennis: Men’s tennis not satisfied despite sweep
When your goal is to win an NCAA championship, you can’t simply be satisfied with mere victories. Sure, it was nice for the No. 2 UCLA men’s tennis team to defeat Pacific 7-0 on Friday, but the important thing is what the Bruins (2-0) do with that win. In this case, they went to lift […]
Wishing that loss was just a dream
You know that feeling the morning after, that feeling when you wake up and think, “What the hell just happened?” That’s how I feel right now. After a whole day to digest the Bruins’ inexplicable 64-51 loss to Cal on Saturday, it still doesn’t seem real. It couldn’t have been real, right? The same team […]
M. tennis: In Full Swing
As the Baylor Bears danced across the tennis courts at the University of Tulsa last May, celebrating their first NCAA title in school history, the faces on the vanquished UCLA players and coaches said it all. It had happened again. An entire season of hard work had once again ended how it had ended so […]